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Nurses on the AQUITANIA and QUEEN MARY, from South Australia and Bongilla
Nurses on the AQUITANIA and QUEEN MARY, from South Australia and Bongilla

Nurses on the AQUITANIA and QUEEN MARY, from South Australia and Bongilla

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date3 February 1941
Object number00022607
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionImage of nurses on the AQUITANIA / QUEEN MARY from South Australia and Bongilla.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.