Summary
Black and white photograph of Sister Vera Lillian Dunn who worked as a factory nurse at H.V McKay Massey Harris between 1930 and 1950.
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. Original caption taken from 'Sunshine Review', Dec 1945.
This image forms part of the extensive McKay Sunshine collection which includes images, film, objects, trade publications and oral histories.
Description of Content
Sister Dunn, in charge of the first aid room, Sunshine factory.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Medicine & Health, Sustainable Futures
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Place & Date Depicted
Devonshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Dec 1945
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Individuals Identified
Dunn, Sister
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Stamped: "H.V. Mc Kay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Sunshine; 4 Dec 1945" "2938"
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Personnel
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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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