Historical information

Set of four photographs showing some of the floats used in the 1954 Labour Day Procession. See also item 8544 for another photo of the float, but mislabelled as 1976 :
1 - MMTB float featuring the title - "The Bag of Service" with MMTB name on the side with people alongside,
2 - the SEC float - featuring a house and power lines
3 - RAAF float with a crown and a jet (sabre?) aircraft.
4 - as for 1 showing the people who were on the float.
Trove references found by Noelle Jones 27/6/2019 are:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26680643
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205702896
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26595420
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26595420
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26680653

Significance

Yields information about the MMTB Labour Day floats of 1954.

Physical description

Set of four Black and white photographs of floats for the 1954 Royal Visit floral parade - 8 March 1954. Date from The Age 6/3/1954 - see trove references below.

Inscriptions & markings

On each photo in pencil:

1 - "MMTB floral float royal visit 1954"
2 - "SEC(?) floral float royal visit 1954"
3 - "Air force (?) - float royal visit 1954"
4 - "Labour Day procession 1954" Has a label on the underside "Labour Day Procession 1954" - large print in an A4 holder.