Summary

Black and white photograph of the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd 'Kodak House' building on Elizabeth St, Hobart, Tasmania, circa 1959. This street view looks up the hill, showing neighbouring shops and cars in the foreground, with the Kodak building the tallest in the image. Neighbouring businesses include 'The Paragon' lingerie store and 'Supermeats'.

This image 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

Streetscape of buildings. Motor cars parked in street. People on footpath.

Physical Description

Black & white photograph on medium weight paper.

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