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Programme - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, 'Official Opening of the New Kodak Manufacturing Plant by The Right Honourable R.G. Menzies', 1961
Reg. No: HT 22954
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- Summary:
- Programme, printed on off-white card with a single fold. The programme details the running order for the opening function of the Kodak factory in Coburg, April 1961. It also features a location plan to guide visitors to the event.
Construction of the Kodak factory complex in Coburg began in 1957 on 23 hectares of former farmland. Since 1908, Kodak had been operating from the factory in Abbotsford and had gradually outgrown the premises. The Abbotsford factory remained operational while the Coburg plant was being built until it closed in1966. Architect Harry Norris of H A & F L Norris & Associates, created the design for the new factory and individual buildings for the manufacture of silver halide photographic products. The building contract was awarded to Lewis Constructions Pty Ltd. The still uncompleted complex was officially opened on 14 April 1961 by the Prime Minister, Robert G. Menzies with Dr. A Chapman, President of Eastman Kodak Company, in attendance. The complex was the national headquarters of Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd.
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 programme 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:
- Off-white card with bronze and orange ink text and diagrams..
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
- Acknowledgement:
- Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 171 mm (Height), 121 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | programmes, promotional materials, photography, opening ceremonies |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Kodak Heritage Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY |
| Secondary Classification: | Photographic Products |
| Tertiary Classification: | opening events |
| Inscriptions: | Front, text, printed: 'Kodak/Programme/Official Opening/of the new/Kodak Manufacturing Plant/by The Right Honourable R.G. Menzies/C.H., Q.C., M.P./on 14th April, 1961/We trust your visit to Kodak will prove interesting/and pleasant. It will be the pleasure of/to act as your host on this day.' |
| Organisation Named: | Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Victoria, Australia, Apr 1961 |
| Person Named: | Prime Minister Robert Menzies, Coburg, Victoria, Australia, Apr 1961 |
| References: |
Beale, N, The History of Kodak in Australia, Coburg, no date. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/heritage/71669 ?A Brief Process Based Site History, Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg Plant? Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2007 Pamphlet, "Milestones in the History of Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd", Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., 1985 Leggio, Angeletta "A History of Australia's Kodak Manufacturing Plant", Topics in Photographic Preservation, Volume Twelve, 2007 |
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