Summary
Black and white photograph of a stall set up in Russel Street near the main gain gates of the H.V McKay Massey Harris. The stall was used to collect money for the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign.
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 3: "Miscellaneous: H.V. McKay Ballarat, Sunshine Factories & Products; Maps, Plans & Charts; Passport Photographs; 1904-1945", page 155. 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
A man leaning into a stall set up outside a factory building. The Australian and New Zealand flags have been pinned to the wall behind the stall.
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Place & Date Depicted
Russell Street, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oct 1943
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Format
Photograph, 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
Factories, Flags, Fundraising, Stalls, War Bonds, World War II, 1939-1945, Fundraising Events
