Summary

Black and white photograph of the Walter Suckling Limited shop entrance, New Zealand, circa 1910s. There are Premo Cameras in the window and a sign for developing and printing services. Sucklings 'The Camera People' were Kodak dealers with shops throughout New Zealand which were later acquired by Kodak New Zealand / Kodak Australasia Limited.

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

Shop entranceway and display windows with cameras and photographic equipment.

Physical Description

Sepia-toned photograph on lightweight paper, landscape format

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