Summary
Black and white, silver gelatin photograph of two women packaging Kodak Box Brownie Flash II Jubilee cameras into boxes with accessories at the Kodak Australasia factory in Abbotsford, Victoria, circa 1958. These particular cameras were marketed as Jubilee because it was the 50th anniversary of Kodak Australasia being founded in 1908.
Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd manufactured and assembled and packaged some Kodak camera models from 1957-1981 in Melbourne, but otherwise imported them from Kodak factories in the USA or the UK.
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
Two women are seated at a table and are placing cameras in boxes marked, 'Brownie Flash II, Jubilee'. The woman seated to the left of the table is placing a flash into a box and the box camera is on the table, ready to be inserted into the box. Beside her are several box cameras and in front of her on the table is a pile of product boxes. The woman next to her is holding the lid o one of the boxes. Between both women is a container with numerous flashes. The container has "PRODUCTION" printed on the side. On the table between the women is a wooden, slotted container with what appears to be small light bulbs.
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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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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Place & Date Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1958
Kodak celebrated its 50th Jubilee in 1958, celebrating the founding of Kodak in Australia in 1908. -
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Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1958
Kodak celebrated its 50th Jubilee in 1958, celebrating the founding of Kodak in Australia in 1908. Another photograph taken at the same time shows the Brownie Flash II Jubilee model being assembled, and this was only produced between about 1958 and 1963. -
Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Back, handwritten, pencil: 'Camera Assembly - Abbotsford'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
165 mm (Width), 113 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Assembly Lines, Cameras, Factories, Manufacturing Plants, Photographic Equipment, Photography, Making History - Kodak Collection, Photographic Flash Attachments, Manufacturing, Packaging