Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 20: "Engineering Design: March 1956", page 38. 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
Front-side view of a Sunshine Massey Harris Model '585' self-propelled Header showing the comb-front, roller-over comb, reverse-action spirals, front elevator and unloading auger for transfer of grain from the in-built grain tank. Steering was by the rear wheels above which is the straw-walker casing. Power is by a 'Perkins' P.6 diesel engine.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
Devonshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Jul 1956
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Format
Photograph, paper base, Silver gelatin print, Black & White
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Header harvesters
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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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