Summary

Black and white photograph of an interior section of a Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd exhibition stand, circa 1940s. This section focuses on X-Ray imaging for both medical and industrial purposes. There is a wall of backlit x-rays, plus equipment arranged along the walls.

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

Interior of Kodak exhibition stand. X-Ray images of machinery along rear wall with other equipment lining the walls and a camera on tripod in right foreground. In left foreground, a man's trousered leg is just visible in a chair next to a low table with ashtray, book and folded paper. The booth number '15' is hung to the right, and a doorway visible beyond.

Physical Description

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

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