Summary

Photograph of the Instamatic camera assemblage machine, in the Camera, Reels & Sundries Department in Building 15 at at Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd's Factory, Coburg, circa 1963.

Kodak first made Instamatic cameras at Coburg in 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, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.

Description of Content

Factory interior with a man feeding the front part of the camera into an assembly line machine for manufacturing the camera body.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photograph printed on light weight paper, portrait format with white border.

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