Summary

Black and white photograph of a product display in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd store in Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1950s. The display features a large rocket crashing into a pile of various Kodak products. There are also some Kodak products inside the rocket. A Santa Claus / Father Christmas dummy is next to this, holding a box of Verichrome film and a sign that says 'Gifts From Out of This World for You'.

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

Shopfront display of cameras, accessories and photographic equipment. A model space rocket is inside the display case next to a mannequin dressed as Father Christmas.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph on medium weight paper, landscape format

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