Summary

A poster featuring 6 photographs of Kodak House, the Kodak Australasia retail outlet on Elizabeth Street, Hobart. The photos are primarily close ups of the street-level retail signage and shopfront.

This poster is one of nineteen handmade posters featuring street views and close ups of signage at different Kodak Australasia retail outlets and warehouses around Australia, including Adelaide, Launceston, Hobart, Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Perth, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns.

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.

This poster 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.

Physical Description

Cardboard poster with 6 colour photographs (5 landscape format, 1 portrait format) with white borders. The photographs are all of the shopfront and street level signage. The back side of the poster has a crossed out heading and tears where photographs were once adhered.

More Information