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- A Manufacturer of Item Depicted Sunshine, Australia
- B Place & Date Depicted Port Melbourne, Australia
- B Ship Depicted Port Melbourne, Australia
- B Organiser of Expedition Port Melbourne, Australia
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Photograph - Massey Ferguson, Loading Tractor onto a Ship, Melbourne, Victoria, 1960s
Reg. No: MM 108663
- Summary:
- Image from a collection of photographs, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature relating to Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd, agricultural implement manufacturer, importer and distributor, Sunshine, Victoria.
Founded as Hugh V. McKay in the 1890s, the company became H.V. McKay Pty Ltd in 1921 then merged with Massey Harris's Australian operations to become H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd in 1930. Then in 1955, this company was in absorbed into the Massey-Ferguson global entity becoming Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Limited. - Description:
- Black and white silver gelatin photograph.
- Description Of Content:
- Men preparing tractor to be loaded onto the Nella Dan ship for use in Antarctica. Picture taken in Melbourne, Victoria.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Massey Ferguson Iseki Australia Ltd
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 167 mm (Height), 215 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | tractors, ships, trucks, antarctica, workers, dock workers |
| Themes this item is part of: | Antarctic History, Dr Phillip Law, Scientist, Explorer & Administrator (1912-2010), Antarctica Collection, H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY |
| Secondary Classification: | Agricultural & Horticultural Equipment |
| Tertiary Classification: | tractors |
| Inscriptions: | Handwritten in blue ink on the back of photograph: 'MF Review / 77% / Page 1 / 80/- / 3 cols in box / "Another 'Fergy' for the Antarctic' Handwritten in grey pencil on the back of photograph: 'MF 2135' |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960s |
| Ship Depicted: | Australian Antarctic Division Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960s |
| Organiser of Expedition: | Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE), Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960s |
| Manufacturer of Item Depicted: | Massey-Ferguson (Australia) Limited, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia, 1960s |
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