Summary

Black and white photograph of the Building 12 (Maintenance Engineers Workshop) at the Kodak factory, Coburg, 29 July 1960. In the foreground are emulsion wash water treatment tanks under construction.

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.

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 after the manufacturing plant at Coburg had closed down the year before.

Description of Content

Exterior view of a single storey workshop with water tanks in the foreground. Some houses and farmland are visible in the background.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph printed on light weight paper, landscape format.

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