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TSS MERKUR
TSS MERKUR

TSS MERKUR

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
DateAugust 1939
Object number00020219
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionBuilt in 1925, MERKUR was bought by the Burns-Philip Company in 1935 and was requisitioned by the RAN during the Second World War. Scrapped in 1953.HistoryBuilt in 1925, MERKUR was bought by the Burns-Philip Company in 1935 and was requisitioned by the RAN during the Second World War. Scrapped in 1953. The 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.