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Photograph - Headlie Shippard Taylor, Sunshine, Victoria, Dec 1948 Image Reg. No: MM 021736

MEET OUR EXECUTIVES: `SUNSHINE REVIEW', DEC 1948: INTRODUCING MR. H.S. TAYLOR, SUPERINTENDENT OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY RESEARCH. THE STORY OF HEADLIE TAYLOR IS THE STORY OF THE GENESIS OF A FAMOUS FARM MACHINE - THE SUNSHINE HEADER ...
Summary:
Black and white photograph of Headlie Shippard Taylor, the inventor of the H.S.T. Sunshine Headers.

Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 137. This is one of 25 albums that provide detailed visual documentation of the activities of the McKay enterprise.

This image is part of a collection of photographs, negatives, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature belonging to the H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection. The Australian operations of this company were originally founded by Hugh V. McKay in the 1890s. The McKay collection is regarded as one of the most significant industrial heritage collections in Australia.
Description Of Content:
Headlie Shippard Taylor standing in front of a piece of machinery.
Discipline: Technology

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Tagged with: agricultural equipment, executives, factories, machines, workers
Themes this item is part of: H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection
Primary Classification: MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY
Secondary Classification: Agricultural & Horticultural Equipment
Tertiary Classification: personnel
Original Caption: MEET OUR EXECUTIVES: 'SUNSHINE REVIEW', DEC 1948: INTRODUCING MR. H.S. TAYLOR, SUPERINTENDENT OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY RESEARCH. THE STORY OF HEADLIE TAYLOR IS THE STORY OF THE GENESIS OF A FAMOUS FARM MACHINE - THE SUNSHINE HEADER ...
People Depicted: Taylor, Headlie Shippard
Format: Photograph: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted: Sunshine, Victoria, Australia, Dec 1948
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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