Summary
Black and white photograph showing the finish of the final at the Sunshine Handicap (with Harold Mason winning) at the Sunshine Harvester Works Picnic held at the Frankston Park in 1950.
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 373. 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
Five runners approaching the finish line at an athletics event.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
Frankston, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 Feb 1950
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Individuals Identified
Gathercole, M.; Mason, H.; Wilcox, E.; Laity, W.
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Social functions
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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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