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Nurses on board AHS MANUNDA
Nurses on board AHS MANUNDA

Nurses on board AHS MANUNDA

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1940
Object number00022403
NameNitrate negative
MediumCellulose acetate negative, black and white
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts nurses on board AHS MANUNDA. In this image left to right, is probably Lorraine Blow, Dorothy Deall, Phyllis Back, and possibly Kathleen Armstrong.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.