Summary
Booklet issued by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, USA for its centenary in 1980. The booklet details major historical events in the company's history from 1880, each illustrated with one or more photographs.
This booklet 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.
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, educational, defence, scientific and graphic art professionals who used photography, x-ray and other imaging techniques.
Physical Description
48 page booklet with a silver cardboard cover and sepia printed pages.
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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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Publisher
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 1980
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Inscriptions
Front cover, top, embossed, silver: '1880' / (inside Kodak 'K' symbol) 'Kodak' / '1980' / 'A 100-year start on tomorrow' Back cover, top, printed, black ink: ' "One small step for man..." / Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, / photographed his footprint during the / first manned space mission to the moon / in July 1969.' Back cover, bottom, printed, black ink: (Photograph of footprint) / '(NASA)'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Promotional materials
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
140 mm (Width), 4.5 mm (Depth), 215 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Promotional Materials, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plants, Photographic Processes, Photographic Products
