18-foot skiff at Watsons Bay, inscribed 1448
Photographer
William James Hall
(Australian, 1877 - 1951)
Date1900s - 1930s
Object number00012456
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Transfer from the Mitchell Library
DescriptionImage of 18-foot skiff off Watsons Bay on Sydney Harbour.
Inscribed 1448.SignificanceThe Hall collection provides an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s – from large racing and cruising yachts, to the many and varied skiffs jostling on the harbour, to the new phenomenon of motor boating in the early twentieth century . The collection also includes images of the many spectators and crowds who followed the sailing races.
William James Hall
1923-1939
