Loading
Captain's household
Samuel J Hood StudioDecember 1923
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph depicts Captain William Edward McColm, his Australian wife Adelaide McColm (née Dell), two sons Donald (left) and Malcolm Llewellyn McColm (right) and the family's pets on board the wool clipper MOUNT STEWART.
Show lessRead more
Details
- Title: Captain's household
- Creator: Samuel J Hood Studio
- Date: December 1923
- Type: Glass plate negative
- Significance: The 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.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Emulsion on glass
- Dimensions: 119 x 164 mm
- Credit line: ANMM Collection
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
