Summary
Black and white photograph of the film coating and finishing buildings at the Kodak factory, Coburg, 29 July 1960.
This image was from a photograph album that contained black and white photographs of the construction of Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory buildings at Coburg. Including aerial, ground level and interior photographs of many buildings including Building 2 - emulsion making, Building 7 - testing and the Power House - Building 11.
This photograph is part of the Kodak collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005 after the manufacturing plant at Coburg had closed down the year before.
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
Exterior of industrial building showing pipes and gantry system.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph printed on light weight paper, landscape format.
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, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1960
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Typed on the front, below the image; 'General view of FIlm Coating and Finishing Builsing. / 29/7/60' Stamped on the back; '29 JUL 1960 / KODAK ABBOTSFORD / TESTING DEPARTMENT PHOTOG[illeg] / Reference No. / 60101'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Factory exterior views
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
253 mm (Width), 202 mm (Height)
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