Summary
Alternative Name(s): Film Cassette; Film Roll or Roll Film.
Kodak Plus-X Fine Grain 135 format film cartridge, 36 exposures, manufactured by Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Melbourne, from the 1950s. Product code PX 135.
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
Cylindrical metal film cartridge in maroon and yellow colour scheme. The cartridge has a black plastic spool inside and a film exit slot lined with black flocking down one side.
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
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1950s - 1980
This type of film manufactured until the early 2000s but judging by the packaging this is an earlier example. -
Inscriptions
Label, printed: '36 EXPOSURES / PLUS-X / FINE GRAIN / PX 135 / MADE IN AUSTRALIA / KODAK (A/Asia) Pty. Ltd.'
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
37 mm (Width), 25 mm (Depth), 45 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Manufacturing, Photographic Products, Photographic Film, Packaging
