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Unidentified engineer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS OBRA
Unidentified engineer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS OBRA

Unidentified engineer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS OBRA

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1895-1923
Object number00021190
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
DimensionsOverall: 80 x 138 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionSS OBRA was built in 1895 and was sold in 1923 for scrapping.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.