Summary

Black and white large format negative, showing construction works for International Harvester's truck manufacturing plant in Dandenong. The plant was constructed between 1950 and 1952.

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

View of International Harvester's Dandenong Works under construction, with a railway line in the foreground. A timber and wire fence, a tree and a grass field are seen in the midground. In the background is the framework for a multistorey building. Powerlines run overhead and there are more trees in the distance.

Physical Description

Black & white cellulose acetate photographic negative.

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