Summary
Box for Kodacolor Gold 400, 135 (35mm) film cartridge, 24 exposures, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company to develop before November 1992. This is special edition packaging for the 1992 Olympic Games. Product code GC 135-24.
This product 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
Empty yellow cardboard film box; opened; printed in black, red, gold, blue and orange colour scheme.
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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 1992
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Date Inscribed
Nov 1992
Develop before date. -
Inscriptions
Front, printed: '400 / Kodak / [Kodak 'K' logo made from 5 strips of colour (black, gold, blue, red, orange ink) and 'Gold' written inside it] Side, printed: 'Kodacolor / PRINT FILM / [in diagonal blue band] NEW IMPROVED / [In white box in lower right corner] Kodak / Official Film / of the / Olympic Games / [Olympic logo consisting of 5 red concentric circles / 30 USC 380'
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Overall Dimensions - Closed
57 mm (Width), 37 mm (Depth), 37 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photographic Products, Photographic Film, Packaging Boxes, Marketing, Retailing, Olympic Games: Barcelona, 1992
