The large museum I intern at uses 16 regular blank wooden blocks with stick-on numbers and letters. Whenever we need to take accession photos, we just take the box of blocks out. The letters and number are set on the blocks, which aren't square/box blocks, but rather ramp-like with 3 sides for the stickers. The people in collections made them for photographing objects. Very inexpensive, but takes some smarts to ensure you're initially placing the stickers in a way that allows you to not run out of a number when it comes to setting the accession number for a photo. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).