Summary
Colour slide of Kodak staff member, Robert Rooney, measuring air temperature and humidity with a wet to dry bulb thermometer at the Kodak Australasia factory at Coburg, circa 1980s. Robert was an instrument technician in the Engineering Section.
One of several colour slides originally housed in a cardboard box with a label address to Tonia Mercadante, Consumer Finishing. Images in the box are mostly of the Film & Paper Finishing Department, including workers and views of the Coburg site.
This object is part of 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 in a white laboratory coat adjusting the dial on the side of an instrument. He is standing in a store room and piles of card are behind him along with shelves in the background.
Physical Description
35mm, positive colour film mounted in a cardboard slide frame.
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 Named
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1980s
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Individuals Identified
Rooney, Robert
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Format
Slide, 35 mm, Colour
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
50 mm (Width), 50 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Photography, Manufacturing, Slides, Workers, Manufacturing Equipment, Factories, Staff, Instruments, Engineering Instruments
