Summary
Black and white photograph of the shop front window display in Kodak Australasia Limited's retail store on Queen Street, Brisbane, circa April to August 1920.
The display centrepiece is a large panoramic photo of the arrival of the Prince of Wales. Copies of a text only poster are arranged around the top of the display case reading 'Get Your Kodak for the Prince of Wales Visit'. In addition to this there are various framed posters with advertising slogans around the case, alongside folding cameras and portable developing tanks, which are arranged on a dark satin cloth on the floor.
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.
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.
Description of Content
Image of shop front product display, with Kodak (Australasia) Ltd and 'Kodak' embossed in the skirting beneath the window.Lead lighting panels run around top of the window. Panoramic image in case of Royal Parade by a river. Cameras and products displayed on floor with posters around the walls.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin print on medium weight paper, portrait 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
Kodak (Australasia) Limited, Queen Street, Brisbane, Greater Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, April 1920 - August 1920
Dates taken from known dates of Prince of Wales visit to Australia in 1920. -
Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Text, handwritten reverse: POSSIBLY REFERS TO EDWARD - PRINCE OF WALES/? YEAR.
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
165 mm (Width), 216 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Retailing, Sales, Marketing, Photographic Equipment & Supplies, Buildings, Shopfronts, Retail Displays, Retail Display Materials, Signage, Cameras, Royalty, Panoramas