Summary
Black and white copy print photograph of Betty Silcock (now Betty Radstake) and some friends from the offices at the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory at Abbotsford, taken in the late1950s. Betty is second from the right.
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 young girls in pencil skirts in a garden leaning on a bench. Trees and workers seated on bench in background.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph, landscape format.
More Information
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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, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1955-1960
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Person Depicted
Miss Betty Silcock - Kodak (Australasia) Pty, Ltd, Australia, circa 1955-1960
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
152 mm (Width), 102 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Manufacturing Plants, Factories, Workers, Staff Relations, Gardens
