Summary
Box for Kodak Orthochromatic plates. It has inscriptions on the lid and a Kodak Museum sticker on the base.
This object 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.
Physical Description
Cardboard box with maroon and grey text and green, red and white product sticker. Typed white sticker adhered to underside of base.
More Information
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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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Manufacturer
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s
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Inscriptions
Lid, top, handwritten, crayon: 'Cover / Glass' Lid, printed, maroon ink: 'STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE / Any correspondence regarding the plates / in this box should quote the number / on the back. / KODAK / PLATES / [Kodak logo of circle with wavy diagonal line through centre with 'Kodak' written inside it] / [...] Made in Australia by: 'KODAK (Australasia) PTY. LTD. / Melbourne, Victoria' Lid, side, sticker, printed: '1 DOZ. KODAK H&D 300 / ORTHCHROMATIC' Base, stamped: '2178 / BACKED' Base, sticker, typed and handwritten, black ink: 'ITEM: KODAK Plates. Ortho. / CODE: GP25 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 (1 DOZ) / CONDITION: G / COMMENTS: Box only'
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Overall Dimensions
91 mm (Width), 26 mm (Depth), 122 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Industry, Manufacturing, Photographic Products, Retailing, Merchandising, Promotional Materials, Packaging