Summary

Percy (Perc) Minter's Retirement Function, Kodak Australasia Factory, Abbotsford, circa 1950s.

The group of Kodak staff are standing in front of a longcase clock which was gifted to the senior staff by former Kodak Managing Director Henry Foote in 1953.

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

Image features a group of men in an interior setting, To the right and facing the camera is a man wearing glasses and pinstripe suit and striped tie. There is longcase clock behind him.

Physical Description

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

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