Summary
This photograph features a shield shaped plaque presented circa 1945-1946 to Miss Nell Cameron by the ex-servicemen and women of Kodak Australasia Sydney branch, for the "valuable service rendered" to the Kodak Comforts Fund during World War II.
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.
This photograph 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.
Description of Content
This photograph features a plaque presented to Miss N.E. Cameron by the ex-servicemen and women of Kodak Australasia Sydney, for the "valuable service rendered" to the Kodak Comforts Fund during World War II.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph, printed on medium weight paper, landscape format with a white border.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Public Life & Institutions, Working Life & Trades
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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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Organisation Depicted
Sydney, Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1946-1950
Donor's note on date made by D. Allen 14 Oct 1985. -
Person Named
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Individuals Identified
Cameron, Miss Nell
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
On photograph, image of engraving on front of plaque: LOGOS, "PRESENTED TO / Miss N.E. CAMERON / BY THE EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN OF / KODAK (A/ASIA) PTY LTD SYDNEY / IN APPRECIATION OF / THE VALUABLE SERVICE RENDERED / DURING WORLD WAR II / 1939-1945 / TO THE KODAK COMFORTS FUND" / LOGO / "RAN"
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
194 mm (Width), 252 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Dinners, Fundraising, Industry, Military Forces, Patriotism, Presentations, Wars & Conflicts, World War II, 1939-1945, Soldiers' Comforts, Making History - Kodak Collection