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Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour
Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour

Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1900s
Object number00035088
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photographs depicts ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour, with Kirribilli and Bradleys head to the left and right in the distance. Four women are also visible in a small rowboat, foreground right. There appears to be smoke in the distance.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.