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MOUNT STEWART - Captain McColm, his family and pets
MOUNT STEWART - Captain McColm, his family and pets

MOUNT STEWART - Captain McColm, his family and pets

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1923
Object number00036760
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
DimensionsOverall: 119 x 164 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionBetween 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph depicts Captain William Edward McColm, his Australian wife Adelaide McColm (née Dell), two sons Donald (left) and Malcolm Llewellyn McColm (right) and the family's pets on board the wool clipper MOUNT STEWART.HistoryThe 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.