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Unidentified merchant marine officer at the wire-operated telegraph on board SS CITY OF CAPE TOWN
Unidentified merchant marine officer at the wire-operated telegraph on board SS CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Unidentified merchant marine officer at the wire-operated telegraph on board SS CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1938-1953
Object number00021078
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionSS CITY OF CAPE TOWN was built in 1937 by Cammell Laird Ltd.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.