Summary

Colour photograph of the control panel at the side of a roll film slitting machine in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Coburg, circa 1974. Shows the unwind end of the film slitting machine.

This image 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

A large control panel in foreground with stop/start buttons and controls for bumper bars, inspection lights, slit number indicators, print roll alarm, tracking, space board, hoist and suction roll. In the background the winder full of plastic film is visible.

Physical Description

Colour photograph; landscape format with off-white border. Stamped on reverse.

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