Photographic postcard of two men at a small table reading a 'The Daily...
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Photographic postcard of an elderly couple in formal dress
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Photographic postcard of a boxer standing with clenched fist
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Photographic postcard of a group of ten male rail workers
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Photographic postcard of two men at a small table reading a 'The Daily...
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Photographic postcard of three men in uniform
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Photographic postcard of two men wearing suits and looking at a page
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Photographic postcard men in protective clothing in a mock battle
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Photographic postcard two men standing in white suits on a path that l...
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Photographic postcard of two men wearing suits and looking directly in...
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Image of a troopship possibly HMAT A7 MEDIC departing for war
This photograph possibly depicts the troopship HMAT A7 MEDIC. It is possible that it depicts MEDIC after it was requisitioned as a troopship for the Second Boer War (1899-1902)...This photo is part of the Austr... More
Skiffs on Sydney Harbour, 1890-1953
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Baby and a dog on a sailing ship
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 a baby and a dog s... More
View of unfinished Sydney Harbour Bridge aboard HMAS ANZAC
This photograph was taken aboard HMAS ANZAC probably as it was returning to port after the scuttling of HMAS TORRENS I. In the background, Fort Denison is visible and the Sydney Harbour Bridge appears unfinishe... More
Three-masted training ship MERSEY viewed on the bow starboard quarter,...
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Bow view of three-masted training ship MERSEY, 1908-1915
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Three cadets on board the three-masted training ship MERSEY, 1908-1915
The White Star Line three-masted training ship MERSEY had the capacity to train 60 cadets. Between 1908 and 1915 MERSEY made six trips to Australia. ..This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Muse... More
Billy Hughes inspects JEANNE D'ARC
JEANNE D'ARC moored at Circular Quay, Sydney on its 1938 goodwill visit to Australia. The then Federal Minister for External Affairs - William "Billy" Morris Hughes, former Australian Prime Minister 1915-1923 -... More
HMAT BORDA berthing at Millers Point
This glass plate negative depicts the portside bow view of HMAT BORDA beside wharf 10 at Millers Point, Sydney. Its hull and funnel are painted in dazzle camouflage. BORDA was requisitioned from the P&O Steam N... More
Cook, Hohn Winter, on board SEETEUFEL with a civilian man
This photograph depicts the cook of the two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL, Hohn Winter, opening what appears to be a can of food, with an unidentified man seated next to him. According to the secret files kept on t... More
18-footer racing on Sydney Harbour possibly near Clark Island, 1920-19...
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Two-masted yawl TRIXIE in Sydney Harbour, 1920-1939
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Three-masted barque CHILLICOTHE under tow in Sydney Harbour
On 3 August 1927, 'The Sydney Morning Herald' reported that the American ship, CHILLICOTHE, had encountered problems at sea. The CHILLICOTHE had a cargo of lumber and the report details that the crew members co... More
Officer and a civilian on board a ship's deck
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
JEANNE D'ARC moored at Circular Quay
JEANNE D'ARC moored at Circular Quay, Sydney on its 1938 goodwill visit to Australia. This Hood photograph shows the cruiser bow on with a refuelling barge and tug alongside. It is moored at East Circular Quay.... More
MAGDALENE VINNEN awaiting cargo in Sydney Harbour
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Restricted 21-foot class yacht near Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron in Kir...
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Three sloops racing near a ferry in Sydney Harbour
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
TSS AWATEA main lounge - A black and white photo of a living room
Image of main lounge of TSS AWATEA. AWATEA, built in 1936, was owned by Union Steamship Company and was known as the 'Queen of the Tasman Sea'. It was a luxury liner that serviced the trans-Tasman route. AWATEA... More
Three officers on the deck of a ship
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Officers and sailors line the bow of JEANNE D'ARC
JEANNE D'ARC moored at Circular Quay, Sydney on its 1938 goodwill visit to Australia. At the bow we have the ratings (matelots) in their distinctive French naval uniform and a few officers casually posing for t... More
Cadet dinghies sailing out of Prince Edward Yacht Club in Point Piper,...
This photograph depicts cadet dinghies sailing out of Prince Edward Yacht Club in Point Piper, Sydney. The number 21 is PIXIE II...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood ... More
View of unfinished Sydney Harbour Bridge aboard HMAS ANZAC
This photograph was taken aboard HMAS ANZAC probably as it was returning to port after the scuttling of HMAS TORRENS I. In the background, the Sydney Harbour Bridge appears unfinished...This photo is part of th... More
Young man, possibly Ted Hood on board MAGDALENE VINNEN
This photograph possibly depicts Samuel J Hood's son Ted Hood on board MAGDALENE VINNEN. The vessel sailed into Sydney Harbour on 27 February 1933, under the command of Captain Lorenz Peters. The barque was loa... More
MAGDALENE VINNEN in port in Woolloomooloo, Sydney
The four-masted steel barque MAGDALENE VINNEN sailed into Sydney Harbour on 27 February 1933, under the command of Captain Lorenz Peters. The barque was loaded with almost 16,000 bales of wool, the fourth large... More
Launching of HMAS WARREGO II at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Photograph of shipwrights celebrating the launch of HMAS WARREGO at Cockatoo Island Dockyard. It shows the custom whereby the shipwrights who had 'railed up' or readied the vessel for launch on the slipway were... More
Captain Lorenz Peters addressing his officers on board MAGDALENE VINNE...
This image depicts officers on board MAGDALENE VINNEN. The man in white is Captain Lorenz Peters. The vessel sailed into Sydney Harbour on 27 February 1933, under the command of Captain Peters. The barque was l... More
Count Felix Graf von Luckner and an unidentified man holding a life be...
This photograph depicts Count Felix Graf von Luckner with an unidentified man holding a life belt on board the two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL...For more information on Count von Luckner's visit see our blog post... More
TSS AWATEA bar lounge - A black and white photo of a dining room
Image possibly of the bar lounge of TSS AWATEA. AWATEA, built in 1936, was owned by Union Steamship Company and was known as the 'Queen of the Tasman Sea'. It was a luxury liner that serviced the trans-Tasman r... More
Yachts moored at a wharf with a ferry in the background
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Six-metre class yachts racing on a harbour
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Two portraits of a man, Australian National Maritime Museum
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
MAGDALENE VINNEN under partial sail 10 miles off Sydney
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
8-metre class yacht, possibly NORN, on Sydney Harbour
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Three sloops and a cargo ship near Clifton Gardens, Sydney
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Stain glass window on TSS AWATEA
Image of a stain glass window on board liner TSS AWATEA. AWATEA, built in 1936, was owned by Union Steamship Company and was known as the 'Queen of the Tasman Sea'. It was a luxury liner that serviced the trans... More
Two 6-metre class yachts TOOGOOLOOWOO II and probably LOLAIRE near Kur...
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
TSS AWATEA music room - A black and white photo of a living room
Image of the music room on the promenade deck of TSS AWATEA. AWATEA, built in 1936, was owned by Union Steamship Company and was known as the 'Queen of the Tasman Sea'. It was a luxury liner that serviced the t... More
Matelot on duty on JEANNE D'ARC
JEANNE D'ARC moored at Circular Quay, Sydney on its 1938 goodwill visit to Australia. The Hood Studio was allowed access to the ship and here we have a sailor (matelot) on ceremonial guard duty complete with bo... More
Sailboats on Pittwater, Sydney, Australia, 1940s
This photograph depicts sailboats on Pittwater, Sydney with the yacht BOOMERANG in the background to the right with flags...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio ... More
Duty matelot on JEANNE D'ARC, Sydney, Australia, 1940s
JEANNE D'ARC moored at Circular Quay, Sydney on its 1938 goodwill visit to Australia. At the top of the gangway (brow in naval language) stands a sailor with rifle and ceremonial flag, smiling slightly at being... More
Yacht racing near a ferry in Sydney Harbour
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
First Officer Paul Kause on board the SEETEUFEL.
This photograph depicts First Officer Paul Kause on board the two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL. According to the secret files kept on the von Luckners by the Commonwealth Investigation Branch (CIB), Kause was desc... More
Unidentified crew member cleaning brass on board SEETEUFEL
This photograph depicts an unidentified crew member cleaning brass on board the two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL...For more information on Count von Luckner's visit see our blog post 'Espionage and paranoia: The S... More
Count Felix Graf von Luckner holding a life belt on SEETEUFEL
This photograph depicts Count Felix Graf von Luckner holding a life belt on board the two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL...For more information on Count von Luckner's visit see our blog post 'Espionage and paranoia:... More
Captain Lorenz Peters addressing his officers on board MAGDALENE VINNE...
This image depicts officers on board MAGDALENE VINNEN. The man in white is Captain Lorenz Peters. The vessel sailed into Sydney Harbour on 27 February 1933, under the command of Captain Peters. The barque was l... More
Count Felix Graf von Luckner with wife Countess Ingeborg von Luckner o...
This photograph depicts Count Felix Graf von Luckner with wife Countess Ingeborg von Luckner (née Engeström) on board their two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL. A similar photograph was published in 'The Sydney Morni... More
Woman seated on a ship, possibly MAGDALENE VINNEN, 1933
This image depicts a woman on board a ship. Accompanying text says that she was a visitor on board the four-masted barque MAGDALENE VINNEN. The vessel was built in 1921 in Kiel, Germany for F A Vinnen and Compa... More
Officers on board JEANNE D'ARC, Sydney, Australia, 1940s
JEANNE D'ARC moored at Circular Quay, Sydney on its 1938 goodwill visit to Australia. Officers are photographed walking in loose formation along the deck in front of a naval chaplain, possibly on their way to o... More
Count Felix Graf and Countess Ingeborg von Luckner with Karl Muller on...
This photograph depicts Count Felix Graf von Luckner with wife Countess Ingeborg von Luckner (née Engeström) and boatswain Karl Muller, on board the two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL. It was probably taken on 20 Ma... More
Single mast yacht near Neutral Bay, Sydney
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Count Felix Graf von Luckner at the wheel of SEETEUFEL
This photograph depicts Count Felix Graf von Luckner at the wheel on board his two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL. The image was probably taken on 20 May 1938...For more information on Count von Luckner's visit see ... More
Boatswain Karl Muller smoking a pipe and hosing the deck of SEETEUFEL
This photograph depicts the boatswain of SEETEUFEL, Karl Muller, smoking a pipe and hosing the vessel's deck, during Count Felix Graf von Luckner's visit to Sydney in May 1938. According to the secret files kep... More
Two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL in Sydney Harbour
For more information on Count von Luckner's visit see our blog post 'Espionage and paranoia: The Sea Devil tours Australia' ( http://anmm.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/the-sea-devil/ ) ...This photo is part of the A... More
TSS AWATEA observation deck
Image of the observation deck, also known as the Wintergarden on the promenade deck, on TSS AWATEA. AWATEA, built in 1936, was owned by Union Steamship Company and was known as the 'Queen of the Tasman Sea'. It... More
TSS AWATEA lounge - A black and white photo of a living room
Image of lounge of TSS AWATEA. AWATEA, built in 1936, was owned by Union Steamship Company and was known as the 'Queen of the Tasman Sea'. It was a luxury liner that serviced the trans-Tasman route. AWATEA was ... More
Life belt with a mounted photograph of Captain Ray Milton Sterling
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
SEA ROVER under sail probably in Sydney Harbour
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
8-metre class yacht racing near Shark Island
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Two sloops and ferries in Sydney Harbour
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Two sloops racing near the ferry CURL CURL in Sydney Harbour
This photograph depicts two sloops racing near the ferry CURL CURL in Sydney Harbour near Bradleys Head...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Ho... More
Stairs and lift on TSS AWATEA
View of stairs and lift of TSS AWATEA. AWATEA, built in 1936, was owned by Union Steamship Company and was known as the 'Queen of the Tasman Sea'. It was a luxury liner that serviced the trans-Tasman route. AWA... More
Captain Lorenz Peters with officers and crew of MAGDALENE VINNEN
This image depicts officers on board MAGDALENE VINNEN. The man in white is Captain Lorenz Peters. The vessel sailed into Sydney Harbour on 27 February 1933, under the command of Captain Peters. The barque was l... More
Crew men pulling on a rope near a mast on board MAGDALENE VINNEN
This image depicts crew of the four-masted steel barque MAGDALENE VINNEN pulling on rope near one of the ship's masts. The vessel sailed into Sydney Harbour on 27 February 1933, under the command of Captain Lor... More
Five-masted American barquentine MONTEREY in Sydney Harbour
This photograph depicts the American barquentine MONTEREY in Sydney Harbour, with Clark Island to the left and Fort Denison in the distance to the right. Formerly the British wool clipper ship CYPROMENE, the ve... More
Count Felix Graf von Luckner, right, and an unidentified man squeezing...
This photograph depicts Count Felix Graf von Luckner, right, and an unidentified man on board the two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL. Count von Luckner was famous for his physical strength, which he would often demo... More