Summary
Place card for a dinner hosted by Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd's Sydney branch to welcome home ex-service personnel after World War II. The event was held at Paddington Town Hall on 4th June 1947 and Chaired by R.J. Mitchell.
This object 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.
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
Small place card with text and illustration printed in green ink.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Ms. Kate Metcalf - Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
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Acknowledgement
Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
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Organiser of Event
George Street, Kodak House, Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Central, New South Wales, Australia, 04 Jun 1947
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Place & Date Depicted
Sydney, Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., Paddington, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 04 Jun 1947
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Format
Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed; 'KODAK WELCOME HOME / 1947'
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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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Overall Dimensions - Unfolded
110 mm (Width), 75 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Manufacturing, Photography, Dinners, Returned Soldiers, Repatriation, World War II, 1939-1945
