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Crew members sitting on mast of HELEN B. STERLING
Crew members sitting on mast of HELEN B. STERLING

Crew members sitting on mast of HELEN B. STERLING

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1927-1930
Object number00035556
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionImage depicts five male crew members on deck of HELEN B. STERLING. Crew posed sitting on a spar, horizontal angle, positioned over the edge of vessel.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.