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SS FRANKDALE, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney
SS FRANKDALE, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

SS FRANKDALE, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1906-1917
Object number00020369
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionSS FRANKDALE, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney.HistoryPalace Shipping Company Ltd's SS FRANKDALE was built in 1906. In 1917, it was renamed SS JALAPUTRA and was wrecked in January 1947. 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.