Troopship RMS QUEEN MARY in Sydney

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

DateMay 1940

Object number00021325

NamePhotograph

MediumSilver gelatin print

DimensionsOverall: 154 x 203 mm

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

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DescriptionThis image depicts the Cunard passenger liner RMS QUEEN MARY as a troopship. The tug at the liner's side is likely to be the Fenwick-owned SS HEROIC.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.