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Starboard view of the French barque SV BOURBAKI
Samuel J Hood Studio1906 – 1920
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
Details
- Title: Starboard view of the French barque SV BOURBAKI
- Creator: Samuel J Hood Studio
- Date: 1906 – 1920
- Location: Sydney
- 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
- Credit line: ANMM Collection
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