Summary

Black and white silver gelatin photograph of a Kodak Australasia shopfront and building on Queen Street, Brisbane, circa 1930.

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

At the centre of this photograph of a streetscape is a building with '"KODAK 1914" signage at the top while on the awning of the shopfront is the signage, "KODAK AUSTRALASIA KODAK". To the left is a building with the signage "ZOELLER'S CHAMBERS", lawyers' offices. To the right is a retail shop selling Singer's Sewing Machines. There is a group of people at street level in front of the Kodak shop.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin print, pasted on board, portrait format.

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