Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No.1: 'Views of Factories and Branches', page 31. 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
'Case Hardening Dep't: March 1925: Case Hardening Department at the Sunshine works. Case hardening was done by plunging heated parts into the quenching dip, usually an oil bath. Note the leather apron worn by the worker to prevent acid burns.
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Massey Ferguson Iseki Australia Ltd, by Mar 1995
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Place & Date Depicted
2 Devonshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Mar 1925
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Also noted on back of Photo: "NO 4 CASE HARDENING DEPT MARCH 1925"
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment
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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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