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| Keywords: SLNSW 100045 Works in Parramatta Road premises taken over by Ministry of Munitions for War production.jpg en Works in Parramatta Road premises taken over by Ministry of Munitions for War production circa 1925 1957 http //www acmssearch sl nsw gov au/search/itemDetailPaged cgi itemID 100045 item <br/>http //www acmssearch sl nsw gov au/search/itemDetailPaged cgi itemID 37473 album <br/>http //www acmssearch sl nsw gov au/search/itemDetailPaged cgi itemID 395018 collection Creator Sam Hood This image may be used freely without requesting permission The State Library of New South Wales http //www acmssearch sl nsw gov au/search/itemPopLarger cgi itemID 100045 requests acknowledgement that the image is from the collections of the State Library of NSW Photographs 32812 images copied from glass and cellulose nitrate photonegatives Purchased from Gladys Hood 1972 Copyright restrictions may apply - Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years ; Please acknowledge - Mitchell Library State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder 395018 Sam Hood photographic collection 1916-ca 1955 Approximately 44 800 negatives ; 7 309 photographic prints ; 3 boxes of textual material ; 6 film reels Samuel J Hood's 1872-1953 claimed to have been born 1870 but the South Australian Birth Index gives date as 20 August 1872 His career as a photographer began in the 1880s ; He ran a successful business in ships portraits these negatives are now held by the Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney and portraits of people in the late nineteenth - early twentieth century The State Library has little representation of this period In 1918 he acquired the Dalny Studio at 124 Pitt Street and began to expand his business into press photography providing photographs for the Sydney Mail the Australasian the Daily Guardian the Daily Telegraph Pictorial the Labor Daily the Sun the Daily News and the Sydney Morning Herald Press photography increasingly came to dominate his business and in 1934 he joined the Labor Daily for a short time as a full-time photographer engaging other staff to look after his studio ; By the mid-1930s most newspapers employed their own photographers and Hood's commissions from the papers began to decline Hood sought other kinds of commissions and won a number of long term advertising and commercial contracts He contributed a number of photographs of Sydney buildings and streets to Building Construction and Australasian Engineer during the late 1930s and early 1940s Hood also had extensive contacts in the entertainment industry who called upon him to document celebrity events and stars as well as theatre advertising Throughout his career he worked at the stock-in-trade for commercial photographers portraits weddings and even funerals ; A number of photographers worked for Dalny Studio some of these include Ernie Bowen Gus Daley Jack Lazern Lethington Maitland as well as Sam's own children Gladys and Ted ; For detailed biographical information about photographer Sam Hood see Sydney exposures through the eyes of Sam Hood his Studio 1925-1950 / Alan Davies Sydney State Library of New South Wales 1991 Out of copyright - Created before 1955 Photographs ; Please acknowledge - Mitchell Library State Library of New South Wales advertising photography; commercial photography; photojournalism 395018 yes no PD-Australia PD-1996 Australia Images from the State Library of NSW album 37473 SLNSW media uploaded by User 99of9 Photographs by Sam Hood Parramatta Road | ||||
