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Starboard side of MV ESTELLE crowded with passengers
Starboard side of MV ESTELLE crowded with passengers

Starboard side of MV ESTELLE crowded with passengers

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Datec 1930
Object number00021356
NamePhotograph
MediumSilver gelatin print
DimensionsOverall: 155 x 203 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionMV ESTELLE was built in 1927 by G E Beattie in Woy Woy and sank in 1978 in Victoria.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.