Summary

Black and white silver gelatin photograph, view of Elizabeth Street running alongside the vacant land of the Kodak factory site (to the right) prior to construction, Coburg, circa 1956.

A Holden car and a delivery van are parked near a gate with the sign 'BIGGS ST' which leads into the factory site area. A utility truck (ute) is parked in the vacant paddock.

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 after the manufacturing plant at Coburg had closed down the year before.

Description of Content

A vacant paddock with an unsealed road running alongside it. The road runs from the lower right hand corner of the image to the mid-ground of the print. In the lower left foreground is an area of vacant land. Suburban housing is visible in the background. Electricity poles and wires run diagonally across the image. A delivery van and 1953 Ford Customline car are parked on the shoulder of of the unsealed road near a gate. A man is leaning against the gate next to the car. A small street sign reading 'BIGGS ST' points to the factory site property, with a rudimentary dirt road visible beyond the gate. An FJ Holden utility vehicle is parked in the field towards mid-ground and to the right of the photograph.

Physical Description

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

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