Lens Cleaning Kit, Used by John Margolies, 1980-2001

Summary

In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.

In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.

Artifact

Kit (Set)

Date Made

1980-2001

Creators

Ray Enterprises, Inc. 

Place of Creation

Taiwan 

United States, Maryland, Beltsville 

Creator Notes

Made in Taiwan, distributed by Ray Enterprises, Inc. in Beltsville, Maryland.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2018.103.299

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Cardboard

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 1 in  (Brush)

Width: 1.625 in  (Brush)

Length: 3.5 in  (Brush)

Height: 6.75 in  (Packaging)

Width: 6.75 in  (Packaging)

Length: .75 in  (Packaging)

Inscriptions

on front and back of blower brush: BLOWER BRUSH / TAIWAN on front of packaging: $4.99 LOW RITZ PRICE / QUANTARY / Lens Cleaning Kit on back of packaging: Made in Taiwan R.O.C. for Ray Enterprises, Inc. Beltsville, MD 20705

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