Summary
Black and white photograph of George Tippett (President of the Sunshine Harvester Cricket Club) congratulating Rex McLeod for winning the Club's batting average.
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 109. 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
Two men shaking hands, standing outside.
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Place & Date Depicted
H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Mar 1948
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Individuals Identified
Tippett, G.; McLeod, R.
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Stamped: "2 APR 1948" "8878" "R. MCLEOD, PAY-OFFICE" Caption attached to image in Sunshine Review, March 1948: "George Tippett, President of the Sunshine Harvester Cricket Club, congratulates Rex McLeod on winning the club's batting average".
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Sports teams
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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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