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Two lifeboats being lowered down the side of an unidentified ship
Two lifeboats being lowered down the side of an unidentified ship

Two lifeboats being lowered down the side of an unidentified ship

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1899-1953
Object number00021322
NamePhotograph
MediumSilver gelatin print
DimensionsOverall: 155 x 203 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
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.
Lifeboats or longboats on harbour
Samuel J Hood Studio
1899-1953
Two lifeboats from MV SKAUBRYN
Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration
1958