Summary
Colour photograph of a product display promoting Kodak Colour Photofinishing products and services. There is a display panel decorated with photographs and brochures, beneath which is a table laid with photofinishing products like developer, fixer and timers. Other product displays are visible to the right.
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
Exhibition of Kodak colour photofinishing products and product brochures. The products are arranged on a wooden table beneath a blue carpet board panel. There are large bronze-coloured bas-relief discs mounted on the wall, alongside 'The Vision of the Founders' (of Kodak). The bas-relief portraits depict George Eastman and John J. Rouse.
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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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Opening events
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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, Photographic Processing