Slide box used by Hitler's personal photographer

Object | Accession Number: 2011.432.7

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Slide box used by Hitler's personal photographer

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Language: English
Classification: Containers
Category: Boxes
Object Type: Wooden boxes (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fern M. Schad

Physical Description: Box; wooden rectangle with hinged lid, held closed by two hook and eye closures; religious images on top of lid show a torso and head of a man, a full body image of a woman holding flowers, and the bust of a woman surrounded by flowers; three paper labels are attached to the lid, with "GLASS / STEREO / PLATES" written in red; "V" in black nad red ink and illegible words near top of lid; "V" is written at top of one of the short sides; interior has a label with numbers 1-50 along one side, and a label is affixed to the interior of lid with numbered lines, 1-50.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 14.750 inches (37.465 cm) | Depth: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
Materials: overall : wood, metal, paper
Markings: lid, interior, on paper, printed, black ink : [numbers 1 - 50]
base, front, top edge, on paper, printed, black ink : [numbers 1 - 50]
Inscription: lid top, center left, handwritten, black and red ink : V
lid top, center right, on 3 pieces of white tape, handwritten, red ink : GLASS / STEREO / PLATES
lid top, left edge, handwritten, black ink : [?]
lid top, top left, handwritten, black ink : Ca [?]
base, one of the short sides, top, handwritten : V
Contributor: Photographer: Hugo Jaeger
Subject: Hugo Jaeger
Topical Term: Photographers--Germany--Biography.
Geographic Name: Germany--History--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
Corporate Name: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--Pictorial works.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The glass slide was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Fern M. Schad.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:26:26
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