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Black and white photograph of Lindsay Baglin, an employee at H.V McKay Massey Harris.

Lindsay John Baglin (1902-1967) was a machinery 'expert' employed in the Sunshine Harvester Works Service Department, who was sent to England by H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd in May 1940, to support the first large shipment of agricultural machinery ordered by the British Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, spending almost two years in the United Kingdom, during which time he witnessed first-hand the challenges of the 'Blitz'. He had extensive experience in the operation and maintenance of auto headers in particular, having previously spent 12 months in Canada and Argentina during 1929-30, supporting the company's efforts to establish a factory at Waterloo, Ontario, to manufacture Sunshine auto headers for North and South American markets.

Part of a collection of photographs, negatives, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature belonging to the H. V. McKay Sunshine Collection. The McKay collection is regarded as one of the most significant industrial heritage collections in Australia. The collection relates to the agricultural manufacturing firm, the Sunshine Harvester Works. The Australian operations of this company were originally founded by Hugh V. McKay in the 1890s in Ballarat. Between 1906 and 1907, McKay moved production to Sunshine where the firm became one of the largest industrial businesses in Australia. Change in ownership is a recurring theme in the company's history. In 1930, it merged with Massey-Harris to become H.V McKay Massey Harris. In the mid-1950s, the company was absorbed by Canadian agricultural firm Massey-Ferguson. Production in Sunshine ceased in the mid-1980s, following almost 100 years of manufacturing agricultural equipment.

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Portrait of man in jacket and tie.

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