Summary
Black and white photograph featuring a film examining room in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford. The image is number 4 in a series featuring X-ray and portrait film areas.
This image 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.
Description of Content
Row of four women seated at workstations.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph, landscape format, mounted on card with two holes punched at left, numbered sticker at lower right, and label adhered on reverse.
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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Place & Date Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s
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Format
Photograph, See Dimensions, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Front, label, handwritten, black ink: '4' Reverse, label, typed, black ink: 'X-RAY & PORTRAIT FILM EXAMINING / 4. Same as No. 3.'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Manufacturing plant images
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
205 mm (Width), 162 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing, Industry, Staff, Factory Departments, Photographic Film, X-Ray Film, Photographic Processing