Summary
German Photo-Planet film wallet with a stamp addressed 'Walter Burke, Sydney, Australia'. Likely dating to the 1940s. Walter Burke was a photographer and editor of the Australasian Photo Review.
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
Brown paper envelope or sleeve, printed in black ink with a red stamp on front.
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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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Person Named
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Inscriptions
Front, printed: '[Illustration of a building 'Planetarium Hindenburgbau] / PHOTO-PLANET / OTTO NEHRKORN / [...] STUTTGART' Front, stamped: 'WALTER BURKE / [illegible] GPO / SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA] Back, printed: 'Photo-Arbeiten / [...] dem Bahnof'
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Overall Dimensions
109 mm (Width), 149 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photographic Processing, Photographic Products, Photographic Film, Packaging, Promotional Materials, Photographers
