Summary
Colour photograph of a Kodak Open House display featuring a large piece of Kodak equipment, possibly a printing machine, in the centre of a space set up as a theatre with rows of chairs and exhibition display panels about photographic chemical processing around the walls.
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
Rows of red chairs in the centre of a room, with a large grey machine on top of a blue velvet covered table in the centre aisle. At the back of the room are carpet boards decorated as product display panels, and some tables are laid beneath them with Kodak products.
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, Photographic Developers, Chemicals, Theatres, Machines, Printing Machines