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Photograph - Massey Ferguson, Tractor, Sunshine, Feb 1956 Image Reg. No: MM 026056

`VOKES' AIR CLEANER 745 TRACTOR: FEB 1956
Summary:
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 21: "3-point Toolbar, High Sugar Tractor, Miscellaneous: 1953-1956", page 104. 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:
Photograph shows a 'Vokes' air cleaner fitted to the 'Perkins' diesel engine in a Model 745 tractor.
Discipline: Technology

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Tagged with: agricultural equipment
Themes this item is part of: H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection
Primary Classification: MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY
Secondary Classification: Agricultural & Horticultural Equipment
Tertiary Classification: tractors
Original Caption: 'VOKES' AIR CLEANER 745 TRACTOR: FEB 1956
Format: Photograph: Black & White
References: http://museumvictoria.com.au/sunshine. Viewed 7.5.09.
http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100286b.htm. Viewed 7.5.09.
Perry, Warren. 'The Science Museum of Victoria'.
Bibliography:
  1. [Chapter] Dale-Hallett, Liza, et al. 'The McKay Collection', in Rasmussen, Carolyn. A Museum for the People: A History of Museum Victoria. p.271-273., 2001
  2. [Article] 2003. "Resurrecting the Sunshine Harvester Works: Re-presenting and Reinterpreting the Experience of Industrial Work in Twentieth-Century Australia", Labour History., 2003
  3. [Article] Dale-Hallett, Liza. 2004. "Collecting by Stealth: the HV McKay Collection", Museum Victoria Magazine., 2004

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