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Ship's officer with pet dog, posed at ship's wheel
Ship's officer with pet dog, posed at ship's wheel

Ship's officer with pet dog, posed at ship's wheel

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1907-1928
Object number00020309
NameNitrate Negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
DimensionsOverall: 143 x 91 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
Collections
DescriptionThis photograph depicts a crew member of the steamer SS SUEVIC posed at the wheel with his Border Collie.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.