Summary
Framed certificate from the Baker Medical Research Institute to Kodak Australasia recognising their financial support for the Institute's research into the causes and prevention of cardiovascular disease. This highlights Kodak's wider philanthropic activities in the Victorian community and their relationship with the Baker Medical Institute, named after Thomas Baker, the founder of Baker and Rouse which later amalgamated with Kodak to form Kodak Australia Limited.
This certificate is part of the Kodak Heritage 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 Australasia manufactured and distributed a wide range of photographic products to the Australasia region, 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
Black painted, textured plastic frame with gold painted inner frame and a glass cover. Certificate is on white paper with a highly decorative red border. There is a Baker Medical Research Institute red heart logo in the lower left corner. Printed text is black as is calligraphy writing ink. The backing is thick, hard cardboard stapled to the frame. There is a strip of Velcro on the left and right edges on the backing board holding a thin, orange piece of nylon string.
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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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Presented To
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 May 1995
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Presented By
Baker Medical Research Institute, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 May 1995
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Inscriptions
Left side of certificate: 'CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION / BAKER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE' Right side of certificate: 'THE BAKER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE / ACKNOWLEDGES WITH GRATITUDE THE / OUTSTANDING SUPPORT OF / (calligraphy) KODAK / (AUSTRALASIA) PTY LTD (end of calligraphy) / FOR THE INSTITUTE'S RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND / PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. / SIGNED THIS (calligraphy) FIRST (end of calligraphy) DAY / OF (calligraphy) MAY (end of calligraphy) 19 (calligraphy) 95 / (signature) PRESIDENT'
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Overall Dimensions
370 mm (Width), 24 mm (Depth), 258 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Industry, Manufacturing, Factories, Photography, Certificates, Sponsorship, Medical Research, Making History - Kodak Collection