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SS ANGLO-SAXON, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney
SS ANGLO-SAXON, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

SS ANGLO-SAXON, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1902-1926
Object number00020412
NameNitrate negative
MediumCellulose nitrate negative, black and white
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionNitrate Producers Steamship Company Ltd's SS ANGLO-SAXON I was built in 1902. In 1926, it was sold to the Italian company SA Industria Armamento.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.