Summary
Digital copy of a monochrome photograph depicting Kodak Australasia employee, Ted Bedgood, riding a motor bike in flood water, 1934. This was probably taken when the Yarra River flooded the Kodak factory at Abbotsford.
This image was donated by the family of Ian 'Charlie' Yelland, who worked for Kodak Australasia Emulsion Department for 46 years, retiring in 1978.
This image complements the Kodak Heritage 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
Man astride a motorbike in flood water.
Physical Description
Digital file. Original photograph was a monochrome copy, landscape orientation.
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Collection Names
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Place & Date Depicted
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Individuals Identified
Bedgood, Ted
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Colour
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Inscriptions
Hand written in blue ink on the back of the photograph; 'Ted Bedggood / Floods. 1934'
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Keywords
Flooding, Motor Bikes, Manufacturing Workers, Photography, Staff
