Summary
Letter from George Eastman, Director of Eastman Kodak Company, to Thomas Baker, Managing Director of Kodak Australasia Limited, dated 18 December 1913. Eastman discusses the following subjects: purchasing of property in Melbourne, Mr Gaumont successfully exhibiting colour photography in the Paris Hippodrome, a legal case 'The Goodwin Suit', the new sixteen storey building at Kodak Park, and his upcoming Christmas party, for which he is building two pavilions (a dance and a supper pavilion) attached to his house, to be decorated electrically. He expects 800 guests.
This is one of 29 letters in an incomplete series of communications between Eastman and Baker.
This object 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.
Physical Description
Two paper pages, stapled in top left corner. Typed text in blue ink with printed black letterhead.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Author
Mr George Eastman - Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 18 Dec 1913
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Recipient
Mr Thomas Baker - Austral Plate Company, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1913
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Correspondence
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
214 mm (Width), 278 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Industry, Letters, Business Management, Christmas Celebrations, Colouring Processes
