English: Portrait of a family of four with two pet dogs and a caged cockatoo on the deck of the wool clipper MOUNT STEWART. Believed to be Captain M C McColm, his wife and two sons, who lived on board with him from about 1912 until 1925. About 1920-1925.

For more information see Patricia Miles' article Little Shipmates in Signals 82, 2008, pp 34-35.
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. 00036760