Summary
Cardboard film box containing a metal Kodak film reel. It originally housed a16mm motion film featuring a television advertisement for Kodak Retinette cameras, made circa 1960 - 1963.
This box 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 and graphic art professionals who used photography, x-ray and other imaging techniques.
Physical Description
A cardboard film box with a black metal reel. The box has a blue, red and white Berry Currie Advertising sticker on the front with production details printed upon it.
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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Organisation Named
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 173 - 199 Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960-1963
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Organisation Named
Berry Currie Advertising (VIC.) Pty Ltd, St Kilda, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960-1963
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Organisation Named
Fanfare Films Pty Ltd, Richmond, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960-1963
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Inscriptions
Front, sticker, printed, red ink: 'from Berry Currie Advertising (Vic) Pty. Ltd.' ... 'Offices at Sydney and Adelaide' Front, sticker, typed, black ink: CLIENT: Kodak (A'Asia) Pty. Ltd. / PRODUCT: Retina Automatics'...'VIDEO: C.U. Two Vintage Car Models / on desk.' Side, handwritten, pencil: 'BCA 513'
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
100 mm (Width), 25 mm (Depth), 100 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing, Advertising, Motion Picture Films, Cameras, Television Production, Promotional Materials
