Summary
Colour photograph featuring a group of Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd staff standing in front of a carpet board display featuring Kodak Quality Day posters. This was likely taken in August 1990.
Staff have been identified as follows, left to right: Nigel Foote, Robert Dessman, Ed Woods, Alan Forester, Ray Hodes, 'Geoff'.
This photograph 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
6 men in suits and ties stand in a line in front of several beige carpet board panels with Kodak logo posters and Quality Day posters adhered to them. There is a reflective wooden or marbled floor and a grey-green painted brick wall in the background. Each man has his hands clasped in front of him.
Physical Description
Colour photograph on light weight Kodak photographic paper, portrait format. A single A4 sheet of paper with pen markings identifying staff was previously sticky-taped to this photograph, but it has now been removed and disposed of.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Ms. Kate Metcalf - Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
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Acknowledgement
Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
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Place & Date Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1990
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Staff events
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Keywords
Photography, Industry, Staff, Workers, Staff Relations, Quality Control, Portraits, Awards