Summary
Letter from George Eastman, Director of Eastman Kodak Company, to Thomas Baker, Managing Director of Kodak Australasia Limited, dated 01 October 1914. Eastman discusses the redistribution of shares to Kodak's English branch, the commencement of 'the war' (World War I), colour photography, and sales figures dropping in America and doing poorly throughout Europe, except in Russia.
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 on first page.
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, 01 Oct 1914
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Recipient
Mr Thomas Baker - Austral Plate Company, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1914
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Correspondence
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
215 mm (Width), 279 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Industry, Letters, Business Management, Shares, Photographic Processes, World War I, 1914-1918