Item MM 138581 Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Marie de Camara on Stairs, Abbotsford, Victoria, 1946-1950

Summary

Marie McKinley (later de Camara) sitting on the rear stairs of a Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory building in Abbotsford circa 1946-1950.

Marie worked for Kodak for 35 years in total, commencing at Abbotsford, moving to Burnley where she spent the majority of her working life in the Powder & Solution Department and then finishing up at Coburg in the Photochemical Department. She is pictured here in the early days of her employment.

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

Woman in dress and sandals sits on a external timber staircase, looking down to camera. A corrugated iron roof is visible in the background, beneath the stairs.

Physical Description

Black and white photographic print, portrait format with white border