Series 2005.001.05 - Photographic equipment and materials series

2005.001.05.01.002 No. 1A Pocket Kodak, Model B  1 2005.001.05.01.029 Rainbow Hawk-Eye No. 2, Model C 1 2005.001.05.01.033 Baby Brownie 1 2005.001.05.01.040 - Baby Brownie Special 2005.001.05.01.044 Brownie Target Six-16 1 2005.001.05.01.045 Brownie Flash Six-20 1 2005.001.05.01.046 Bantam RF  1 2005.001.05.01.047 Brownie 127  1 2005.001.05.01.048 Brownie Bull's-Eye 1 Brownie Holiday Flash 2005.001.05.01.050 Pony 135, Model C 1 2005.001.05.01.052 Brownie Starflex with flashgun 1 2005.001.05.01.069 Advantix 4100ix Zoom 1 2005.001.05.01.070 Advantix 2000 Auto 1 2005.001.05.01.04 Winner Pocket 1 2005.001.05.01.103 Kodak Disc 4100 1

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Photographic equipment and materials series

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2005.001.05

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  • 1900-2000 (Creation)
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    Kodak Canada Inc.

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251 photographic equipment and materials : 171 cameras. - 16 camera accessories. - 52 film & paper. - 1 trimming boards. - 11 photographic processing equipment

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(1900-)

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Canadian Kodak Ltd., which became Kodak Canada Inc. in 1979, manufactured photographic films, papers and equipment for over a century in Toronto, Ontario. The company formed the Canadian branch of the successful Eastman Kodak Company, and officially opened its doors in 1900 at 41 Colborne Street under the direction of John G. Palmer. The company expanded and moved to 588 King Street West in 1908, but already plans were underway for an expansive complex to the north of the city. In 1912, Canadian Kodak purchased 25 acres of farmland near Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue to build a major manufacturing facility known as Kodak Heights. By 1925, there were over 900 employees working in seven buildings at Kodak Heights. Over the years, the company earned a reputation for having a cooperative and supportive relationship with its employees, adopting many of the successful practices in place at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York. In 1940, an Employee's Building was constructed to accommodate the activities of the flourishing Recreation Club, the Department Mangers' Club, and the Kodak Heights Camera Club. During the 1990s, the rise of digital media began to have a serious impact on manufacturing programs at Kodak facilities around the world, causing the Eastman Kodak Company to reduce its production of traditional print photography by one third globally. The company chose to focus on digital products, which did not require the extensive facilities used in the production of traditional photographic materials. On December 9, 2004, Kodak Canada Ltd. informed its employees that manufacturing operations in traditional film products would cease entirely at Kodak Heights. The company's facility faced the same fate as many of its foreign counterparts in England, Australia and France, being completely abandoned and demolished shortly after closure in 2005. Kodak Canada still maintains a sales and support office in downtown Toronto, while the manufacture of traditional photographic chemistry has returned to Rochester.

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Series contains 251 photographic materials and equipment donated by Kodak Canada Inc. including cameras, camera accessories, film and paper, photographic viewing and editing equipment, and processing equipment and materials. Objects have been arranged by the above stated categories. Most of the eqiupment and materials originated from the Kodak Canada Heritage Collection Museum, and specific reference to this original intent has been included in the notes and subject fields.

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Materials have been arranged and re-numbered according to smd format while following a hierarchical numbering system. In cases where items are part of a series attempts have been made to arrange them together. Subject terms and notes fields have been used to indicate contextual relationships.

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