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Loading coal on board SS MERNOO at Balmain Mine
Loading coal on board SS MERNOO at Balmain Mine

Loading coal on board SS MERNOO at Balmain Mine

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date3 November 1952
Object number00020326
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis image shows SS MERNOO loading coal, probably at the Balmain coal loader in Sydney, on 3rd November 1952. HistoryThe 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.