View of a child sitting in a dugout canoe
Photographer
Oskar Speck
(1907 - 1993)
Date1930s
Object numberANMS0545[128]
NameNegative
MediumCellulose (nitrate or acetate) negative, black and white
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest
SignificanceThis image is part of the visual record of the remarkable story of Oskar Speck, who undertook an epic seven-year, 50,000 km voyage from Germany to Australia in his five-and-half metre collapsible kayak SUNNSCHIEN (SUNSHINE).