Summary

Black and white photograph of a crowd of men and women in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd exhibition display stand at the Sydney Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) Easter Show, 1948.

This photograph 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

Oblique view of men and women looking at Kodak display. A young man in vest and tie is in focus in centre of frame. Two young girls in the left foreground are looking direct to camera. Kodak display panels are titled: 'Kodachrome', 'Enlarging', 'Colouring' and 'Kodak X-Ray' with explanatory text and photographs posted beneath. A male Kodak staff member is leaning on a service counter at the back, talking to customers.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph on medium weight paper; landscape format with white border.

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