• Title
  View from pulley-wheels of north side creeper-crane (jibbed right out) looking into box section of south side arch, Sydney Harbour Bridge
• Creator
  Ted Hood, 1911-2000
• Call number
  Home and Away - 2964
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  May 1930
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  51290
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 1 glass photonegative
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Reproduced "Argus", 15/5/1930; also "Australasian", 24/5/1930.
  Reproduced in Sydney Exposures... [by] Alan Davies (1991), p. 14.
  "North side creeper-crane driver, 6'2" tall "Bluey" Wilkinson, held on to my legs as I leant over the big pulley wheels at tip of the jib, dressed in a boiler-suit. The Melbourne "Argus", who retained Sam Hood as their photographic representative in Sydney, used the best picture - 8" deep x 5 columns and sent me a present of 4 guineas!" (4.4.0 pounds or $8.40). (Ted Hood)
  Sydney Exposures exhibition caption: The southern span, Sydney, May 1930 : This unusual view of the southern span of the Bridge and Millers Point was taken from the tip of the northern creeper crane, 130 metres above the ground. To get the shot, Ted Hood had to lean upside down over the pulley wheels at the end, with 'Bluey' Wilkinson, the creeper crane driver, holding his legs.
  Ted Hood hung upside down from the norther creeper crane to capture this unusual view of the Harbour Bridge during construction.
  Digital order no:hood_02964
• Alphanumeric designations
  
  Original item no. DG ON4/2964
• Topic
  bridge construction
  creeper cranes
  
• Place
  Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Sydney Exposures: the photographic studio of Sam Hood 1925-1950 - State Library of New South Wales (27 December, 1991 - 26 April, 1992)
  Sydney Exposures: Through the Eyes of Sam Hood & His Studio (1925-1950) (BOOK)

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