Item MM 138579 Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Marie de Camara & Co-Worker, Abbotsford, Victoria, 1946-1950

Summary

Marie McKinley (later de Camara) and another female Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd employee standing outside the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford circa 1946-1950.

This image appears to be taken outside the factory building on the south side of Southampton Crescent, but the location also resembles the Plate Building.

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 & Solution Department, but here she is pictured in the early days of her employment at Abbotsford with another female colleague. This colleague also appears in other photographs including MM 138587 and MM 138578.

This photograph 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

Two women standing against a brick wall. The woman on the left has a dark dress, light blazer and high, curled "bangs". The woman on the right wears a lighter skirt suit and headband.

Physical Description

Black and white photographic print, portrait format with white border