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Freshly picked hops arriving via a conveyor belt on the 3rd. floor of a drying kiln. Bags are emptied immediately onto wire-mesh floors above rising current of hot air.
(1957)
from The hop pickers, Rostrevor, Ovens Valley, Victoria series 1957

Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
20.2 × 25.6 cm (image and sheet)
Inscription
typed (vertically) on reverse u.r.: Freshly picked hops arriving via a conveyor belt on the / 3rd. floor of a drying kiln. Bags are emptied immediately / onto wire-mesh floors (...illeg.) above rising current / of hot air.
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: Copyright Photo / BY / JEFF CARTER / C/o GRAYS POINT P.O. / SUTHERLAND, N.S.W. / AUSTRALIA.
Accession Number
PH191-1992
Department
Australian Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1992
© Jeff Carter Photo 1928-2010
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney
Gallery location
Not on display