Sydney Harbour Bridge viewed from North Sydney

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

Date1931

Object number00034637

NameGlass plate negative

MediumGlass plate negative

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThis image depicts an almost complete Sydney Harbour Bridge. The bridge's pylons appear incomplete. The photograph was possibly taken from Holtermann's Tower, which is now Sydney Church of England Grammar School in North Sydney. The 27-metre tower was commissioned by gold miner, businessman and politician Bernhardt Otto Holtermann in 1874, to pursue his great passion - photography.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.