Hood Collection part II, Box 064, nos. 118-171, Box 065, nos. 001-006 : McMaster property; Australian National Airways DC-2; Police conference; Eucharistic congress, Newcastle; Film 'Cloistered' for nuns; Arrival of Grace Bros. Mr Horton by sea plane; New South Wales Cricket Team; Sir S. Walder arrives on 'Ceres'; Christy's hairdresser; Spanish nationalist supporters on 'Maloja'; Parliament House, Canberra; Poem on card game bridge

Sam Hood : photographic collection, 1916-ca.1955

BOX 64

118-126. McMaster property (possibly Dalkeith belonging to Sir Frederick McMaster) 
127-136. Australian National Airways' new Douglas DC2 'Kyeema' and 'Pengana' (crewed by ANA's first hostess and flying from Melbourne in a record 2.5 hours), Mascot (also autogyro or gyrocopter, a monoplane with single engine in the nose and rotor on top), 31 July 1937
137-138. Police Conference, Manufacturer's House, O'Connell Street, J. McLean (Forbes), J. Hall (Darlinghurst no. 3 Div.), F. S. Becker (Wollongong) (no. 137), 1 April 1935
139-150. Eucharistic Congress with apostolic delegate Archbishop Panico, 20 February 1938
151-156. Private screening of film 'Cloistered' for nuns, State Theatre, 24 April 1938
157-165. Arrival of Mr Horton, Grace Bros., on Imperial Airways Short Royal Airmail flying boat G-ADVB, 18 October 1938
166-168. Copy photographs of New South Wales Cricket Team (including portrait of J. Marsh) which played Queensland in Brisbane, copy of 29, 31 March and 1 April 1902 photographs made October 1938 
169-171. Arrival of Sir Samuel Walder on the Short Empire flying boat Ceres, 18 February 1939


BOX 65

1. Christy's hairdresser (?)
2-3. J. McNeill, one of six men who fought in Spain against Franco, returns on the Maloja
4. Parliament House, Canberra
5. Illustrated poem on card game bridge: 'Bridge. You pie-faced old bugger! What the Hell fire did you trump my ace for? You invite me here for a quiet game of cards, wish me a Merry Christmas, and because you're a damned parson, I-I-I can't say a bloody word!!'
6. Unidentified man

Hood Collection part II, Box 064, nos. 118-171, Box 065, nos. 001-006 : McMaster property; Australia...

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