Historical information

Two colour slides of Operation Float in 1960. One is a large motor boat with children on board. The captions says the ship is the "Commissioner" belonging to the Harbour Trust. The other is a large yacht with two masts.
Operation Float was an event run by Melbourne Legacy to take Junior legatees on an outing. It could have been to naval boats such as HMAS Cerberus or to a Yacht club. It gave the junior legatees the opportunity to see a naval boat in action, spend time on the water or try sailing.
Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.

Significance

A record of outings being organised for children.

Physical description

Colour slide x 2 of ships with children on board in 1960 in Kodachrome off-white cardboard mount with yellow and red print.

Inscriptions & markings

02997.1 Printed on front 'Made in Australia' and '30' in red ink. Handwritten in blue ink 'Harbour Trusts 'Commissioner' with Legacy Children on board / Operation Float. 27/3/60'.
02997.2 Printed on front 'Made in Australia' and '31' in red ink. Handwritten in blue ink 'Legacy's Operation Float Mar 27 60'.
Printed on reverse "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" in red ink