The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 ALBUM PRESENTED TO DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL P.262).
LEETON, NSW. WOMEN SEATED ON CASES BESIDE A CONVEYOR BELT AT A FOOD CANNING FACTORY SORT THROUGH STRINGLESS BEANS AND REMOVE ANY DEFECTIVE ONES. THE REVOLVING CYLINDER IN THE BACKGROUND AUTOMATICALLY
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
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
c. 1944. A row of women on an assembly line take food from a table with compartments and pack it into tins at a canning factory. Note the completely manual nature of the process and the lack of hygeni
LEETON, NSW. SHEILA DAY PLACES SLICED PEACHES IN CANS AT ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST CANNERIES. THE TINS ARE PLACED ON A BENCH BESIDE ROWS OF WASHING SINKS. THE ORIGINAL CAPTION READS ``IT'S SWEET WORK
