Summary

Colour photograph of women workers processing photographic film canisters in Building 20, Color Print & Processing, at the Kodak Australasia factory, Coburg, circa 1963.

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

Photograph of five women seated at desks and one woman standing in front of a box. On the desks in front of two women seated to the right is a small piece of equipment. All the women are working on the Kodak film canisters. They are all wearing a uniform, a blue shirtwaist dress with white collar.

Physical Description

Non-corrected colour proof photograph printed on medium weight paper, landscape format with a white border.

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