Summary
Black and white photograph of seven Kodak employees and guests at a 'Welcome Home Dinner to Returned Service Personnel of Abbotsford Factory', held for returned World war II personnel on the 01 Feb 1947 at Melbourne Town Hall, and chaired by Edgar Rouse.
Description of Content
Long dining table with seven people (5 men and two women) looking to camera. A vast dining hall is visible in the background, full of people at tables, and in the foreground the table is laid with flowers, glasses, programmes, napkins and glasses. The back of several people's heads are visible in the left foreground also. Man second from the right holds a small glass of beer.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph, landscape format, with white border.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
City of Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Central, Victoria, Australia, 01 Feb 1947
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Organiser of Event
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1947
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Staff events
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
103 mm (Width), 78 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Manufacturing Plants, World War II, 1939-1945, Workers, Dinners, Staff, Repatriation
