Summary

Black and white, quarter plate copy negative of a large factory room lined with large rolls of uncut, unprocessed photographic material in Building 57 of Eastman Kodak's Kodak Park plant in Rochester, New York, USA, circa 1939.

This image 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.

Description of Content

Aisle in large factory store, with large rolls of film suspended on rolled storage racking on both sides.

Physical Description

Black & white glass negative, quarter plate, portrait format.

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