Item MM 138309 Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Henry Foote & Nellie Fisher, Coburg, Oct 1962

Summary

Colour photograph of Henry Foote and Dr Nellie Fisher at her retirement dinner when Dr Fisher retired from Kodak Australasia.

Dr Fisher, an industrial chemist who had worked at Kodak Limited in Harrow, Britain, immigrated to Australia to work at Kodak Australasia as Manager of the Sensitizing Laboratory (Emulsion Laboratory), where she was employed from 1939 until 1962. She was a significant contributor to Kodak Australasia's manufacturing success.

This image 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

Man in grey suit and blue tie stands listening to a woman in a green suit and skirt with pink corsage, holding an envelope and glasses. A long table covered in a white cloth and laid with coffee cups and saucers is visible in the background, behind which people are standing. The room has tall, wood panelled walls.

Physical Description

Square, colour photograph with white border. Inscriptions and date stamp on reverse