Summary
Box for Eastman Transparent Film Cartridge, 12 x 3 1/2 inch exposures, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company, USA for use with the No. 2 Bulls-Eye and No. 2 Bullet cameras, circa 1890s.
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 rectangular cardboard box; opened; printed in blue 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 1890s
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Inscriptions
Front, printed: 'ONE / EASTMAN / TRANSPARENT / FILM / CARTRIDGE / PAT MAY 5 1895 MAY 21 1895 / 12 EXPOSURES / 3 1/2 INCH / FOR / No. 2 BULLET KODAK / OR FOR / No. 2 BULLS-EYE KODAK / MANUFACTURED ONLY BY / Eastman Kodak Co. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. / FORM F.L. 18 A.'
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Overall Dimensions - Closed
34 mm (Width), 31 mm (Depth), 91 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photographic Products, Photographic Film, Packaging Boxes, Marketing, Retailing
