Summary
Kodak Film Wallet manufactured by Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd circa 1940s. It features the title 'Your Kodak Prints' on the cover with an illustration of a man and woman taking a photo together. This particular envelope features corrections to the text on the cover, in preparation for changing the title to 'Your Snapshots'. 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 blue ink, with two internal side pockets stitched together across top and bottom edges and printed with text. Handwritten inscriptions on front cover.
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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 1940s
Estimate taken from a similar film wallet with a date stamp on the front - This wallet was not registered. -
Inscriptions
Front, printed: 'NAME: NO: / Your / Kodak Prints / [Illustration of a man and woman taking a photograph together, printed as though on an unraveling spool of film]' Front, handwritten, black ink: 'Check [sp?] so / your Snapshots / same as / little [sp?] size' Back, printed: 'Send a Snapshot / in every letter / [Illustration of man and woman taking a photograph]' Inside, left pocket, printed: 'AN / ENLARGEMENT / ENHANCES / YOUR FAVOURITE / SNAPSHOT / [...] present for a friend or relative.' Inside, right pocket, printed: 'KODAK FILM / IS MADE IN AUSTRALIA / [...] in two speeds.'
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Overall Dimensions
114 mm (Width), 174 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photographic Processing, Photographic Products, Photographic Film, Packaging, Promotional Materials