Summary
Cardboard film box and red plastic film reel which originally housed a 16mm motion film featuring a television advertisement for Kodak Verifax copiers, made circa 1962.
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 square red and white cardboard film box with red plastic film reel inside.
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, 1962
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Organisation Named
Advertising, Berry Currie Hawkins Pty Ltd, 252 Collins Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1962
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Organisation Named
Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia, 1962
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Inscriptions
Box, back, printed, red ink: ARTRANSA PARK / STUDIOS / Agency.../ Client... / Key No... / Title... / Running Time... / Production No... ' Box, back, handwritten, blue ink: 'Kodak (A'Asia) Ltd. / Berry Currie Advtg / BCA563 / "Verifax" / 5743' Box, back, printed, black ink: 'ARTRANSA PARK TELEVISION PTY. LTD. / FRENCH'S FOREST, SYDNEY, N.S.W. JY 9311'
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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, Promotional Materials, Motion Picture Films, Office Equipment, Television Production