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Place Card - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Place Card for John Chester for the Official Opening of Kodak Factory in Coburg, 1961
Reg. No: HT 22959
- Summary:
- Place card for John Chester for the opening function dinner at the Kodak factory in Coburg, April 1961.
John Chester worked for the School Lecture Service in Victoria, and later became an executive for Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd.
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 place card 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:
- Cardboard place card printed with red and orange ink and black text.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
- Acknowledgement:
- Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 196 mm (Height), 84 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | promotional materials, cards, photography, opening ceremonies |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Kodak Heritage Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Construction of the Coburg Kodak Factory |
| Primary Classification: | MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY |
| Secondary Classification: | Photographic Products |
| Tertiary Classification: | opening events |
| Inscriptions: | Front, text, printed: 'Kodak/JOHN CHESTER.' |
| Organisation Named: | Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Victoria, Australia, Apr 1961 |
| Person Named: | Mr John Chester - Kodak Australasia, Pty Ltd, 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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