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Unidentified officer, possibly Chief Engineer, on board SS OBRA I
Unidentified officer, possibly Chief Engineer, on board SS OBRA I

Unidentified officer, possibly Chief Engineer, on board SS OBRA I

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1895-1923
Object number00020854
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThe British India Steam Navigation Company's SS OBRA I was built in 1895 and sold in 1923.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.