Summary
Bundle of 10 un-used, flat pack boxes for Kodak Max Versatility film cartridges in Thai script. The boxes were designed to hold a single Kodak Max 400 film cartridge (36 exposures, 35mm color print film, 400 speed).
The boxes were manufactured by Carter Holt Harvey packaging for Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, who would then package the finished film in the Coburg factory.
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, and blue colour scheme with a photograph on the front of a young boy riding a BMX bike. There are perforations on the reverse for opening. The boxes were originally tied together with a brown rubber band.
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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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Manufactured For
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2003 - 2005
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Keywords
Manufacturing, Photographic Products, Photographic Film, Packaging, Packaging Boxes, Marketing, Retailing