Item MM 155028 Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Kodak Branch Managers Conference, Apr 1961

Summary

Black and white silver gelatin photograph, group portrait, Kodak Branch Managers Conference, Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, April 1961.

Pictured in the back row, left to right: R. Thomson, Toowoomba; F.J. McGill, Cairns; J.R. Freeman, Townsville; D.F. Vaughan, Rockhampton; C. Nelson, Geelong; R.L. Thomson, Launceston; J.A. Malone, Ballarat; G. Garside, Newcastle.

Seated, left to right: G.S. George, Hobart; A.V. Thomas, Adelaide; A. Wonson, Victoria; W.R. Clarkson, New South Wales; R.A. Clelland, Queensland; E.J. Harris, Perth; R.A. Dudley, Sydney.

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 featuring seven men seated in the front row of the image and eight men standing in the back row. Typed text features across the bottom of image detailing names of managers present in the photograph.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photograph printed on medium weight paper, landscape format.