English: This group photograph captures 15 male life savers in uniform, four of which are kneeling alongside a rope reel. A young woman in a neck-to-knee bathing costume stands watching at the edge of the surf.

This image is part of a collection of photos by Harry Brisbane Williams.
The Williams photographic collection provides an interesting record of a range of activities on Sydney Harbour from the 1890s into the 1920s. An enthusiastic amateur boater and photographer, Williams’ photographs capture a range of subjects – pleasure cruising on his motor launch on the Lane Cove River, yachting on Sydney Harbour, foreshore social activities, surf lifesaving, cargo ships, battle cruisers of the United States fleet, model yachting and the shipbuilding industry. In particular, they are a wonderful personal record of the new phenomenon of leisure motor boating in the early twentieth century.
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Object number: 00017040