Speedboat on Sydney Harbour

Photographer William James Hall (Australian, 1877 - 1951)

Date1890s - 1930s

Object number00010698

NameGlass plate negative

MediumEmulsion on glass

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection Transfer from the Mitchell Library

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DescriptionA black and white image of a wooden speedboat on Sydney Harbour. It is unidentified but possibly a racing vessel with the 'No 27' painted on the side. A large passenger vessel is anchored in the background. Negative ID number, 950.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.