Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 71. 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 H. V. McKay Sunshine Collection which includes images, film, objects, archives, trade publications and oral histories.
Description of Content
'To see for themselves. The Sunshine No.4 header took off a fine crop of wheat on Mr J. Congram 's farm at Wallan, Vic.. On a visit to study the performance of the machine, are photographed (from left to right) Mr Gaunt, Mr Sharp, Mr C.N. McKay, Mr Congram.
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Format
Photograph, paper base, Silver gelatin print, Black & White
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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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Keywords
Combine Harvesters, Employees, Executives, Farms, Machinery Trials, Machines, Portraits, Wheat, Workers
