Summary
Unopened pack of Kodak Contrast projector slide plates, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, USA, for use by March 1978. According to the box label, these glass plates were "for making transparencies for projection from line subjects and continuous-tone negatives of low contrast".
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.
Kodak manufactured and distributed a wide range of photographic products to Australasia, such as film, paper, chemicals, cameras and miscellaneous equipment. Its client base included amateur and professional photographers, as well as specialist medical and graphic art professionals who used photography, x-ray and other imaging techniques.
Physical Description
Yellow cardboard box printed with red and black ink and sealed with yellow paper.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Ms. Kate Metcalf - Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
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Acknowledgement
Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
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Manufacturer
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, United States of America, circa 1970 - 1978
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Expiry Date
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Inscriptions
Top, printed, red and black ink: 'Kodak Glass / Plates / [vertically] Handle With Care' Front, printed, black ink: '36 PLATES / [...] 2 x 2 in. / 51 x 51 mm' Right side, label, printed and stamped, red and black ink: 'Kodak projector slide plates / CONTRAST / MAR78 BER1J6B CAT 140 6875 / Extremely fine-grain, blue-sensitive, antihalation plates / for making transparencies for projection from line / subjects and continuous-tone negatives of low con- /trast [...] Use KODAK Safelight Filter, No. 1 or equivalent / Developer: KODAK DEKTOL, VERSATOL, D-72, D-11 / or equivalent. / [...] Printed in U.S.A'
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions - Closed
142 mm (Width), 60 mm (Depth), 52 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photographic Accessories, Negatives, Packaging Boxes, Slides, Slide Photography Equipment