Photograph - Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works, Portable Conveyor, Port Melbourne, Victoria, 1937

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Summary:: Black and white promotional image of a light portable conveyor. It is part of a collection of photographs and marked printer's copy used in the preparation of trade literature promoting products manufactured by the Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd. The items were originally housed in a wooden filing drawer, with many filed by subject. This photograph was previously filed under 'PORTABLE'.

The Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works of Port Melbourne was established by the German-born American immigrant Otto Charles Schumacher around 1890. Operating initially under the name Otto C. Schumacher, the firm specialised in the importation, manufacture, installation and repair of flourmilling equipment, especially the newer style roller flour grinding machines, and associated equipment such as flour sifters, pollard and bran extractors, dust collectors, grain elevators and bag fillers. The business was formally registered as the Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd in 1910. In later years the firm diversified into the manufacture of grain grading machinery for farmers and more general manufacturing equipment such as grinding mills, conveyors and packaging machinery.
Description:: Black and white silver gelatin photograph.
Description Of Content:: Promotional image of a light portable conveyor with ball bearing idlers and end pulleys.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Graham Engineering Company Pty Ltd
Acknowledgement:: Source: Museum Victoria

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	151 mm (Height), 209 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	manufacturing, advertising, promotional materials, conveyors, milling machines, machinery displays, industrial machinery
Themes this item is part of:	Engineering Collection, Images & Image Making Collection
Primary Classification:	MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY
Secondary Classification:	Food & Drinks
Tertiary Classification:	conveyors
Inscriptions:	Printed on the front of photograph: 'D.1052-1' Printed in purple ink on the back of photograph: 'Kerr / BROS. / COMMERCIAL / PHOTOGRAPHERS / 533 COLLINS ST. MELBOURNE'
Format:	Photograph: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1937
Manufacturer of Item Depicted:	Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Photographer:	Kerr Bros Studio, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia