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- A Person Named Abbotsford, Australia
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Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, North East Corner of Yarra Grange Cottage, Abbotsford, Victoria, circa 1948
Reg. No: MM 96582
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- Summary:
- Black and white silver gelatin photograph of the Kodak Australasia factory in Abbotsford, Victoria, circa 1948.
This photograph shows the north east corner of Yarra Grange cottage, also known as 'the Cottage' or 'the old Cottage'. During this period this building housed the director's dining room. A pipe carrying water for manufacturing extends from the cottage. Adjacent are gardens that feature lawns, footpaths, shrubs, a large tree and park benches.
Yarra Grange was the original home of Thomas Baker. He was the founder of the Austral Plate Company, which was a precursor of Kodak Australasia. The north east corner of Yarra Grange was used at one time as the Kodak foremen's lunch room, with Mrs Green as the cook. In the 1950s the foremen's lunch room was constructed over the canteen. The stained glass window in the archway of the cottage was restored and presented back to Kodak by Stuart Sanderson when he retired.
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 a factory site. This photograph shows the north east corner of a cottage. A pipe carrying water for manufacturing extends from the cottage, and adjacent are gardens that feature lawns cordoned off with low rope fences, footpaths, shrubs, a large tree and park benches. There is a stained glass window in the archway of the cottage, and a chimney on the roof.
- 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: | 164 mm (Height), 200 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | buildings, factories, footpaths, gardens, manufacturing plants, pipes, stained glass, trees, photography |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Kodak Heritage Collection, Baker & Rouse, Baker & Rouse, Baker & Rouse, Baker & Rouse, Baker & Rouse Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY |
| Secondary Classification: | Photographic Products |
| Tertiary Classification: | factory exterior views |
| Inscriptions: | Back, handwritten, pencil: 'N.east corner of Yarra Grange. / Stained glass window [drawing of crescent] is the one / restored and presented back to company by Stuart / Sanderson when he retired.' |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, circa 1948 |
| Organisation Depicted: | Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, circa 1948 |
| Organisation Named: | Austral Plate Company, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia |
| Person Named: | Mr Thomas Baker - Austral Plate Company, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia |
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