Summary

Black and white photograph of loop and stretcher stick suction cleaning methods, part of a coating machine. The image is number 12 in a series depicting No. 6 Coating Machine at the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory at Abbotsford, circa 1940s-1950s.

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

Small set of loop sticks on a long bench, connected to the bench is a machine with brushes. There are more loop sticks stored against the wall.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photograph, landscape format, with two holes punched on the left edge and numbered sticker and label adhered.

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