Presentation on board HMAS SYDNEY

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

Date1890 - 1950

Object number00020334

NameNitrate negative

MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionPresentation on board HMAS SYDNEY by the Lord Mayor Alderman Stanley Sadler Crick of gifts from the citizens of Sydney with (left to right) Lieutenant James Houston Simpson RANR (S), Lieutenant Commander Jack Cawston Bacon RN, Flight Lieutenant Thomas MacBride Price DFC RAAF standing next to SYDNEY's Executive Officer Commander Thomas Hilken RN (holding the silver bowl), Lieutenant Ian Treloar RAN, unidentifed RAN Sub-Lieutenant (possibly Thomas Edgar Davis).SignificanceThe Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, naval vessels, 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.