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Panorama of Sydney Harbour during the United States Navy's goodwill tour
Panorama of Sydney Harbour during the United States Navy's goodwill tour

Panorama of Sydney Harbour during the United States Navy's goodwill tour

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date23 July 1925
Object number00053725
NameNegative
MediumNitrate negative
DimensionsOverall: 125 x 1125 x 1 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionOn 23 July 1925, Sydney hosted eight of the US Navy Battle Fleet's largest ships, including USS CALIFORNIA, USS COLORADO, USS TENNESSEE, USS MARYLAND, USS WEST VIRGINIA, USS NEW MEXICO, USS MISSISSIPPI and USS IDAHO. The fleet departed for New Zealand on 6 August. This photograph was probably taken at Georges Head Battery, in Georges Heights in the Sydney suburb of Mosman.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.