Summary

Black and white silver gelatin photograph featuring a group of male staff members seated on a lounge suite. In front of them is a coffee table with a marketing management book on top, this may indicate the men are from the Kodak Australasia marketing department.

Pictured, seated on the couch, third from the left, is Irving McCray, George Conte. Resting on the arm of the couch, on the far right, is Neville Hesketh.

One of 48 black and white photographs depicting Kodak executive staff members from Kodak Australasia and Eastman Kodak. Images include studio and workplace portraits, and events held at the Kodak factory in Coburg. These photographs were originally held in a 8x10 inch Kodak photographic paper box with 'V.I.P's' hand written on the top and side.

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.

This photograph 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.

Description of Content

Group portrait of five men positioned around a lounge suite. Three of them sit on the couches and the other two perch on the arm rests, one of the men is holding some papers. In front of them is a glass top coffee table, a book titled 'Marketing Management' sits on top.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photograph with white borders, landscape format.

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