Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 4: 'Headers & Binders: 1929-1945', page 201. 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
Slab hut, the original H.V. McKay smithy from Drummartin, in front of the printing department. Note the Dodge sedan, Morris 8 sedan, Austin truck, Ford Prefect.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Transport, Working Life & Trades, Sustainable Futures
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Place & Date Depicted
'Private Road' (Harvester Road), Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1930-1950
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Marketing & publicity
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Discipline
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Type of item
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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
Blacksmithing, Blacksmithing Tools, Blacksmiths, Factories, Motor Cars, Offices, Workers
