United States Navy sailors on board USS ASTORIA

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

DateAugust 1934

Object number00024265

NameGlass plate negative

MediumEmulsion on glass

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

Farm Cove

DescriptionThis image depicts two United States Navy sailors on the flag deck of USS ASTORIA. The sailor in the foreground is leaning on the railing looking through telescope and the sailor in the background is holding signal flags. 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, 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.