Item MM 141577 Photograph - Emptying Powdered Chemicals Into Hopper, Building 20, Kodak Factory, Coburg, circa 1960s

Summary

Photograph featuring a worker emptying a tray of anhydrous Sodium Sulphate into a hopper in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Coburg. This is in the basement of Building 20 where chemicals were mixed and distributed to processing machines.
The photograph's caption in the original album mentions a matching black and white negative.

This is Slide 293 from the 'Extra Prints of Coburg Lecture' album which contained hundreds of images of the factory and its workers which could be used with a slide presentation titled 'A Look At Kodak Coburg Australia', issued by the Photo Information Services Department at Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, circa 1960s.

Description of Content

Man in white overalls, safety goggles and heavy lined gloves emptying a metal tray or scoop into a large metal vessel. Behind him on the tiled floor section is a trolley with similar trays filled with white powder, and an opened bag of Anhydrous Sodium Sulphate. In the background are shelves stacked with labeled products in drums and boxes.

Physical Description

Rectangular colour photograph, landscape format, with white border.