Summary
Price ticket for a Kodak Brownie Starflash Camera, costing £4.17.6.
The ticket is unused but tickets of this type would have been distributed by Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd to dealers and sales representatives for use in their store displays between 1957 and 1965.
The Kodak Brownie Starflash Camera was popular snapshot camera that was part of the Kodak Star range of cheap, easy to use cameras. It had a plastic body, fixed focus Dakon lens and used 127 roll film. It had a built-in flash with a parabolic reflector and used a single, small flash bulb.
This is 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 Australasia Pty Ltd 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
Colour printed price ticket. Predominantly red, with green and white blocks for text. Text is white and green.
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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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Issued By
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Australia, Australia, circa 1960s
The Brownie Starflash was made internationally between 1957-1965. Decimal currency was introduced in 1966 so this price ticket must date before then. -
Inscriptions
Print, front, white and green ink: 'GET YOUR KODAK / "GIVE AND TAKE" / GIFTS HERE! / BROWNIE / STARFLASH / CAMERA / £4.17.6'
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Overall Dimensions
75 mm (Width), 101 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Advertising, Photography, Photographic Products, Sales, Marketing, Promotional Materials, Retailing, Labelling, Display Signage, Cameras, Point of Sale, Photographic Flash Attachments