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Unidentified merchant marine officer on board SS CHINDWARA II
Unidentified merchant marine officer on board SS CHINDWARA II

Unidentified merchant marine officer on board SS CHINDWARA II

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1912-1933
Object number00020849
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThe British India Steam Navigation Company's SS CHINDWARA II was built in 1912 and scrapped in 1933.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.