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Playing an accordian while the crew turn a windlass onboard MAGDALENE VINNEN

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This image depicts a sailor playing an accordion while members of the crew of MAGDALENE VINNEN push the ship's capstan. The vessel sailed into Sydney Harbour on 27 February 1933, under the command of Captain Lorenz Peters. The barque was loaded with almost 16,000 bales of wool, the fourth largest shipment to have left Sydney, before it sailed the record-breaking 82-day voyage for Falmouth, England. MAGDALENE VINNEN visited Australia again in 1935, with a cargo of wheat, lifted from Port Broughton in South Australia...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. ..The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. ..Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection..Object no. 00035596

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1935
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Unit 20/6 Cowper Wharf Rd, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011, Australia ,  -33.86832, 151.22153
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