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Image Not Available for Positioning main bearing for the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Positioning main bearing for the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Image Not Available for Positioning main bearing for the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Positioning main bearing for the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1931-1932
Object number00034634
NameGlass plate negative
MediumGlass plate negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis image depicts workmen positioning a main bearing for the Sydney Harbour Bridge.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.