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SS ELGIN, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney
SS ELGIN, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

SS ELGIN, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1906-1929
Object number00020366
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionSutherland Steamship Company Ltd's SS ELGIN was built in 1906. It was sold to Western Counties Company in 1920.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.