Summary

Black and white photograph featuring the nitrate storage chamber in the Silver Nitrate Department in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford. The image is number 8 in a series featuring the Silver Nitrate department and equipment.

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

Storage room with two rows of wooden shelves stacked with jars of white crystal chemicals.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photograph, portrait format, mounted on card with two holes punched at top, numbered sticker at bottom left, and label adhered on reverse.

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