Summary
Black and white photograph of H.V McKay Massey Harris packing food parcels for the Food for Britain Appeal in Sunshine in October 1947.
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 86. 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
A group of men and women packing goods inside a factory. To the left of the image are several machines.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
2 Devonshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oct 1947
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Stamped:"Copyright. Not for Reproduction. Herald Sun feature."
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Workers
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Type of item
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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
World War II, 1939-1945, Women's Work, Factories, Food Technology, Factory Workers, Relief Appeals
