Summary

A black and white, half plate negative featuring a photograph of a woman holding a baby in the garden outside a heavily vine-covered house. The woman's face has been messily painted yellow. The provenance of this image is unclear, but it came from the Kodak corporate museum at Coburg.

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

Woman stands holding a baby in front of a muntin window, the surrounding walls covered in vines. The head of a dog is visible in the lower left foreground.

Physical Description

Black & white glass negative, half plate, portrait format. Area around woman's face has been hand tinted yellow.

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