MERSEY painting ship

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

Date1911-1914

Object number00020276

NameNitrate negative

MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThe White Star Line training ship MERSEY had the capacity to train 60 cadets. Between 1908 and 1915 MERSEY made six trips to Australia.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.