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Portrait of an unidentified merchant marine officer, possibly of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Portrait of an unidentified merchant marine officer, possibly of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd

Portrait of an unidentified merchant marine officer, possibly of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1890-1930
Object number00020518
NameNitrate negative
MediumCellulose nitrate negative, black & white
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
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.