Summary

Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 4: 'Headers & Binders: 1929-1945', page 192. 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

Massey Harris 203 tractor driven by Mr Frank Barrie, drawing an experimental flax binder, with Mr H. S. Taylor (designer) in the binder-operator seat. Flax, previously imported, was an important commodity for making canvas goods required f.

More Information

  • Collection Names

    H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection

  • Collecting Areas

    Sustainable Futures

  • Place & Date Depicted

    Anderson Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oct 1941

  • Format

    Photograph, paper base, Silver gelatin print, Black & White

  • Inscriptions

    Stamped: H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Sunshine, 31 October, 1941.

  • Classification

    Agriculture & rural life, General farm equipment

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Technology

  • Type of item

    Image

  • 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

  • Keywords

    Agricultural Equipment