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Royal Australian Navy officer boarding USS ASTORIA
Royal Australian Navy officer boarding USS ASTORIA

Royal Australian Navy officer boarding USS ASTORIA

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
DateAugust 1934
Object number00024264
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionImage of a Royal Australian Navy officer in full dress uniform boarding USS ASTORIA. ASTORIA visited Sydney in August 1934 during its shakedown cruise of the Pacific.SignificanceThe Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, warships, 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.