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Colour negatives

Contains 7084 colour negatives from the Kodak Canada Corporate Archives spanning the history of the company from 1900-2005. Negatives are organized by the order created when processed in 2005. This arrangement was loosely based on the Kodak Canada's original organization of the files in their archives index. Files of negatives organized by the Kodak Canada Archives Index associated with the collection have been kept together, with the individual file numbers and index titles referenced in the Notes field of each record.

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Salvation Army plaque

Item is a wooden plaque in the shape of a scroll that features an adhered brass plate which reads: "CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION / Presented to / [empty box] / In Appreciation of / Your Continuous Dedication / And Support of Our Needs / [The Salvation Army logo]".

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R.D. Garwood, inc.

Item is a glass plaque with a red background and mirror border that reads in silver text: "The R. D. Garwood, Inc. / WORLD CLASS PERFORMANCE AWARD / KODAK CANADA, INC. / "Class A" MRP II / Presented by Dan Hull, November 20, 1991".

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Records related to photograph production and publication

File contains records created in the production and publication of promotional photographs. Documents include: image captions for photographs of individuals, products, and war-related munitions work; picture files for photographs for the 1962 annual report; correspondence with external individuals requesting usage rights; correspondence regarding the Kodak commemorative stamp photographs, product images, and Kodak Ltd.'s coronation photographs; and photography release forms. Most records in file were unfortunately divorced from their accompanying photographs at some point during their life cycle.

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First Annual Kodak Minstrel Show

Item consists of a mounted photograph depicting the cast of the Kodak Minstrel Show, that took place on May 3rd, 1920. The cast of 35 includes 32 men, most of whom are in blackface, wearing wigs and makeup, and three women in regular dress. Minstrel variety shows were performed during the 1920's by Canadian Kodak employees as part of the Kodak Athletics Association (KAA) activities.

Minstrel shows are a style of variety show, most popular during the late 19th and early 20th century, in which white performers use make-up and costumes to depict racist and stereotypical caricatures of Black people. The genre originated in the United States, but Canada had its own troupes and touring companies, and the format was popular with schools, community groups, and religious organizations.

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Second annual Kodak minstrel show

The first image, Burgess & Seymour, a study in black and white, depicts two Canadian Kodak employees, one identified as draftsman F.A. Seymour and the other as R. Ainslee Burgess. They performed a skit originally performed in the Canadian Kodak Minstrel Show of February 17-18, 1921, which was, according to an included clipping, repeated at a bazaar held by the Toronto Technical School. The skit consists of two easels, on which the two performers have drawn sketches of different Kodak girls. One of the performers (Burgess) is in blackface, as part of the Minstrel variety show performed during the 1920's by Kodak employees as part of the Kodak Athletics Association (KAA) activities.

The second image is a group portrait of the Kodak minstrel troupe consisting of 29 men in black face and their accompanying 7 musicians and conductor. They performed at the same event as Burgess and Seymour, February 1921.

Minstrel shows are a style of variety show, most popular during the late 19th and early 20th century, in which white performers use make-up and costumes to depict racist and stereotypical caricatures of Black people. The genre originated in the United States, but Canada had its own troupes and touring companies, and the format was popular with schools, community groups, and religious organizations.

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Take a Kodak with you

This item is a poster of an advertisement for a Folding Pocket Kodak Camera featuring a fashionably dressed woman, which would later become known as the Kodak Girl. The blue-and-white striped dress became her signature apparel, and she always had a Kodak camera in hand.

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Kodak Heights

A photographic album that documents the construction of the first Kodak Heights buildings during 1913-1915. Each gelatin silver photograph is the same size and contains an inscribed caption in the lower right corner of each print.

Album is arranged according to building or site with prints ordered chronologically within each section, presenting a detailed progression of the building projects from start to finish. This album includes images of the construction of Kodak Heights buildings no. 4, 5, 7. Index tabs: Bldg. #2, Bldg. #4, Bldg. #5, Bldg. #7, Reservoir, Tunnel, Sewage Disp'l, Trunk Sewer.

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Photographs Canadian Kodak Company Kodak Heights

A photographic album that documents the construction of the first Kodak Heights buildings during 1913-1915. Each gelatin silver photograph is the same size and contains an inscribed caption in the lower right corner of each print. This album includes images of the construction of Kodak Heights building no. 7 as well as miscellaneous construction subjects such as reservoirs, chimneys, and the plant nursery. Index tabs are: 6, 7, MISC.

Album is arranged according to building or site with prints ordered chronologically within each section, presenting a detailed progression of the building projects from start to finish.

The verso of a print in the Misc. section is stamped in ink with: Noted W.S. Austin.

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