![[The girl-toddlers race at the Sunshine Harvester Works annual picnic, Frankston, March 1949.]](/content/media/9/15359-small.jpg)
Summary
Black and white photograph showing the start of the female toddlers race at H.V. McKay Massey Harris picnic held at Frankston in 1949.
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 305. 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 young children waiting for the race to begin. Some are standing with adults. A group of onlookers are seen in the background.
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Stamped: "H.V. MCKAY MASSEY HARRIS PTY LTD SUNSHINE. 12 JAN 1949. 3433"
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Social functions
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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
Children, Factory Workers, Leisure Activities, Picnics & Picnicking, Parks
