Summary
Black and white silver gelatin photograph of the construction of a Kodak retail and warehouse store at 379-381 George St, Sydney, circa 1955.
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
Photograph of a building under construction. At the rear of the vacant site, hemmed in on three sides by other buildings, are two men. A car is parked to the left. Building materials and rubble are at the edge of the site.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph printed on light weight paper.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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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
379-381 George St, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1955
The signage indicates a building company based in Sydney. The Philip Morris van establishes a possible date of mid to late 1950s. Philip Morris (Australia) Pty was established in Australia from 1954 to cater to the Asia-Pacific region. Nigel Beale in his unpublished history of Kodak states that the George St building was redeveloped around 1953/1954 and took several years to complete [see Supplementary material for reference]. -
Organisation Depicted
Sydney, Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., 379-381 George St, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1955
The signage indicates a building company based in Sydney. The Philip Morris van establishes a possible date of mid to late 1950s. Philip Morris (Australia) Pty was established in Australia from 1954 to cater to the Asia-Pacific region. Nigel Beale in his unpublished history of Kodak states that the George St building was redeveloped around 1953/1954 and took several years to complete [see Supplementary material for reference]. -
Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Back, stamp, green ink: '267' Back, handwritten, blue ink: 'Early Concrete' [?]
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Classification
Building & construction, Commercial buildings, Construction sites
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
60 mm (Width), 60 mm (Height)
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References
[Link 1] Beale, Nigel "History Of Kodak, Australasia", pp.99-100 [unpublished manuscript]
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Keywords
Building & Construction, Photography, Retailing, Shops, Warehouses, Making History - Kodak Collection
