Summary
Black and white photograph showing the H.V McKay Massey Harris showroom and clock tower.
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
Photo shows the railway weighbridge office adjacent to the (original) clock tower and Showroom at the end of Devonshire Road, Sunshine. Also shown are the steps of the overhead footbridge over the Melbourne to Bendigo train line.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Transport, Sustainable Futures, Science & Measurement
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Place & Date Depicted
2 Devonshire 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, Buildings & grounds
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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
Clock Towers, Factories, Motor Cars, Motor Trucks, Offices, Railway Lines, Storage, Workers, Horology
