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Soldier’s goodbye and Bobbie the cat, Kensington, 8 March 1941

Soldier’s goodbye and Bobbie the cat, Kensington, 8 March 1941

Photoprint

PXE 789 vol 4 n 73


Sam Hood’s cheeky image of Bobbie the cat below the embracing couple is the second most popular of the State Library’s photographs on Flickr. September 30 is the seventh anniversary of Flickr  – the key goal of this website is to share the world’s public photographic archives. The State Library of NSW joined Flickr at its inception in 2008 and currently has 2514 photos uploaded and 27.2k followers.


A number of photographers worked for Sam Hood’s Dalny Studio including his children Gladys and Ted.


Samuel J Hood (1872-1953) claimed to have been born 1870, but the South Australian Birth Index gives date as 20 August 1872.