Historical information

A colour slide of a large sailing ship with children on board for Operation Float in 1961. 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 of a sailing ship with children on board in 1961 in Kodachrome off-white cardboard mount with yellow and red print.

Inscriptions & markings

Printed on front 'Made in Australia' and '12' in red ink. Handwritten in blue ink 'Operation Float 25-3-61' and 'Top 96'.
Printed on reverse "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" in red ink.