SS RUGIA - passenger liner
Photographer
Samuel J Hood Studio
(Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1919-1922
Object number00024838
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
HistoryBuilt in 1905 for Hamburg - American Packet Company (Hamburg American Line). In 1919 ceded to Britain as WWI war reparations. Returned to HAPAG in 1922, scrapped 1933.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.
