Colour photographic slide of a crane at Morts Dock

Photographer Herbert Recknell (- 1964)

Date7 August 1958

Object numberANMS1106[002]

NamePhotographic slide

Medium35mm photographic slide, cardboard

DimensionsOverall: 50 x 50 x 1 mm

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Margaret Erickson

Terms

DescriptionCollection of 229 slides from 1950s-1960s of ships and shipping related views taken by Herbert Recknell, General Manager of Morts Docks in Balmain during the 1950s, mostly of Sydney, some of Newcastle and Port Kembla.HistoryThis collection of 229 slides of ships and shipping related views was taken by Herbert Recknell, General Manager of Morts Docks in Balmain during the 1950s and early 1960s. Most of the slides are from Sydney, many from Balmain and Darling Harbour. A smaller number were taken at Newcastle and Port Kembla. Herbet's daughter Margaret Erickson notes that her father had a keen interest in ships and the movement of ships in Sydney Harbour. Some of the slides were taken of the cruise ship ORIANA, on which Margaret sailed on its second voyage in September 1962. The ORIANA is shown bedecked with streamers, being farewelled from Darling Harbour. The slides are in Kodachrome and most are annotated and many are dated between 1954 and 1964. SignificanceThese Kodachrome slides are an excellent visual record of Sydney, Newcastle and Port Kembla harbours during the 1950s and early 1960s. They are an important and rare, well preserved colour record of ships and shipping activity during this period.