Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No.1: 'Views of Factories and Branches', page 52. This is one of 25 albums that provide detailed visual documentation of the activities of the McKay enterprise.
This image forms part of the extensive McKay Sunshine collection which includes images, film, objects, trade publications and oral histories.
Description of Content
This picture shows the '6B' reaper/binder fully assembled with wheels fitted for transport. The platform above the main wheel includes the twine tying mechanism for each sheaf which was kicked down by the fingers to the sheaf carrier shown at the front.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Massey Ferguson Iseki Australia Ltd, by Mar 1995
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Noted under photo: "B.H.P. JOURNAL 27/10/44. "AUSTRALIA TODAY" 12/10/45". (See also Image MM 10027)
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References
[Link 1] Viewed 7.5.09. [Link 2] Viewed 7.5.09. Perry, Warren. 'The Science Museum of Victoria'.
[Article] Dale-Hallett, Liza, et al. 'The McKay Collection', in Rasmussen, Carolyn. A Museum for the People: A History of Museum Victoria and its predecesors, 1854-2000. pp.271-273., 2001
[Article] 2003. "Resurrecting the Sunshine Harvester Works: Re-presenting and Reinterpreting the Experience of Industrial Work in Twentieth-Century Australia", Labour History., 2003
[Article] Dale-Hallett, Liza. 2004. "Collecting by Stealth: the HV McKay Collection", Museum Victoria Magazine., 2004
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Keywords
Agricultural Equipment, Factories, Factory Delivery, Grain Harvesting Equipment, Machines, Manufacturing Workers, Reaper-Binders
