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Aberdeen Line SS MARATHON as the flag ship for the Anniversary Regatta 26 January 1910
Aberdeen Line SS MARATHON as the flag ship for the Anniversary Regatta 26 January 1910

Aberdeen Line SS MARATHON as the flag ship for the Anniversary Regatta 26 January 1910

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1910
Object number00022188
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
DimensionsOverall: 91 x 150 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionCargo passenger steamship SS MARATHON of the Aberdeen Line acting as the flag ship for the Anniversary Regatta on 26 January 1910.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.