Summary
Unused sheets of Australian Kodak Limited Austral Star Paper 'Sensitized Post Cards' in their original envelope, which was opened.
These sensitised post cards were made in Australia at Kodak's Austral Works at Abbotsford.
This paper 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
Rectangular brown paper envelope and green printed label.
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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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Manufacturer
Australian Kodak Ltd, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1908
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Inscriptions
Printed, black ink on green paper: [decorative patterned border] [in rectangle with Southern Cross stars] AUSTRAL / REGISTERED / [outside rectangle, centre] STAR PAPER / SENSITIZED / POST CARDS/ Open in / DARK ROOM / Only. / PRICE 1/- / Per Packet of 12 / Unstamped. [Graphic illustration of post card] / [inside rectangle, printed in relief] Australian Kodak Ltd. / AUSTRAL WORKS, ABBOTSFORD. MELB.'
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Overall Dimensions
171 mm (Width), 115 mm (Height)
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