Summary

Negative of Alie De Vries holding a model of a 745 tractor. Dutch-born De Vries worked in the Commonwealth Service Department at H.V McKay Massey Harris. This photograph was reproduced in the Sunshine Review, May 1955.

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.

Description of Content

A woman smilling and looking at a tractor model which she is holding in her hand. Four pins have been placed in each corner of the image.

Physical Description

Black and white negative.

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