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Steamers, Darling Harbour, H C Sleigh & Co Unloading at wharf
Steamers, Darling Harbour, H C Sleigh & Co Unloading at wharf

Steamers, Darling Harbour, H C Sleigh & Co Unloading at wharf

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1938
Object number00021668
NameNegative
MediumEmulsion on acetate film
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionImage depicting wharf labourers unloading and stacking cargo of 44 gallon drums from a steamship at the shipyard at the end of Harris Street, Pyrmont. Derricks are being used to unload the drums.HistoryThe 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.