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Rowboat on Sydney Harbour with Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background
Rowboat on Sydney Harbour with Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background

Rowboat on Sydney Harbour with Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background

Photographer (Australian, 1877 - 1951)
DateEarly 20th century
Object number00013734
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
DimensionsOverall: 120 x 164 mm, 2 mm, 0.05 kg
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
DescriptionRowboat with Harbour Bridge by William Hall.HistoryThe Hall collection provides an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s – from large racing and cruising yachts, to the many and varied skiffs jostling on the harbour, to the new phenomenon of motor boating in the early twentieth century . The collection also includes images of the many spectators and crowds who followed the sailing races.