Summary
A promotional poster advertising a 'Free Santa Beard with every leaflet'. It features a man wearing a white Santa beard and holding a Kodak Disc 3500 camera up.
The man is Graeme 'Shirley' Strachan, former lead-singer for popular Melbourne band the 'Skyhooks'. It is possible that this is a play on the famous Kodak 'Shirley'.
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.
Physical Description
A cut-out promotional poster advertising a 'Free Santa Beard with every leaflet'. A man is smiling and wearing a white Santa beard below his chin while holding up a Kodak disc 3500 camera to face level.
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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Used By
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1983-1984
The Kodak Disc 3500 was manufactured between 1983-1984. Source http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Kodak_disc_3500 -
Inscriptions
Printed, in yellow with white speech bubble around it: 'Free Santa Beard with / every leaflet' Printed, in white: 'this time 'round / do the Kodak click'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Photographic products, Promotional materials
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
817 mm (Width), 335 mm (Height)
Maximum dimension including the head of the model which protrudes beyond the height of the rest of the poster.
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Keywords
Photography, Photographs, Marketing, Santa Claus, Beards, Cameras, Promotional Materials
