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Photograph - Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works, Seed Cleaning & Grading Machine, Victoria, 1924
Reg. No: MM 119949
- Summary:
- Black and white promotional image showing a workman pouring a bag of seed into a seed cleaning and grading machine. 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 'Seed Grading'.
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 showing a workman pouring a bag of seed into a seed cleaning and grading machine.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Graham Engineering Company Pty Ltd
- Acknowledgement:
- Source: Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 202 mm (Height), 152 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | working life, manufacturing, agricultural equipment, advertising, industrial equipment, promotional materials, trailers, agricultural machinery, graders, equipment manufacturing, industrial machines, bulk handling, seed graders |
| Themes this item is part of: | Engineering Collection, Images & Image Making Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY |
| Secondary Classification: | Agricultural & Horticultural Equipment |
| Tertiary Classification: | industrial equipment |
| Inscriptions: | Printed in purple ink on back of photograph: '4 JAN 1924' Printed in red ink on back of photograph: 'PHOTO FILE NO. / SECTION NO' Hand written in grey pencil on back of photograph: '19-K' |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Victoria, Australia, 1924 |
| Manufacturer of Item Depicted: | Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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