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TAISEI MARU, Japanese Government Training Ship at sea.
TAISEI MARU, Japanese Government Training Ship at sea.

TAISEI MARU, Japanese Government Training Ship at sea.

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1906-1939
Object number00024725
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
HistoryTAISEI MARU (I). Built 1904, visited Sydney in 1906,1911, 1913, 1926 and 1934, sunk 1945.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.