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Unknown vessel unloading cargo at Jones Bay wharf
Unknown vessel unloading cargo at Jones Bay wharf

Unknown vessel unloading cargo at Jones Bay wharf

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1920-1953
Object number00035832
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts a vessel unloading cargo at either wharf 19 or 21 Jones Bay in Pyrmont, Sydney.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.