Summary
Price ticket for a Kodak Brownie Starlet Camera Outfit, costing £4.16.0., circa 1957-1965. The ticket is white, yellow and green, and is unused.
The Brownie Starlet was introduced globally in 1957 and manufactured in Australia in 1958. The ticket shows prices in pounds, suggesting it was used before decimal currency was introduced to Australia in 1966.
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 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
Small colour printed price ticket. White and yellow background with green text.
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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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Manufacturer
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Australia, 1957-1965
The Brownie Starlet was introduced globally in 1957 but was first made in Australia in 1958. See the details on dates in Kodakery, No. 82, September 1977, p3. It is unclear when the Starlet stopped being made, although it has been stated to be 1960. HT 17392, Camera - Kodak Australasia, Brownie Starlet Outfit was made in 1960. However, Australian television commercials for the Starlet were made in 1962 and the dual currency shown on some price tickets eg HT 20793 suggests that the Starlet may have still been sold in 1966 when decimal currency was introduced in Australia. -
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Front, printed, green ink: "Kodak gifts say... / Open me first! / BROWNIE / STARLET / CAMERA OUTFIT / £4.16.0"
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Keywords
Advertising, Marketing, Sales, Retailing, Labelling, Display Signage, Photography, Cameras, Photographic Flash Attachments, Point of Sale
