{"id":8400,"date":"2021-11-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asc\/?p=8400"},"modified":"2021-12-15T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:52:39","slug":"war-efforts-at-kodak-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2021\/11\/war-efforts-at-kodak-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"War Efforts at Kodak Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kodak is most likely known for its photography related wart efforts, such as their advertisements encouraging citizens to send images to soldiers or the Vest Pocket camera sold as \u201cThe Soldier\u2019s Kodak.\u201d1<\/sup> Nevertheless, they were also supporting wartime demands through employee initiatives and by shifting their manufacturing plants at Kodak Heights in Toronto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2005.001.03.2.001.10<\/a> 1944 Kodak Advertisement <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A group of employees organized the Kodak War Efforts Club to send packages overseas with sweets, knitted goods and magazines. In addition, they partnered with the Red Cross to host a weekly Kodak Blood Clinic and rewarded employees with badges for recurring donations.2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kodak War Efforts Club featured in the May 1945 edition of KODAK magazine<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In 1941, Kodak Heights was approached by the Department of Munitions and Supply to manufacture compasses. They had previously built tools and parts for combat airplanes, but this was their first venture in producing instruments for the armed forces.3<\/sup> As seen in many sectors, women stepped into manufacturing positions during the war, and Kodak was no different in finding new roles for women to support the production of compasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n