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Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Exterior View of Kodak Factory Site with Market Gardens, Abbotsford, Victoria, circa 1940s
Reg. No: MM 96570
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- Summary:
- Black and white silver gelatin photograph of the Kodak Australasia factory site in Abbotsford, Victoria, circa 1940s.
In the mid to background of the photograph, an extensive array of Kodak factory buildings can be seen, as well as two chimneys and a tower with a water tank on top. On the horizon other factory sites are visible. The Yarra River is on the right (eastern side) of this photograph. Market gardens are evident in the foreground, separated from the factory by a timber fence. The market gardens were a Kodak initiative, grown on Kodak land, and were made available for employees during World War II to grow vegetables. This helped sustain the employees as food was in short supply during this time.
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 gelatin photograph, printed on medium weight paper, landscape format with a white border.
- Description Of Content:
- The photograph features a view of a factory and a river to the right. Market gardens are in the foreground of the image and other factory sites are in the background.
- 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, manufacturing plants, market gardens, rivers, photography |
| Themes this item is part of: | Kodak Heritage Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Baker & Rouse, Baker & Rouse, Kodak Wartime Comforts Fund |
| 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 Former Kodak executives Wood & John Mitcham have dated this photograph to between 1940 and 1955, because the second chimney, thought to have been built in the 1940s, is visible, and the original chimney, which was removed by 1955, is not visible. |
| Organisation Depicted: | Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s Former Kodak executives Wood & John Mitcham have dated this photograph to between 1940 and 1955, because the second chimney, thought to have been built in the 1940s, is visible, and the original chimney, which was removed by 1955, is not visible. |
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