Summary
Kodak Fling Camera in original box. The Kodak Fling was a disposable, single-use camera manufactured in Hong Kong and assembled in Mexico, for Eastman Kodak Company, USA, circa 1988, to develop before July 1989.
It 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.
Physical Description
Sealed rectangular yellow cardboard box printed in red and black colour scheme with a bar of five colours running across it (black, blue, purple, red and orange). There is a clear plastic hanging tab affixed to the back of the box.
More Information
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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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Manufactured For
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, United States of America, circa 1988
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Place & Date Manufactured
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Place & Date Manufactured
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Date Inscribed
Jul 1989
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Overall Dimensions - Closed
97 mm (Width), 35 mm (Depth), 48 mm (Height)
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