Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 9. 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
'Captain R.C.M. Duckworth O.B.E. of the Royal Navy was the guest speaker at the third Victory Loan Rally held in March. The captain is shown here with Jack Thorpe, secretary of the War Loans Committee. Jack Thorpe has rejoined the staff after 4 & half years. Captain Duckworth was a staff officer with the British Pacific Fleet.
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, Jun 1945
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
See MM\18049.
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Classification
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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
Australian Military Forces, Staff, World War II, 1939-1945, Fundraising Events
