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Aeroplane being unloaded from the TSS MONTEREY
Aeroplane being unloaded from the TSS MONTEREY

Aeroplane being unloaded from the TSS MONTEREY

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1932
Object number00021330
NamePhotograph
MediumSilver gelatin print
DimensionsOverall: 155 x 203 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts a view of 'The Spirit of Fun', Lockheed Orion NC 12229, being unloaded by steam crane TITAN onto barge from the Oceanic Steamship Company's TSS MONTEREY II. This was for the first flight within Australia of a US civil aircraft and was probably photographed at Millers Point in Sydney. The aircraft was to be piloted by Arthur M Loew of MGM Studios and his attorney Joseph Rosthal and flown on a round-world tour.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.