Summary
A typed letter from Chairman & Managing Director of Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Ed Woods, to Shane Allan, dated December 13, 1990, congratulating Shane on his 25 years of service at Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd. Ed has also written an informal, personal thanks on the bottom of the page.
Louis Shane Allan (commonly known as Shane), worked with Kodak Australasia from 1965 to 2002 and held various positions, starting 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.
This document 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.
Physical Description
Typed letter on Kodak branded letterhead with handwritten signature and note on the bottom on the page in blue ink.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Shane Allan, 06 Nov 2013
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Author
Mr Edward Woods - Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., 173 - 199 Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 Dec 1990
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Recipient
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Place & Date Written
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Inscriptions
Printed, black ink: 'December 13, 1990 / Mr L.S. Allan / [...] Dear Shane, / It is my pleasure to congratulate you on achieving 25 years / of service with the Company. [...] E.G Woods / Chairman and / Managing Director' Handwritten, blue ink: 'Ed Woods / Well done Shane. Thanks for / all your help over the past 25 / years. All he best for the future / Ed.'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Correspondence
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Overall Dimensions
215 mm (Width), 279 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing, Factories, Staff, Letters, Correspondence, Celebrations, Working Life, Making History - Kodak Collection