Summary
Film Wallet for J.B. Watson, a photographic dealer in Edinburgh, Scotland. There are two inner side pockets printed with order information and promotional text, which lists Kodak products among the items sold at Watson's.
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
Brow cardboard folder or envelope printed in brown ink, with two internal side pockets stitched together across top and bottom edges with red string. and printed with text. Front cover features an illustration of a woman dressed in classical Roman or Greek costume holding a folding camera on a stand.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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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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Place & Date Issued
Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Great Britain, circa 1930s - 1940s
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Inscriptions
Front, printed: 'J.B. WATSON / 13 SHANDWICK PLACE / [illustration] / EDINBURGH.' Back, printed: '[Illustration of furnished room] / WATSON'S private Sight-testing Rooms at 13 Shandwick / [...] Closed on Saturdays 1 p.m.' Inside, left pocket, printed: 'Date ..... 191 / Order No...... / [...] so as to avoid / confusion and delay.' Inside, right pocket, printed: 'Everything / FOR THE / Photographer. /[...] Phone 6873.'
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions - Closed
112 mm (Width), 2 mm (Depth), 177 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photographic Processing, Photographic Products, Photographic Film, Packaging, Promotional Materials