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Building decks on Cowper Street Wharf, Woolloomooloo
Building decks on Cowper Street Wharf, Woolloomooloo

Building decks on Cowper Street Wharf, Woolloomooloo

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1890-1930
Object number00034577
NameGlass plate negative
MediumGlass plate negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis image depicts workmen building a deck at Cowper Street Wharf in Woolloomooloo Sydney. The sign to the left reads 'Caution Do not drop anchors(?) Cables are laid from Potts Point to Garden Island'HistoryThe 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.