Summary
Sepia toned photograph of the new Baker & Rouse photographic shop interior, Melbourne, April 1905. This had previously been the Kodak Limited store. It was located in the Block Arcade, 284 Collins Street, Melbourne. It was later the Australian Kodak Limited store, from August 1908.
This image was reproduced in the Baker & Rouse published journal Australasian Photographic Review, 25 April 1905 p.154. It also appeared in Melbourne Punch, 18 May 1905, p.15.
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 a shop interior, display counters and cases. Photographs hanging on walls. Chairs for clients to be served in. There are columns at the rear of the store with elaborate paint and plasterwork above them. The letter 'K' is painted in the centre of wall and ceiling friezes.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin print on medium weight paper, landscape format
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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
284 Collins Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, April 1905
This image was reproduced in the Baker & Rouse published journal Australasian Photographic Review, 25 April 1905 p.154. It also appeared in Melbourne Punch, 18 May 1905, p.15. The latest date it was taken is therefore April 1905. Kodak Limited which operated out of England first occupied this store from 1900. The retail space was sold to Baker & Rouse Pty Ltd in April 1905 and then taken over by Australian Kodak Limited in 1908. -
Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Text, handwritten reverse: '1898?/(Cyclone Cameras).'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
204 mm (Width), 154 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Retailing, Sales, Marketing, Photographic Equipment & Supplies, Retail Displays, Signage, Cameras, Shop Interiors, Retail Sales, Photography