Summary
Black and white silver gelatin photograph of a Kodak Australasia shopfront and building on George St, Sydney, 1940.
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
Streetscape with tall building in centre of shot. Trucks and a car parked in street. People crossing road and walking along footpath.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph printed on light weight photographic paper with white border, portrait format.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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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
The Kodak Gallery, Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., George Street, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1940
Date information taken from duplicate image - not registered. -
Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Back, handwritten, blue ink: 'Sydney, Australia / 5-21-40 / 94X-11'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
204 mm (Width), 253 mm (Height)
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