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Sydney in the 1930s

4,869 photos

4,869 historic photos of Sydney from the 1930s, by year, then those the library dates to a span of years. They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1931 60 photos

Sydney Harbour Bridge - Rail for Painting Gantry, c. 1931Demolishing Princes St Stone Arch over Argyle Street, 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - View looking South along deck, c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - View from Jeffrey Street, c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - North Pylon Towers under Construction, c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge Transverse Archways through Pylon Tower, c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge Dismantled Creeper Crane, c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge Dismantling Creeper Crane, c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - First party of cars across Bridge, 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - North Approach Roadway, c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1931, c. 1931Roadway Deck Troughing, c. 1931Wynyard Station - Escalators completed, York St. entrance, 1931Track Timbers and O.H.Wiring Structures, c. 1931Laying Sheet Asphalt on Roadway, 1931Argyle Street Arch, 1931Scots Church, 1931, c. 1931Demolishing Princes Street Stone Arch Ring, 1931Tree planting at the Crescent Parklets, 1931, c. 1931Crescent Parklet, tree planting 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1931, c. 1931On top of the world!, c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - tree planting ceremony, 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - tree planting ceremony, c. 1931View from the top, c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1931Demolishing Princes Street Stone Arch Ring, c. 1931St James' Church, Sydney organ (1931)Anzac Day March, King Street, Sydney, 25 April ca. 1931 Sam Hood, c. 1931On Anzac Day, women lay wreaths on the wharf at Woolloomooloo, Sydney, from where the WW I troops departed, ca. 1931 Sam Hood, c. 1931Dawn service, Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, Anzac Day, 25 April ca. 1931 Sam Hood, c. 1931Women's hurdles race taking place at Sydney Sports Ground, New South Wales, March 1931A long shot of the St Patricks College seminary, c. 1931CH Fawcett Australian Open pro amateur, 1931Flag bearers colour party and guards present arms, c. 1931Four people in a car advertising a Dad and Dave night at the Palais Royal ballroom, c. 1931Group of 11 golfers Harry Hattersley 2nd from left, 1931Man wearing Stetson hat talking on candlestick telephone, c. 1931Marching into Queens Square, c. 1931Mass scene in the Domain 1st Division 1st Division Artillery 6th 7th Infantry Brigade and 2nd MG Battalion, c. 1931Mounted police lead, c. 1931Scenes in a lamp factory, c. 1931The worshippers kneeling during the mass, c. 1931Visitors watch girl operating filament winding machine, c. 1931Young Australia League YAL Bandsmen play as the last section of the deck on north side is being set in place, 1931Crowded dais in the Domain, c. 1931, by Sam and Ted HoodFlag bearers lower their Standards at Cenotaph, c. 1931, by Ted HoodMarching up King Street, c.1931, by Sam Hood, c. 1931Listening to the piano - Canterbury, VIC, 1931The Young Australia League marching across Sydney Harbour Bridge, February 1931 - photographed by Sam HoodMarching up King Street, c.1931, by Sam Hood, c. 1931Six cars side-by-side on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1931Laying of the surface of the roadway of bridge, 1931Laying the surface of Harbour Bridge, 1931Laying the formwork for a tunnel near one of the abutments, 1931Workmen on on the northern bridge spans, 1931Southern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1931Pacific Highway S.H.10 (State Highway) Lane Cove Rd, Nth (North) Sydney, near Mount Street, c. 1931George Street from Grosvenor Street looking north, November 1931 - unknown photographerCaptain William Chalmers (of HMAS Australia) and Sydney socialite Miss Rosemary Shepherd at a naval cricket match, Lyne Park, Rose Bay, January 193-, by Sam Hood, 1931
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