Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Sue Truwella at Office Desk by Window, Building 8, Coburg, 1966

Summary

A black and white photograph of Sue Truwella who worked in cost management for the manufacturing division at Kodak Australasia, seated at her desk on the 3rd floor of Building 8 in the Kodak factory in Coburg in 1966.

This photo was taken 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. He 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

A woman in pale shirt, watch and glasses seated at an office desk covered in papers, in front of a window. There are two pot plants in the left background and a filing cabinet in the right background.