Summary

Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 5: 'Tractors, Engines, Sprayers and Chaffcutters: 1918-1956', page 133. 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

Cross section of a 6 cylinder 'Perkins' diesel engine showing the components, etc.

More Information

  • Collection Names

    H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection

  • Collecting Areas

    Engineering, Images & Image Making, Sustainable Futures

  • Place & Date Depicted

    Victoria, Australia, Aug 1949

  • Format

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

  • Inscriptions

    A Diagram. Copy Neg. Stamped: H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Lltd, Sunshine, August, 1949.

  • Classification

    Agriculture & rural life

  • 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, Diesel Engines