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Nicholson's Header Trials 1885? MLA citation "TRIAL OF HARVESTERS." The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002) 18 December 1885: 2. Web. 27 Oct 2020 .

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165386800/17337029 - this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 30th January, 1907...in a feature article on Nicholson & Morrow's Union Harvester...the pic formed the left side of a panorama...see pic on 1st page of link...top of page... The Sydney Mail's caption: 'A Dozen Union Harvesters Drawn Up After Completing a Paddock' Same occasion...spot the differences www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3004415880/ Per the Sydney Mail, these pics were taken at Ross brother's farm at Comabella, near Wellington, in Central Western NSW...see 2nd page of link...last paragraph of article... collection.maas.museum/object/27872 - this pic also appeared in the Sydney Mail...on the bottom of this same page...I haven't managed to find it on the PHM's Flickr photostream... collection.maas.museum/object/27860 - this pic looks to have been taken on the same occasion as the pic above... collection.maas.museum/object/27881 - ditto...

This pic forms the left side of a panorama middle www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2451472036/ right www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2447210457/ trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165386803 - the panorama appeared in the Sydney Mail, 30th January, 1907...in a pictorial feature on the 1906-07 harvest...per the Sydney Mail the location was Ross brothers' farm at Comabella, near Wellington, in central western NSW.

This is a wonderful rural scene. Also has sister image which is more fully catalogued here: www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=30178 "The Union" harvester by Nicholson & Morrow was an important agricultural innovation, but sold poorly. (ref. www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050344b.htm ) And some more about the harvester wars here: www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2005/s1320660.htm

Awesome B&W's. Wish I could get tutoring/info on B&W technique. mistaron@wfeca.net. Obliged.

Hermosa y surrealista foto.

Same occasion...this same occasion pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 30th January, 1907...see comments re location/links here www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2363514272/