Summary
Cardboard film box which originally housed a 16mm motion film featuring a television advertisement for the Kodak Brownie Starflash camera, 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 a round sticker on the front. The sticker has black and gold dots on the upper half, and production details listed below.
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
Berry Currie Advertising (VIC.) Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1962
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Organisation Named
Fanfare Films Pty Ltd, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1962
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Inscriptions
Back, printed, red ink: 'FANFARE FILMS PTY. LTD. / TELEVISION CITY / BENDIGO STREET, RICHMOND...' Front, sticker, printed, red ink: 'Berry Curry Advertising Pty. Ltd.' Front, sticker, printed and typed, black ink: 'SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. ADELAIDE' / (Two rows of black and gold dots) / 'Television Commercial / CLIENT: Kodak (A'Asia) Pty.Ltd / LENGTH: 20 Secs. KEY No.: BCA.576 / PRODUCT: BROWNIE STARFLASH / CAMERA. / VIDEO CUE: / AUDIO CUE: ' Front, sticker, typed, black ink: ' Kodak (A'Asia) ... / BROWNIE STARFLASH / CAMERA'
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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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, Packaging, Television Production