Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 4: 'Headers & Binders: 1929-1945', 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
'G. Shurman, Strathkellar, harvesting 'canners perfection' peas with a Sunshine H.S.T. power-take-off header equipped with pea front and rubberised thrashing drum. Drawn by a Sunshine Massey Harris No.102 tractor. The M-H 102 Junior tractor was powered by a "Continental" engine which was ...
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
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Individuals Identified
Shurman, G
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Stamped: H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Sunshine, January, 1945.
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Classification
Agriculture & rural life, Internal combustion power, Tractors
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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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