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Horse drawn parade float carrying a horse and farriers on a street in Sydney
Horse drawn parade float carrying a horse and farriers on a street in Sydney

Horse drawn parade float carrying a horse and farriers on a street in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1933-1939
Object number00035712
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionTwo draught horses towing an parade float consisting of an open cart enclosed by a white fence and decorated with hay. The cart carries a horse and group of men in farrier gear (aprons and an anvil to work horseshoes). The park in the background is Hyde Park.SignificanceThe 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.