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Captain E R Sterling, Ray Milton Sterling and Ethel May Sterling at the races
Captain E R Sterling, Ray Milton Sterling and Ethel May Sterling at the races

Captain E R Sterling, Ray Milton Sterling and Ethel May Sterling at the races

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1918-1929
Object number00035535
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis image depicts American shipowner, Captain Edward Robert Sterling (far right), standing next to his son Captain Ray Milton Sterling and daughter-in-law Ethel May Sterling and two unidentified individuals (far left), at the races.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.