Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 4: 'Headers & Binders: 1929-1945', page 133. This is one of 25 albums that provide detailed visual documentation of the activities of the McKay enterprise.
A 8-horse team in tandem pulling a 10 H.S.T. header in a wind affected crop. Under these conditions, much more straw has to be taken with the grain.
This image forms part of the extensive McKay Sunshine collection which includes images, film, objects, trade publications and oral histories.
Description of Content
A 8-horse team in tandem pulling a 10 H.S.T. header in a wind affected crop. Under these conditions, much more straw has to be taken with the grain.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
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Creator
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Individuals Identified
Negri, D
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Do not hold negatives. On back of photo: 10 FT. H.S.T. HDR. HARV. 9/10 Bags recovered from Down crop [PTO]
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Classification
Agriculture & rural life, Crop management - harvesting, Header harvesters
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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
Agricultural Equipment, Cultivation Equipment, Horsedrawn Equipment
