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Photograph of a Fordson tractor pulling a baler
c. 1940Subcollections
Overview
Black and white photograph of a young man sitting on a tractor pulling a baler on which a young woman is sitting.
Historical information
The photograph was taken at Ironbarks Farm, North Greenough, the Morrell family property.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMME0469
Item type
Material
Width
117 mm
Height or length
70 mm
Themes
Inscriptions and markings
Penciled on reverse, "44."
Contextual Information
As the Morrell family photographs were taken over a hundred year period, they include a record of the transition of farming from being reliant on horse-power to mechanisation.
Keywords
Place made
Greenough
Western Australia
Australia
Western Australia
Australia
Year
c. 1940
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Scientific or research significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Well provenanced
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Photograph of a Fordson tractor pulling a baler at "Ironbarks Farm
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