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MOUNT STEWART - Captain McColm with his family and crew on deck, December 1923
MOUNT STEWART - Captain McColm with his family and crew on deck, December 1923

MOUNT STEWART - Captain McColm with his family and crew on deck, December 1923

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1923
Object number00035421
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts Captain William Edward McColm and his family who travelled with him; his Australian wife Adelaide McColm (née Dell) and their two sons Donald and Malcolm. They pose with members of the crew of the MOUNT STEWART.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.