Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 2: "Harvesters & Engine Driven Harvesters, Headers, Binders 1919-1937", page 50. 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
Harvesters at Sunshine loaded on rail wagons for distribution Australia-wide. All loading was done in the factory by a central overhead-crane located in the central despatch area.
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Place & Date Depicted
2 Devonshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1930-1940
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Format
Photograph, paper base, Silver gelatin print, Black & White
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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, Factory Delivery, Grain Harvesting Equipment, Workers
