Summary
Building sign from the 'Fit Pit' in the Kodak Australasia factory at Coburg.
The Fit Pit was a fitness centre for Kodak staff where they could get health checks and undertake exercise programs. It opened in 1985 and was located in Building 6.
Part of the Kodak collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.
Kodak manufactured and distributed a wide range of photographic products to Australasia, such as film, paper, chemicals, cameras and miscellaneous equipment. Its client base included amateur and professional photographers, as well as specialist medical and graphic art professionals who used photography, x-ray and other imaging techniques.
Physical Description
Aluminium metal sign, powder coated blue, with raised white inscription and diagram of person walking down stairs and an arrow. Has two aluminium brackets, each with two holes for attaching to a wall.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Ms. Kate Metcalf - Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
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Acknowledgement
Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
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Place Used
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1985-2004
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Inscriptions
Printed, white paint: 'The Fit Pit'
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
65.2 cm (Length), 8.7 cm (Width), 0.8 cm (Height)
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References
References 'Australian Kodakery', No 162, Aug 1984, p.7 (HT 36006) 'Australian Kodakery', No 169, Apr 1985, p. 3 (HT 36013) 'Australian Kodakery', No 170, May 1985, p. 7 (HT 36014) 'Kodak News', No 178, Feb 1986, p. 11 (HT 36021) Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd Internal Directory, July 1999, p. 104 (HT 54836) Kodak News (HT 36028)
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Keywords
Industry, Manufacturing, Photography, Safety Equipment, Signs