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

SS KYLEMHOR, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1909-1917
Object number00020392
NameNitrate negative
MediumCellulose nitrate negative, black and white
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionKyle Shipping Company Ltd's SS KYLEMHOR was built in 1909 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1917, the vessel was purchased by Limerick Steamship Company Ltd and renamed SS ISLANDMORE.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.