Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 6: "Headers" 1946-1956, page 51. 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 a Sunshine PTO Header fitted with homemade trays for harvesting sunflower seeds. Note the distance between the rows of sunflowers and the header set-up to harvest accordingly. Also note the steel grips on the rear wheels of the tractor. Property of Mr A May, Nobby, Qld.
More Information
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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
May, A.
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Format
Photograph, paper base, Silver gelatin print, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Stamped: "March 1948"
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Classification
Agriculture & rural life, Crop management - harvesting, Header harvesters
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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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