Summary

Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 6: "Headers" 1946-1956, page 172. 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

Front view of a 780 header (of U.K. origin powered by an l4 Perkins engine) showing the batt reel, the air intake for both the engine and the machine fan on the left, the unloading auger on the right and the sun umbrella above.

More Information

  • Collection Names

    H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection

  • Collecting Areas

    Sustainable Futures

  • Place & Date Depicted

    Jeparit, Victoria, Australia, Jan 1955

  • Format

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

  • Inscriptions

    Stamped: "H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia. Photo Reg No. 499 Jan 1955"

  • Classification

    Agriculture & rural life, Crop management - harvesting, Header harvesters

  • 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