Summary
Black and white, silver gelatin photograph of a group portrait of Kodak Australasia executives and staff at the Hotel Federal in Melbourne, Victoria, December 1957.
Standing, from left to right: Frank Spokes, Graham Jacks, Frank ?, Beu Ax, Keith Laidler, Ernie Van de Velde, Hughie Wagner, George Leggett, George Richardson, Willie Menk, Bill Davies, Victor Bennett, Eric Grumont, Don Ferguson, Percy Sands, Ian McIntosh, Ted Jenkins, Ernie Taylor and Jack Brown. Seated in the front row, second from the left, Basil Lascelles.
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
Group portrait of twenty four men in a room with a long dining table. Seven of the men are seated, the rest are standing. A few have drinks in their hands and the table features a white tablecloth with glasses and cutlery.
Physical Description
Black and white, silver gelatin photograph, printed on medium weight paper, landscape format.
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
Hotel Federal, 547 Collins Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, December 1957
Date is from the inscription on the folder of MM 98575 -
Organisation Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, December 1957
Date is from the inscription on the folder of MM 98575, an identical photograph. -
Individuals Identified
Ax, Beu; Spokes, Frank; Jacks, Graham; Laidler, Keith; Van de Velde, Ernie; Wagner, Hughie; Leggett, George; Richardson, George; Menk, Wille; Davies, Bill; Bennett, Victor; Grumont, Eric; Ferguson, Don; Sands, Percy; McIntosh, Ian; Jenkins, Ted; Taylor, Ernie; Brown, Jack; Lascelles, Basil
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Back, handwritten, pencil: "Jan B/ Sclvitti'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
152 mm (Width), 102 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Executives, Hotels, Photography, Portraits, Social Functions, Staff, Making History - Kodak Collection