The Snapshots in Time Collection

Photo Lab Negative Envelope - '129 Trip Car ANG: Trip to Boise,' August 1960

Photo Lab Negative Envelope - '129 Trip Car ANG: Trip to Boise,' August 1960

Not a photograph in itself, this 1960 photo-lab negative envelope once held film documenting an Air National Guard trip to Boise, Idaho. Such processing sleeves, with fields for order tracking and retouching notes, offer a window into how mid-century photographic archives were created, organized, and preserved by commercial studios working for military clients. Project: 218661