Kodak Carousel 550 | Tangible Media: A Historical Collection

Kodak Carousel 550

Date:	c. 1962
Material:	Plastic, metal hardware, cardstock label
Company:	Eastman Kodak Co.
Location:	Rochester, New York, United States

This tray belonged to a Masonic lodge. It contains illustrations and symbols that would have been used for initiation and instruction. See the Pettibone Peakcock Slide for another example.

Analogies to phonograph records were often made in mid-20^th-century advertising for new types of removable media. See ads for sewing machine cams and for Revere-Wollensak tape cartridges.

The letter G—referring to God—is an important symbol in Freemasonry.