Summary
A letter from A Thomas, of Kodak Australasia Adelaide, to John Chester, Manager of Amateur Products Sales. The letter, dated January 11 1961, suggests an idea for the Kodak Australasia 'Sales News', suggested to Thomas by Mr Ray Jones, a sales representative.
This letter was originally housed in the Kodak Business Archive. It 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
Two pieces of paper pinned together in the top left corner. Text is typed in black ink and underlined in red ink.
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Collection Names
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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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Addressed To
Mr John W. Chester - Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 Jan 1961
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Inscriptions
Handwritten, pencil: 'Sales News / Ideas' Typed, black ink: 'ADELAID. / January 11, 1961. / Mr. John Chester, / [...] Dear John, / Our representative, Mr. Ray / Jones, handed me the attached article which / we beleive may be suitable for our "Sales / News". / Seeing that the "Open me First" / cartoon, way back in February, 1959, was worth / a mention, we thought this might rank in the / same category. / Yours faithfully, / ADELAIDE.'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Business archives
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
230 mm (Width), 250 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Sales, Marketing, Promotional Materials, Advertising, Correspondence
