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Photograph Album of Electroflo Instruments and Premises, 1920s

Inventory Number 13029


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003. Part of the Elliott Archive.
Primary inscriptions
Album name 'Photex' [other words illegible, similar to 13020].
Physical material
Paper
Card
Cloth
Object type
Album
Dimensions
Height: 215mm Width: 260mm Depth: 33mm
Inventory No
13029
Accession Number
2003-11

Description

Oblong 'Photex' album bound in brown cloth. 31 brown paper leaves + pocket (empty). Pages approximately 8 x 10 inches. 31 photographs, modern-style glossy black-and-white gelatine prints, with typed caption labels. The first 4 are of Electroflo's premises, 2 exterior and 2 interior; the rest are of Electroflo instruments and control panels, and of panels and installations in situ. First of 2, companion of 13030. The album manufacturer's trademark and exposed binding screws are the earlier design (compare 13020).