Summary
A colour lantern slide featuring the Ornamental Lake in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens, circa 1940s. 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
View of large lake with trees and high rise buildings in the background. People are standing behind a railing, next to the lake, at the left of the image.
Physical Description
Colour lantern slide with black leatherette binding.
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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Past Owner
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Previously part of the collection at the Kodak Museum in Coburg. -
Place & Date Depicted
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1940s
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Format
Lantern Slide, See Dimensions, Colour
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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