File:Spectators on the Man-O'-War steps watch a squadron in Farm Cove (7978352316).jpg

English: Full glass plate negative of a view of ships in Farm Cove taken from the Man O'War steps. Sydney. The image depicts a number of battleships dressed all over and at anchor in Farm Cove. Fort Denison can be seen in the distance. The Man O'War steps and part of Bennelong Point appears in the foreground filled with spectators.

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s William Hall collection. The Hall collection combines photographs from both William J Hall and his father William Frederick Hall - the latter of which is likely to have taken this image. The images provide an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s – from large racing and cruising yachts, to the many and varied skiffs jostling on the harbour, to the new phenomenon of motor boating in the early twentieth century. The collection also includes studio portraits and images of the many spectators and crowds who followed the sailing races.
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Object number 00013747