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Unidentified merchant marine officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company
Unidentified merchant marine officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company

Unidentified merchant marine officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1901-1930
Object number00020847
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis image depicts an unidentified merchant marine officer possibly on board SS SHIRALA I or II.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.