Item MM 138567 Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Christmas Party, Burnley, 1966

Summary

Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd staff at the Burnley factory, Richmond, celebrating at a Christmas party in 1966.

Marie McKinley, (later de Camara) is second from the left in the group at the forefront of the image. A man is kissing the neck of the older woman beside Marie, and behind them several men are drinking and laughing. There are handwritten signs in multiple languages on the wall behind them saying Merry Christmas.

Marie worked for Kodak for 35 years in total, commencing at Abbotsford, moving to Burnley and then finishing up at Coburg. She spent the majority of her working life at Burnley in the Powder and Solution Department, and here we see a lively party at Burnley, with staff enjoying social time together.

The Burnley building was located at 550-556 Swan Street Burnley and was purchased by Kodak in 1950 as the Abbotsford factory became too cramped. The building was previously the Barnes Honey Factory.

Both Kodak's black and white photo finishing laboratory and the Powder and Solution Department (later known as the Photochemical Department) operated out of these premises until1974. The Photochemical Department was transferred to the Coburg factory in 1974, while the photo finishing laboratory closed down at this time because a black and white processing and developing service was no longer provided by Kodak after Burnley was vacated.

This document 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

Group of men and women drinking and laughing. A man is kissing an older woman in the foreground, and behind them several men are drinking and laughing. There is a table in the foreground laid with food and drinks. On the wall behind there are handwritten signs saying Merry Christmas is different languages, plus Christmas lights and streamers.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photographic print, landscape format