Summary
Kodak Film Wallet, circa 1930s, featuring an image of a young woman taking a photograph with a Kodak Box Brownie camera on the cover, and the slogan 'Insist on Kodak Prints'. The paper envelope is stitched together at the top and bottom and has two small internal side pockets printed with promotional information for Kodak enlargements and film.
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
Paper folder or envelope printed in red and brown ink, with two internal side pockets stitched together across top and bottom edges.
More Information
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Collection Names
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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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Issued By
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1930s
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Inscriptions
Front, printed: 'NO: NAME: / [illustration inside diamond shape of a woman holding a Box Brownie camera] Insist on / KODAK Prints / KODAK / Prints' Back, printed: 'KODAK / PRINT / IT'S THE / KODAK / FILM / THAT / MAKES THE / PICTURE / [Illustration of box of Verichrome Film]' Inside, left pocket, printed: 'Enlargements / [...] 15 inch 4/9 6/6 9/6 12/9' Inside, right pocket, printed: 'Put new quality into / your snapshots. [...] Panchromatic, anti-halation / backed.'
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Overall Dimensions
86 mm (Width), 145 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photographic Processing, Photographic Products, Photographic Film, Packaging, Promotional Materials