Summary
Cyanotype promotional image of a mixing and sifting machine. It is part of a collection of photographs and marked printer's copy used in the preparation of trade literature promoting products manufactured by the Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd. The items were originally housed in a wooden filing drawer, with many filed by subject. This photograph was previously filed under 'Mixing, Sifting & Mixing & Sifting'.
The Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works of Port Melbourne was established by the German-born American immigrant Otto Charles Schumacher around 1890. Operating initially under the name Otto C. Schumacher, the firm specialised in the importation, manufacture, installation and repair of flourmilling equipment, especially the newer style roller flour grinding machines, and associated equipment such as flour sifters, pollard and bran extractors, dust collectors, grain elevators and bag fillers. The business was formally registered as the Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd in 1910. In later years the firm diversified into the manufacture of grain grading machinery for farmers and more general manufacturing equipment such as grinding mills, conveyors and packaging machinery.
Description of Content
Promotional image of a mixing and sifting machine.
Physical Description
Cyanotype photograph.
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Graham Engineering Company Pty Ltd, by Apr 1986
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Place & Date Depicted
Graham Street, Port Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1931
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Manufacturer of Item Depicted
Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd, Graham Street, Port Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Format
Print - Cyanotype, Monochrome
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Inscriptions
Hand written in black ink on front of photograph: 'No. P.T. 31/1' Printed in red ink on back of photograph: 'PHOTO FILE NO. / SECTION NO.[strikethrough] / OFFICE COPY ONLY' Hand written in grey pencil on back of photograph: '15 / 1931 to Clinton Williams' Printed in black ink on back of photograph: 'SUPPLIED / OPERATION / 1. Material tipped into Hopper. / 2. Hopper discharges into Elevator / 3. Elevator discharges into Brush Sifter on top. / 4. Sifter covered with suitable wire discharges / into Mixer while spray is operating. Material / retained in Mixer 5 to 10 minutes to give / perfect aeration and Mixing. / 5. Then slide is drawn under Mixer, and product passes into Centrifugal Sifter. Sifter / clothed with Silk or suitable wire mesh / discharges into Conveyor, from Conveyor / into Elevator fitted with two way valve / and is bagged off into bags or boxes as / required.'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
146 mm (Width), 194 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Advertising, Bulk Handling, Equipment Manufacturing, Industrial Equipment, Industrial Machines, Manufacturing, Promotional Materials