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SARDINIA at wharf, 1914-1920

Troop transport SARDINIA in dazzle camouflage paint at a wharf during World War I.

 

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 age of sail and two world wars. The photos in the collection were taken mainly in Sydney and Newcastle during the first half of the 20th century.

 

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Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection

 

Object no. 00024327

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Uploaded on January 18, 2013
Taken on July 29, 2003