Summary
Black and white photograph featuring the first drying alley in the film coating department in the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory, Abbotsford. The image is number 10 in a series featuring the department and its 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
Long corridor with vents along one wall and grates in the concrete flooring. Door at far end.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph, portrait format, mounted on card with two holes punched at top, numbered stickers at top right and bottom left, 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: '10' Reverse, label, typed, black ink: 'Film Coating / 1st Drying Alley' Reverse, handwritten, black ink: '142' Reverse, handwritten, pencil: '10' Reverse, handwritten, pencil: '12' Reverse, handwritten, pencil: 'see also / 12a' Reverse, handwritten, pencil: up arrow symbol
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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
160 mm (Width), 212 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing, Industry, Factory Departments, Photographic Film, Manufacturing Equipment, Ventilation