Summary

Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 115. 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

'Canadian visitors welcomed by directors of H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd., Sunshine, May 1948: C. McKay, right hand Metcalf (V.P. M-H Co.), C.N. McKay, B.R. Sharp, J.S. Duncan (Pres. M-H Co.), W.W. Mawhinney (export sales man. M-H Co.), E.G. Burgess (v.

More Information

  • Collection Names

    H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection

  • Collecting Areas

    Images & Image Making, Sustainable Futures

  • Place & Date Depicted

    2 Devonshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, May 1948

  • Format

    Photograph, Black & White

  • Inscriptions

    Stamped: "H.V. MCKAY MASSEY HARRIS PTY LTD SUNSHINE. AUSTRALIA. 11 MAY 1948"

  • Classification

    Manufacturing & industry

  • 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

    Executives, Workers