Summary
This photograph shows the Kodak Women's Basketball team in about 1932 at Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd's factory in Abbotsford.
The team was made up of female staff members from the Developing and Printing department (D & P) and the Film department. One of the players is Margaret 'Peg' Newing, who worked for Kodak at its Abbotsford factory, and played with the company basketball team. The team would practice at lunch and after hours. Peg Newing was the maternal grandmother of the contributor who donated this photograph to the Museum's collection.
Description of Content
A group of 15 women in dresses standing in two rows. The central woman is holding a basketball. A fence is in the background, and there is a small palm tree to the left and other trees behind to the right. A barrel or bin is at right of the women.
Physical Description
Digital photograph copied from a photographic print in an album. Dimensions of Original Source Material: 11cm X 16cm.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Clothing & Textiles, Images & Image Making, Leisure, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Miss Emily Margaret Mierisch, 23 Oct 2006
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Place & Date Depicted
Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1932
Source of Date Depicted: Contributor's mother. -
Organisation Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Southampton Crescent, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1932
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Photographer
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Individuals Identified
Fielding, Doreen; Newing, Peg; Egar, Winnie; (illegible surname), Grace; Lock, Molly; Brown, Edna; Reed, Eva; (surname unknown), Dot; Veal, Nellie; Newing, Nellie; Brown, Jane; (surname unknown), Dot; (surname unknown), Jessie; Dale, Jean; (surname unknown), Ida
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Format
Digital file, TIFF, Black & White
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Inscriptions
On album page: 'D & P team @ film Front row: Doreen Fielding, Peg Newing, Winnie Egar, Grace (illegible), Molly Lock, Edna Brown, Eva Reed, Dot. Rear: Nellie Veal, Nellie Newing, Jane Brown, Dot, Jessie, Jean Dale, Ida. '
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Sports teams
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Keywords
Basketball, Sport, Sporting Teams, Sportswear, Women, Staff Relations, Leisure, Recreation, Working Life, Factories, Manufacturing, Photography