BRITANNIA leading two 18-footers on Sydney Harbour
Photographer
William James Hall
(Australian, 1877 - 1951)
Date1937-1941
Object number00008667
NamePhotograph
MediumBlack and white photographic print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 208 x 159 mm, 0.01 kg
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Peter Knight
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
1922-1938
William James Hall
1919-1941