Sometimes the packaging is as interesting as the art.

This is a project that came into the shop a few days ago.  It was a package of medium format negatives that were in pristine condition.

But the packaging was what immediately caught our eye.  It was stamped April 22, 1927 and is an envelope from the Solatia M. Taylor film processing company in Boston, Massachusetts.

The film processing turn-around time probably was measured in weeks back than and no doubt several photographers were disappointed in the printed film results. And also no doubt the film processors found themselves in a position of having to argue with the photographer that the photograph was exposed incorrectly and it was not a processing problem.

The Solatia M. Taylor Company had a solution of having the envelopes pre-printed 15 reasons why the exposed pictures are flawed.

Hopefully this did cut down on the disputes, but I doubt it.