Summary
Colour photograph of Kodak employee Bill Byron while speaking on the telephone at his desk in Building 20, Color Print & Processing, at the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory in Coburg, 1976.
Bill worked for Kodak for over 25 years, commencing at Abbotsford in 1956 in Kodachrome customer service. He later moved into quality control, before leaving the company to work in the motion film industry for 9 years. He returned to Coburg in 1975 and worked there in various roles, again relating to customer service and technical services, including industrial photography. This photograph was taken shortly after Bill's return to the company.
This object was donated as part of the Kodak Oral History Project. It complements the Kodak Heritage 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.
Description of Content
Man in white shirt and red vest seated at office desk, speaking on the telephone and writing in a large ledger.
Physical Description
Colour photograph, portrait format
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Bill Byron, 23 Feb 2015
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Person Depicted
Mr Bill Byron - Kodak Australasia, Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1976
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Place & Date Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1976
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
89 mm (Width), 130 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing Plants, Workers, Offices, Factories, Telephones