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Three men, including Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse, wearing suits and hats seated on a lawn
Three men, including Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse, wearing suits and hats seated on a lawn

Three men, including Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse, wearing suits and hats seated on a lawn

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1910-1939
Object number00035012
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts three men seated on a lawn, with probably Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse seated far left.SignificanceThe Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, crew portraits, crews at work, ship interiors, stevedores loading and unloading cargo, port scenes, pleasure boats and harbourside social activities from the 1890s through to the 1950s. They are also highly competent artistic studies and views - Hood was regarded as an important figure in early Australian photojournalism. Hood’s maritime photographs are one of the most significant collections of such work in Australia.