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SS MORAVIAN leaving Sydney
SS MORAVIAN leaving Sydney

SS MORAVIAN leaving Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1910
Object number00020508
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThe Aberdeen Line's SS MORAVIAN II was built in 1899. It was sold to Bombay and Persia Steam Navigation Company in 1914 and renamed SS AKBAR.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.