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Mitsui Line cargo ship loading wheat at Darling Harbour
Mitsui Line cargo ship loading wheat at Darling Harbour

Mitsui Line cargo ship loading wheat at Darling Harbour

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Datec 1935
Object number00035948
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionImage of a Mitsui Line cargo ship docked a a wharf in Darling Harbour loading wheat.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.