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Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Maloja The presence of the vehicle ferry (see note) implies pre March 1932 Harbour Bridge opening (how geeky can I possibly get?) Possibly 21/8/1931 at 16.30 (Customs House clock see note) after a 4pm departure from Pyrmont? - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16827530

beachcomber australia Super sleuth! Well spotted re the ferry, I wonder how Hall got to be on the Harbour Bridge at that time, a maritime photographer's dream.

beachcomber australia Thanks for spotting the duplicate with this photograph beachcomber, oops! Regarding Hall being in two places at the same time, we reckon either one may have been taken by an employee of Hall & Co, especially seeing as this is a c 1932 image which makes this theory seem likely as the Hall business would have been more established.

Ha! I now think it must have been a different occasion, as the boat moored alongside Bennelong Point (see note) is different in each photo.

beachcomber australia What do you think about the theory here though:


Possibly taken at different times, but on the same day for the bridge opening? Probably too difficult to say for sure.

Likely the wife of Martin Beck (July 31, 1868 – November 16, 1940). Beck was a "vaudeville theatre owner and manager, and theatrical booking agent, who founded the Orpheum Circuit, and built the Palace and Martin Beck Theatres in New York City's Broadway Theatre District." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Beck_(vaudeville) The Omaha daily bee., March 24, 1921, Page 5, col. 2 reported that Beck, accompanied by his wife sailed for London for an extended tour of the European continent, including Paris and Rome, in search ot novelties to be booked on the circuit in America. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1921-03-24/ed-... He sailed on the Aquitania, s. The Rock Island Argus and daily union., March 22, 1921, Page 9, col. 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053933/1921-03-22/ed-...

The photo was likely taken on April 30, 1921, when she returned from Europe on the Aquitania, together with Mrs. Wendell Phillips (depicted in a photo nearby), s. New-York tribune., May 01, 1921, Page 12, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-05-01/ed-...

Thanks B-59 for all the pieces to put it together. Thank goodness for the Aquitania hint with these related photos, we've been able to find out a lot about these passengers!

Strange that it doesn't say what ship this is.

Zooming in on the picture it says Carmania. Possibly the RMS Carmania en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carmania_(1905) ?

It says it in the tags..... Carmania....

Just because it is in the tags now does not mean it was when Lú posted. Anyone can add tags to these images. The Carrnania tag was added by Pixel Wrangler, but I don't know when. (Tags show authorship, but no dates, in API.) -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

Carmania belonged to the Cunard Line. She entered service in 1905 along with her near-identical sister Caronia. Of the two, Carmania was equipped with turbines whilst Caronia had the standard engines, an experiment designed to determine how the upcoming Lusitania and Mauretania would be engined. Carmania was the faster ship. The experiment was a success and the new liners received turbine engines. Carmania served as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in World War 1 and has the distinction of being the only liner to engage and sink another liner named Cap Trafalgar in a battle of Trinidad in September 1914.