The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TWO WOMEN EMPTY TRAYS OF DEHYDRATED CARROTS ONTO A TABLE. THE DEHYDRATER WAS EMPLOYED IN THE PROCESSING OF MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETABLES AND FOODS FOR CANNING AND DESPATCH TO TROOPS. (NEGATIVE BY REVERSE LEASE-LEND SERIES) (COPY IN ALBUM PRESENTED TO DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL P.264).
MISS JEAN HEYNE REMOVES SLICED CARROTS FROM A STEAM BLANCHING MACHINE WHICH STERILISES AND PARTIALLY COOKS THEM. DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES AND OTHER FOOD WERE SEALED IN DRUMS FOR SHIPMENT TO TROOPS SERVIN
LEETON, NSW. THREE WOMEN PACK EMPTY FOOD CANS FROM A CONVEYOR BELT INTO WOODEN TRAYS AT A CAN MAKING WORKS. THE TINS WERE DESPATCHED TO THE VARIOUS CANNING DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE FACTORY. (COPY IN ALB
AUSTRALIA AT WAR. PICTURE SHOWS GIRLS PLACING CARROTS ON WIRE TRAYS. THE TRAYS ARE STACKED ONTO TROLLEYS AND THEN WHEELED INTO DEHYDRATOR. (NEGATIVE BY REVERSE LEASE-LEND SERIES).
LEETON, NSW. WOMEN IN A FOOD CANNERY SORT AND GRADE SPINACH LAID ON A TABLE PRIOR TO CANNING. (COPY IN ALBUM PRESENTED TO DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL P.266).
c. 1944. Women employed in a cannery pack vegetables into cans on an assembly line. The tins are moving on a conveyor belt down the centre of the table where the women are working. (This image appears
Melbourne, Vic. c. 1944. Rows of women employed as machinists in the Commonwealth Clothing Factory sew clothing at their Singer sewing machines. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p. 247
