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Records pertaining to Kodak Canada's centennial marketing
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2005.001.08.05.12
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1998-1999 (Vervaardig)
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- Kodak Canada Inc.
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3 cm of textual records
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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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Kodak employee who was instrumental in the creation of a Kodak museum.
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File contains records related to marketing and communications for the 100th anniversary of the founding of Kodak Canada Inc. in 1999. File includes: centennial team strategic documents and timelines; Powerpoint presentation printouts; a presentation from Business Communication Service Ltd. related to brochure publication; correspondence with Alliance Atlantis related to broadcast advertising; centennial logos; inventories of images used in web advertising; an issue of Marketing Magazine from Dec. 1999; records related to the distribution of special edition Kodak T-550 Advantix cameras to employees; brochures; Mayor Mel Lastman's proclamation of Kodak Photo Week and Kodak Centennial Day; and other miscellaneous documents. Records likely belonged to Bonnie Chapman, who worked both in Corporate Communications and Public Affairs and as the Curator of the Kodak Heritage Collection and Museum.
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For records related to the centennial gala and open house, see: 2005.001.08.05.13