Summary
Security Pass used by Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd employee, Gordana Duzdevich, Coburg, 1968-1977
Gordana had recently migrated to Australia when she found her first job at Kodak in 1968, working in Building 20. Gordana was the only woman to operate a film processing machine in the 1960s. She was later promoted to an office job, involving recording data for improving productivity in film processing. In a related interview, she describes the process of printing Kodachrome films, and her work in the office punching data into a computer. Gordana's working life gives some insights into the multicultural and class structure of Kodak's workforce.
This pass 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
Yellow laminated card with white back, black and white printed text and a red Kodak logo.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Gordana Duzdevich - Kodak (Australasia) Pty, Ltd, Australia, 23 Feb 2015
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Place & Date Depicted
Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1968-1977
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Organisation Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1968-1977
Date suggested from donor's dates of working career at Kodak Australasia -
Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Front, printed, black ink: 'Kodak (logo) / COMPANY PASS (white text) / KODAK Australasia PTY. LTD. / 173-199 Elizabeeth Street, Coburg, Victoria / Pass No. 5161' Back, printed, black ink: 'NAME: G.DUZDEVIC / IDENTITY No. 05465' (and extended text regarding use of the pass)
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Overall Dimensions
90 mm (Width), 55 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Factories, Manufacturing Plants, Workers, Security Passes, Migration & Settlement