Summary

Black and white photograph of Helen Luke, of Greg Luke Pharmacy, Main Street, Monbulk, posing with two Kodak Australasia managers. Helen was the Victorian winner of the Kodak Ektra Competition in 1979 and won a trip to Fiji. Here she is posing with Dr Gerry Johnston (left) Kodak's Consumer Markets Manager, and John Chester (right), Chairman and Managing Director of Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd. Helen was part of a wider network of pharmacies and retailers selling Kodak products at the time

This group of images 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

Woman with short black hair holding a camera, seated between two men in suits. There is a framed photograph on a bench behind them, as well as a curtain and pot plant.

Physical Description

Black & white photograph on light weight paper; landscape format. Originally the photograph came with a caption sticky-taped to it. This has been removed and transcribed below

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