Summary
Black and white photograph of Betty Parkes (now Betty Radstake) and her workmates from the Testing Department, taken outside the Kodak factory, Coburg, 1964. Pictured, left to right: Amelia Williams, Robyn Sterry, Betty Parkes and Carmel Cintolo.
Betty began work for Kodak as secretary to the canteen manager and secretary to the manager of the waste survey department at Abbotsford in the 1950s. She left to start a family, then returned to Kodak at the Coburg plant in 1961, where she worked as a densitometer operator in the Testing Department.
This image contributes to the Kodak Heritage Collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd in 2005, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.
Description of Content
Four women in white protective uniforms leaning on a white railing outside the entrance to a large building. Woman second from left is eating an icecream. Woman at far right is looking away from camera.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph, landscape format, with white border.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Betty Radstake, 13 Nov 2014
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Place & Date Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1964
Building 7 - Testing -
Person Depicted
Miss Betty Silcock - Kodak (Australasia) Pty, Ltd, Australia, 1964
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
127 mm (Width), 88 mm (Height)
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