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SS LORD CROMER, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney
SS LORD CROMER, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

SS LORD CROMER, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1912-1918
Object number00020389
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionSS Lord Lathom Company Ltd's SS LORD CROMER was built in 1912 by Craig, Taylor and Company in Stockton-on-Tees, England. It was sold in 1918 and renamed CLAN MACBEOLAN.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.