MOUNT STEWART - Captain McColm with his family and crew on deck, December 1923

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

Date1923

Object number00035421

NameGlass plate negative

MediumEmulsion on glass

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThis photograph depicts Captain William Edward McColm and his family who travelled with him; his Australian wife Adelaide McColm (née Dell) and their two sons Donald and Malcolm. They pose with members of the crew of the MOUNT STEWART.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.