Candle. Red fabric over metal frame. Folds flat. Produced in three sizes.

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Candle. Red fabric over metal frame. Folds flat for travelling. Two examples.

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Oil. Red glass on four sides, glass chimney, removable tank.

Oil. Glass chimney. Amber and red safety glasses. A very popular lamp produced for many years. Copies or variants by other makers were advertised.

Oil. Red glass 6" x 4".

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Candle. Red/brown glass. This style of lamp was still being advertised in the 1920s.

Oil. Cylindrical ruby glass.

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Red glass filter. Removable tank. Hood to direct light downwards.

Candle. Small lamp with ruby glass.

Dark red glass globes to fit over an ordinary electric bulb. Made of 'Inactin' glass. Kindermann produced similar light bulb covers for some years, the 'Inactin' range replaced the earlier models. Two sizes were produced - 3" and 4" in ruby, orange or green. Two examples.

Battery powered. Yellow, light red, dark red and clear filters. First made by Ica and then Zeiss-Ikon, it was intended for the travelling photographer.

Oil. Single red glass.

Electric. Red safelight. Plastic covers. Two examples.

Electric. Wratten OB yellow safelight. Two examples with mounting brackets.

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• Filters: 1, red, two examples; 3, dark green, two examples.
• 'Instructions for the Kodak Beehive Safelamp'. 'Instructions for the use and care of the Kodak Beehive Safelight Lamp'.

Oil. 10" x 8". Orange safelight. Paper between glass covers.

The Wratten Safelight incorporates a cooling system where air is brought into the lamp and passes between the filter and a sheet of clear glass before reaching the lamp and chimney. It was produced for oil, gas or electric and in three sizes: 7" x 5", 10" x 8" and 10" x 12". The oil version has a horizontal appearance with the safelight next to the lamp area, the gas and electric versions are vertical with the safelight below the illuminant. The safelight is lit by reflected light. First produced by Wratten & Wainwright and later by Kodak. Late Kodak models have a different foot arrangement.

The range of Wratten filters dating from the late 1930s is shown below:

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7" x 5". Red for ortho plates. Ilford started numbering screens in the 1930s.

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10" x 8". Red safelight. Paper between glass covers. For ultra rapid ordinary and ortho plates.

With:

7" x 5". In unopened packet.