Summary
Black and white copy photograph of women's basketball team posed around a Kodak banner, before 1920s.
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.
This photograph 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.
Description of Content
14 women wearing basketball uniforms posed around a Kodak banner, four of them are kneeling in front of the banner. Behind the group is a small picket fence and sports oval.
Physical Description
Black and white photographic paper with an image printed twice on opposite sides. There is an exposure difference between the two, the top one is lighter and the bottom one is darker.
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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Organisation Depicted
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, before 1923
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Language
English
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Inscriptions
Text below image; 'Basketball before 1923'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Sports teams
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
203 mm (Width), 255 mm (Height)
paper
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
141 mm (Width), 88 mm (Height)
image size
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Keywords
Manufacturing Workers, Staff, Portraits, Sporting Teams, Sports, Basketball, Sport, Staff Relations, Photography, Leisure, Recreation, Working Life