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Baby and a dog on a sailing ship
Baby and a dog on a sailing ship

Baby and a dog on a sailing ship

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Datec 1910
Object number00023789
NameNitrate negative
MediumNitrate negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionPortrait of a baby and a dog sitting on top of a deckhouse on a ship by photographer Samuel Hood.History 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.