Summary
Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Earthworks in Progress at Construction Site, Kodak Factory, Coburg, circa 1963.
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
Earthworks at a construction site. A truck is in the mid-ground to the left and earth moving equipment can be seen to the right of the image. A group of men are at the centre, mid-ground. In the background is suburban Coburg.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph printed on light weight paper, landscape format.
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
Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1963
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Organisation Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1963
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Back, handwritten, pencil: 'Earthworks in Progress'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Factory exterior views
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
255 mm (Width), 208 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Earth Moving & Construction Equipment, Building & Construction, Manufacturing, Factories, Photography
