Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 12: "Misc. Equipment: 1918-1924", page 19. 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
Rear view of an early Sunshine Model O tractor built at the Sunshine Harvester Works, giving a clear view of the spur-gears within the rear wheels for driving purposes. Engaging the belt-drive pulley was by an over-centre action. The tractor has the words 'H.V. McKAY SUNSHINE' written on the petrol tank in front of the steering wheel and 'PATENT PENDING' on the chassis side beam. Only a limited number of the two early Sunshine tractor models were built, being used primarily for experimental purposes.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 08 Oct 1920
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Original caption in album: 'SUNSHINE TRACTOR: 8/10/20'
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Model Name or Number
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Brand Names
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Tractors
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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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