Summary

A black and white photograph of the refrigerators used to house control strips and other warehouse equipment and supplies at the Kodak Australasia warehouse in Brisbane.

This photo was taken circa 1976 by Louis Shane Allan (commonly known as Shane) who worked with the company from 1965 to 2002 in various roles. He started off in planning and stock control, later moving to managing government contracts, before he became Kodak's Ombudsman with the job of resolving difficult problems with customers. Mr Allan worked in Brisbane for 2 years from 1975 to 1977

This image was donated as part of the Kodak Oral History Project. It complements the Kodak Heritage 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.Shane worked with the company from 1965 to 2002 in various roles.

Description of Content

Two white refrigerators against a wall - the large one in the foreground is a fridge freezer unit while the unit at the back is a single fridge. Equipment is stored on top of and beside the refrigerators.

Physical Description

Square, black & white, silver gelatin photograph with white border.

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