Summary
Black and white photographic group portrait of the Kodak (Australasia) Limited men's football team, post 1908. The team was based at Kodak's Abbotsford factory.
There are 18 players and two men in suits, posing for the portrait in front of a building with a sign stating 'member's only'. This is possibly Ivanhoe Football Ground, as the building looks very similar to the one identified as such in MM 155011.
Back row: unknown, Lewis Lewis, Fred Howell, Percy Minter, John Walker, Sam White, 7th from left is Roy Hager, Jonathon Monteith.
Middle row: Alf Hogg, unknown, Jack Lewis, Laurie Hanslow, George Snibson, George Goble, unknown (in suit)
Front row: unknown, Wal or Alec Edwards, possibly Vincent Connolly ?, possibly Allan Porter ?, possibly Bill Morgan ?
Names were identified from the inscriptions for similar photographs MM 155011, MM 138222 and MM 96639.
Alf Hogg is holding a cricket bat, suggesting this team played various sports aside from football. He appears in other football photographs, suggesting he may be the coach or a Kodak executive supporting the team.
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
Group portrait of a football team. The men are wearing a dark polo jersey top with "KODAK" printed in white and white long shorts. Five men are seated cross-legged in the front row. Third man from the left is holding a football with "KODAK" printed on it. In the second row, seven men are crouching. The two men at either end of the second row are wearing suits. Eight men are standing in the back row. In the background is a wooden building. Man at left front is holding a cricket bat. Two bicycles are leaning against the building at left.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph printed on light weight paper, landscape format. Proof copy.
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
Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1911
Kodak as a company was not established until 1908 so this image must date after this, and it is likely that it took several years to get the football team playing so the image potentially wasn't taken until circa 1911. -
Organisation Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Limited, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Person Depicted
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Person Depicted
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Format
Proof, Black & White
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Inscriptions
The people have been identified on an accompanying piece of paper attached to identical image MM138222, except Lewis Lewis who is identified in an inscription on similar photograph MM 96639. However some of these appear to be incorrect and a typed inscription of the same era as the print MM155011 has more reliable information.
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Sports teams
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
204 mm (Width), 125 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Factories, Manufacturing, Photography, Sporting Clubs, Football, Sports, Staff Relations, Sport, Cricket, Working Life, Leisure, Recreation
