Item MM 138312 Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Kodak Staff at Dining Table, Dr Nellie Fisher's Retirement Dinner, Coburg, Oct 1962

Summary

Colour photograph of a group of Kodak executives and staff at the dining table for Dr Nellie Fisher's dinner. On the reverse of the image, people have been identified as follows, from left to right: Neil Lewis, Edgar Rouse, Malcolm Bradley, John Habersberger, Emmie Doran (?) and Glen Hart (?) in the foreground.

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

Four men and a woman seated at a long dining table laid with a white cloth, dinnerware and flowers. In the foreground, a man is visible out of focus. In the background is a stage with beige curtain and a services cupboard with telephone and fire hydrant.

Physical Description

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