Summary
Black and white photograph of members of the Denison family who worked at H.V McKay Massey Harris.
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 33. 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
Five individuals, four men and one woman, lined up in two rows and facing the camera, smiling. Three are in the front, while two are standing in the back. Original caption published in the 'Sunshine Review', Dec 1945: "A unique record of service at Sunshine is held by the Denison family. Pictured above are three generations. Left to right - Ben (Sprocket Chain), his son Jack Jnr. (Engine Fitters), Jack Snr. (Tool Shop), Arthur (Engine Works) and his daughter, Beryl (Sales). They record a total of 77 years' service. The older members of the family came from Leeds, Yorkshire, England."
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
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Individuals Identified
Denison, B.; Denison, J. (Jnr); Denison, J. (Snr); Denison, A.
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Stamped: "H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Sunshine. Nov. 1945" "2938"
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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
Factories, Manufacturing Workers, English Immigration, Migrant Workers, Women's Work, Migrants
