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

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

Date1918-1929

Object number00035536

NameGlass plate negative

MediumEmulsion on glass

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

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DescriptionThis image depicts American shipowner, Captain Edward Robert Sterling (third from left), with his son Captain Ray Milton Sterling to his right and daughter-in-law Ethel May Sterling (second from right) with three unidentified individuals 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.