Summary
Kodak Film Wallet, likely manufactured by Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd for H. Clarkson Dispensing Chemist, Brunswick, circa 1930s. The front cover features the slogan 'Remember Happy Days with a Kodak'. 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 is one of the few examples in the collection that shows how the envelopes were intended for use by individual retailers and chemists.
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 folder or envelope printed in brown ink, with two internal side pockets stitched together across top and bottom edges and printed with text. Front cover features an illustration a man taking a photo of a woman in a boat with a Graflex camera. On the back there is an advertisement for a Kodatoy projector. Handwritten inscriptions on cover in pen.
More Information
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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: 'NAME ........... NO. ............. / REMEMBER / HAPPY DAYS / WITH A KODAK / H.C. CLARKSON / [...] BRUNSWICK' Back, printed: 'KODATOY / THE POPULARLY PRICED / 16MM. PROJECTOR / [...] on request.' Inside, left pocket, printed: 'Enlargements / [...] 15 inch 4/9 6/6 9/6 12/9' Inside, right pocket, printed: 'Always Use / KODAK FILM / [...] Verichrome for the future.'
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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