Loading sheep at Woolloomooloo Bay wharf

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

Date1899-1953

Object number00021342

NamePhotograph

MediumSilver gelatin print

DimensionsOverall: 154 x 204 mm

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionImage of sheep in pens on a wharf next to a merchant vessel moored frame right, wharf buildings and parkland in background. The wharf is likely west Woolloomooloo Bay wharf.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.