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A Place & Date Depicted Abbotsford, Australia
A Organisation Depicted Abbotsford, Australia

Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Glass Plate Building at the Kodak Factory, Abbotsford, Victoria, circa 1940s Reg. No: MM 96569

Photograph - 'Glass Plate Building', Kodak Factory, Abbotsford, 1940s

Summary:: Black and white silver gelatin photograph of the Kodak Australasia factory in Abbotsford, Victoria, circa 1940s.

This photograph features the Glass Plate Building, where photographic glass plates were made. The role of this building is evident from the windows, which have been closed up. Light sensitive photographic products like glass plates had to be made in the dark, under 'safe light' conditions. Pipes connect this building to the tower at right. In the foreground is a garden area with grass, trees and shrubs, and a bench seat. A man is playing on the grass with a model aeroplane.

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, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.
Description:: Black and white silver gelatin photograph, printed on medium weight paper, landscape format with a white border.
Description Of Content:: Photograph of the exterior view of a factory. The image consists of a building in the background, which is connected to the tower at right with pipes. In the foreground is a garden area with grass, trees and shrubs, and a bench seat. A man is playing on the grass with a model aeroplane.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
Acknowledgement:: Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	77 mm (Height), 103 mm (Width)

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Tagged with:	factories, gardens, manufacturing plants, photography
Themes this item is part of:	Images & Image Making Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Kodak Heritage Collection, Baker & Rouse, Baker & Rouse
Primary Classification:	MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY
Secondary Classification:	Photographic Products
Tertiary Classification:	factory exterior views
Format:	Photograph: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s This photograph is contemporary with others of the same format in this collection of the Abbotsford, which have been estimated to be around the 1940s by ex-Kodak executives John Mitcham and Ed Woods.
Organisation Depicted:	Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s This photograph is contemporary with others of the same format in this collection of the Abbotsford, which have been estimated to be around the 1940s by ex-Kodak executives John Mitcham and Ed Woods.