Summary
Black and white photograph of the H.V McKay Massey Harris Social and Welfare Association's club room.
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 McKay Sunshine collection which includes images, film, objects, trade publications and oral histories.
Description of Content
A group of five people sitting in a room. Three men are seated around a table playing cards, while a man and woman a reading books on a sofa.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
Cnr Hampshire & Devonshire Roads, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oct 1946
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Individuals Identified
Rule, Ivy; Snaith, A.
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Stamped: "H.V. MCKAY MASSEY HARRIS PTY LTD SUNSHINE. OCT 1946" Caption attached to image: 'Social welfare club room; Harvester House: Oct 1946'.
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Support services
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Discipline
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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
Social Welfare, Factory Workers, Workforce Morale, Social Clubs
