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SS CITY OF CAPE TOWN moored at Woolloomooloo wharf in Sydney
SS CITY OF CAPE TOWN moored at Woolloomooloo wharf in Sydney

SS CITY OF CAPE TOWN moored at Woolloomooloo wharf in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1938-1953
Object number00021080
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionSS CITY OF CAPE TOWN was built in 1937 by Cammell Laird Ltd. This image depicts the vessel at Woolloomooloo wharf outside of shed 3.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.