Summary

Black and white film negative featuring a portrait of a Queensland Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd branch manager in the 1930s, likely taken in Townsville.

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

Head and shoulder portrait of a man in suit and tie, with frameless pince nez glasses. He is seated against a dark curtained backdrop in a studio. and the lower half of the image has been blurred or shadowed.

Physical Description

Black and white film negative; cellulose nitrate; portrait format

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