Summary
Colour photograph of a display promoting Velox products. The display is set up in a large room with rows of chairs positioned in the centre and various panels with posters and brochures pinned to them, lined up along the wall.
This is one of a group of images taken of the displays at an Open House (Open Day) at the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory in Coburg,1964.
It 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
Room with display panels made of blue message boards arranged along one wall. There are rows of red seats in the foreground and products arranged underneath the panels. The clock on the wall reads 5:25.
Physical Description
Colour photograph on light weight paper; portrait format with off-white border.
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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Place & Date Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1964
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Inscriptions
Reverse, stamped, red ink: 'THIS IS A / KODACOLOR PRINT / Made by / Kodak'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Opening events
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
121 mm (Width), 88 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Open Days, Photographic Equipment & Supplies, Photographic Products, Promotional Materials, Exhibitions, Factories, Marketing, Photographic Processing Equipment, Displays, Printing Machines, Office Equipment, Papers, Photographic Papers