Uploads from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons, tagged womens1900sfashion

Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour, 1900s

nobody@flickr.com (Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons) — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:54:19 -0700

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons posted a photo:

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. 00035088

Beatrice Kerr her sister and three children

nobody@flickr.com (Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:10:12 -0700

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons posted a photo:

This black and white photograph features Beatrice Kerr (right), her sister and three small children at the beach.

This image is part of an archive series consisting of photographs relating to the career of champion Australian swimmer, diver and vaudeville entertainer in Australia and the United Kingdom Beatrice Kerr. The photographs depict Kerr diving and posing in swimsuits, a ange of swimming pools or piers, and feature her family and acquaintances.

Beatrice Maude Kerr (like rival Annette Kellerman and contemporaries Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie) was an exemplar of the fit modern woman in the early 1900s at a time when the physical culture movement was growing. In particular the sport of swimming was becoming very popular, yet it was still a novelty in many communities in Australia, North America and in the UK where Kerr subsequently toured demonstrating her prowess.

Kerr had a fastest swimming time of 1 minute 21.4 seconds for the 100 yards (91.4 m) and 27.5 minutes for the mile (1.6 km). Although Kerr did not hold world records or swim at the Olympics like Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie she was highly regarded as a swimmer and entertainer and inspired many young women to take to the water.

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Object number ANMS1031[116]

ANMM Collection Gift from Michael Williams

Harry B Williams and friends at the seaside

nobody@flickr.com (Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons) — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:18:32 -0700

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons posted a photo:

This photograph depicts a group of men and women at the seaside. Harry Brisbane Williams, photographer for the NSW Water Board and amateur artist is on the far right, with his camera under his arm. Artist Alfred Coffey (1869 - 1950) is third from the right.

This image is part of a collection of photos by Harry Brisbane Williams. The Williams photographic collection provides an interesting record of a range of activities on Sydney Harbour from the 1890s into the 1920s. An enthusiastic amateur boater and photographer, Williams’ photographs capture a range of subjects – pleasure cruising on his motor launch on the Lane Cove River, yachting on Sydney Harbour, foreshore social activities, surf lifesaving, cargo ships, battle cruisers of the United States fleet, model yachting and the shipbuilding industry. In particular, they are a wonderful personal record of the new phenomenon of leisure motor boating in the early twentieth century.

The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.

Object number: 00017064

Women walking along Stanwell Park Beach

nobody@flickr.com (Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons) — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:56:17 -0700

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons posted a photo:

This image is part of a collection of photos by Harry Brisbane Williams. The Williams photographic collection provides an interesting record of a range of activities on Sydney Harbour from the 1890s into the 1920s. An enthusiastic amateur boater and photographer, Williams’ photographs capture a range of subjects – pleasure cruising on his motor launch on the Lane Cove River, yachting on Sydney Harbour, foreshore social activities, surf lifesaving, cargo ships, battle cruisers of the United States fleet, model yachting and the shipbuilding industry. In particular, they are a wonderful personal record of the new phenomenon of leisure motor boating in the early twentieth century.

The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.

Object number: 00017160

Portrait of an unidentified woman, 1890-1920

nobody@flickr.com (Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:02:01 -0700

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons posted a photo: