Summary
One of six colour 35mm Kodachrome slide transparencies featuring the removal of a lid by helicopter from the chimney at the former Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory in Coburg. This particular image features a wide-angle view of the helicopter on top of the brick chimney. The photographs were taken by former Kodak employee,Yvonne Cameron.
Yvonne not only worked in the canteen and staff shop at Coburg from 1964 to 1975, she was an active member of the Kodak Camera Club. She also lived in a street behind the factory and watched as the factory was constructed in the late 1950s, saw through its various phases of development and then she witnessed its final closure and destruction from 2004 - 2011.
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.
Description of Content
Low angle, wide shot of skyline with tall brick chimney visible in centre frame between two trees and over the top of a roof. A helicopter hovers above the chimney.
Physical Description
35mm, positive Kodachrome colour film mounted in paper slide frame. Landscape format.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Yvonne Cameron, 01 Jun 2015
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Place & Date Printed
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Jan 1974
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Photographer
Mrs Yvonne Cameron (née Welch) - Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., circa Jan 1974
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Format
Slide, 35 mm, Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed, obverse, red ink: 'KODACHROME / TRANSPARENCY / PROCESSED BY KODAK' (red and yellow Kodak 'K' symbol) Stamped, reverse, red ink: '6 JAN 73M4' Imprinted, reverse: 'MADE IN AUSTRALIA' Handwritten, reverse, black ink: 'LID OFF CHIMNEY'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Factory exterior views
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Overall Dimensions
50 mm (Width), 2 mm (Depth), 50 mm (Height)
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