Summary

Rectangular leaflet from Kodak Australasia branches in Sydney and Newcastle, advertising Kodak films and cameras during the 1930s, prior to World War Two. Products advertised are the Six-20 Popular Brownie, the Six-20 Kodak Junior, Retina I and Retina II 35mm cameras, Cine-Kodak Eight movie cameras, and Verichrome and Super Sensitive Panchromatic photographic film. Velox photographic paper is also promoted.

The leaflet is a part of a scrapbook compiled by Kodak Australasia. The scrapbook contains 28 colour, and black and white promotional leaflets produced before World War Two for Kodak products that were mainly made in Australia. The leaflets promote cameras, film, film processing, moving footage products and equipment, medical imagery and include educational information on using Kodak products. The leaflets incorporate promotions relating to Christmas and other special events. For example, "Invite the Brownie family this Christmas". They also refer to specialist products, for example,"Bone Pathology - only Radiographs can provide definite diagnostic facts". The promotional materials range in size from 69 X 167 mm to 242 X 309 mm. This scrapbook is almost identical to HT 20571 regarding content.

Physical Description

Large, rectangular, black and white, paper advertising leaflet. In the top left of the leaflet there is a stylised image of a woman holding a camera while lying down proped up on her elbows, to the right of this is a coupon for a snapshot guide 'Success with your pictures'. Below the coupon is stylised image of a box of Kodak Verichrome Film. The leaflet contains stylised images of the Six-20 Popular Brownie, Six-20 Kodak Juniors, 36-exp. Kodak Retina, Cine-Kodak and Kodak films. All the text regarding the products is printed in black on a white background occupying the bottom half of the leaflet.

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