Summary

Black and white lantern slide, featuring an oblique view of several men in what appears to be the wrecked hull or bay of a ship. This would have been taken circa 1930s. These may be the crew from the previous slides 'B' and 'C' (MM 138001 and MM138002). It is unclear how this slide came to be in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd corporate collection.

This image 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.

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.

Description of Content

Three men stand in a large open space with wreckage everywhere (fallen and bent beams, twisted metal etc.) Above them are two large openings where light comes in. The walls appear slightly curved so is likely a ship.

Physical Description

Standard square(3¼ x 3¼ inch square) lantern slide of a black and white photographic image. It comprises of one pane of clear glass which bears the emulsion and the image and a second pane of clear glass to protect the image. There is a black paper window mount between the two panes of glass, framing the image.The two panes are sealed with black paper edge-binding strips. The slide is labeled '19'.

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