Summary
Part of a large collection of glass plate and film negatives, transparencies, photo albums, product catalogues, videos, motion picture films, company journals, advertisements and newspaper cuttings relating to the operations of the International Harvester Company and its subsidiaries in Australia.
The International Harvester Company of America was formed in 1902 by the merger of five leading American agricultural machinery manufacturers. An Australian subsidiary was established in 1904 to manage Australian distribution and sales and over subsequent decades International Harvester became a major competitor to local manufacturers like H.V. McKay's Sunshine Harvester Works.
Later International Harvester established its own Australian manufacturing works, producing agricultural equipment (and later tractors) at Geelong from 1939, motor trucks at Dandenong from 1952 and earthmoving and construction equipment at Port Melbourne from 1958.
Description of Content
Interior of International Harvester Company Showroom at Harvester House, City Road, South Melbourne. Showing a diesel crawler tractor (at left) and pnuematic tyred W-40 tractor (at right). Behind are other implements including mouldboard and disc ploughs and cultivators, fertilizer & seed drills, further tractors, small engines, a harvester (extreme left behing column) and a reaper (far back). Behind the implements in the left background is a row of five offices with glazed partitions.
Physical Description
Black & white cellulose acetate photographic negative.
More Information
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Collection Names
International Harvester Photographic Collection, International Harvester (IH) Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from International Trucks Pty Ltd, by Nov 1992
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Place & Date Depicted
Harvester House, City Road, South Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 07 Mar 1940
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Creator
International Harvester Co of Australia Pty Ltd (IHC), South Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 07 Mar 1940
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Format
Negative, 8" X 6", Black & White
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Model Name or Number
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Brand Names
IH (Agricultural Equipment) , IH (Motor Trucks) , International Harvester (Agricultural Equipment) , International Harvester (Motor Trucks)
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Merchandise displays
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Negative/s
210 mm (Width), 162 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Agricultural Equipment, Agricultural Machinery, Crawler Tractors, Disc Cultivators, Disc Ploughs, Electric Lights, Fertilizer & Lime Spreaders, Harvesters, Kerosene Engines, Machinery Dealers, Machinery Displays, Mouldboard Ploughs, Offices, Reapers, Seed & Fertilizer Drills, Showrooms, Tractors