Summary
Black and white photograph featuring the Velox sheet cutter with printing attachment in the Velox paper cutting room of the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford. The image is number 4 in a series featuring paper examining and processing 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
Paper cutting machine with large metal rollers. A meter is mounted on the wall in the background.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph, landscape format, mounted on card with two holes punched at left, numbered sticker at bottom 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: 'PAPER EXAMINING / 4. Velox Sheet Cutter with the printing unit for / tinting "Velox" on the back of paper as it is / being cut and examined.' Reverse, handwritten, pencil: '#4'
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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
212 mm (Width), 163 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing, Industry, Factory Departments, Photographic Papers, Manufacturing Equipment