Photograph - Photograph, sepia, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, Dinner is served on board a sailing ship - The Steward Serves the Cabin Dinner, 1906

Album (Item) - Photograph album, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, The Mission to Seamen in Melbourne, 1905-1910

Historical information

The photograph was taken on board the English four-masted barque Crocodile which was a a regular visitor of the Port Phillip bay ports, transporting wheat from Australia to the UK.

Significance

A rare photograph of a ship's cook, a vital crew member on a voyage.

Physical description

Sepia photograph depicting the cook holding a tureen on board the ship Crocodile.

Inscriptions & markings

Written in pencil at the back: "12"

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