Summary

Bundle of 10 un-used, flat pack boxes for Kodak Max Versatility film packs. The film packs had hanging tabs for display and were designed to hold 3 x Kodak Max 400 film cartridges (24 exposures, 35mm color print film, 400 speed), totalling 72 exposures per pack.

They were manufactured by Carter Holt Harvey packaging for Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, who would then package the finished film in the Coburg factory using coated film from Kodak (China) Company Limited.

These boxes, manufactured circa 2003 - 2005, are excess, un-used stock items from the end of manufacturing at Kodak Australasia.These products are 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

10 colour cardboard boxes printed in a yellow, red, black and blue colour scheme with a photograph on the front featuring a young boy on a BMX bike. There is a an unfolded hanging tab at the top. The boxes were originally tied together with a brown rubber band.

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