How to make pictures : easy lessons for the amateur photographer (1887)
Price, Henry Clay · New York : Scovill Manufacturing Co. · leaf 78
70 HOW TO MAKE PICTURES. cut glass bottles, and graduated tumbler to measure liquids. Though made of thin metal, the corrugation makes them so strong as to resist crushing. Being nickeled and finely finished, … the external appearance of these cases is decidedly tasteful; indeed, one would be more inclined to place them in a satchel than in a packing case. Whether carried about in a horizontal or vertical position, the locking ring affords perfect protection for the liquids contained in the bottle.
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