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Sydney in the 1940s

1,802 photos

1,802 historic photos of Sydney from the 1940s, 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.

1942 60 photos

Efco Co, c. 1942Efco Co, c. 1942End elevation Yaralla Hospital taken for Building Publishing Co, 1942Exterior newly built Catholic Church at Northbridge taken for Building Publishing Co, 1942Exterior Public Library of NSW showing the bronze entrance doors embossed with heads of explorers, 1942Ground floor detail Yaralla Hospital taken for Building Publishing Co, 1942Handing over of cheque for Austerity Loan Mr Haywood, 1942House and garden taken for Building Publishing Co, 1942House in Bennett Street Neutral Bay, 1942Kitchen in new post office taken for Building Publishing Co, 1942Lidcombe Artcadia exterior by day before remodelling, 1942Loyal Orange Lodge Town Hall Sydney, 1942McGee Tobacconist Pitt Street, c. 1942Mr Yatess house or Stan Moriartys home, 1942New post office taken for Building Publishing Co, 1942Officers Artillery School, 1942Parramatta Civic exterior by day, 1942Parramatta Civic view to stage, 1942Parramatta Roxy view from stage to bio box, 1942Premiere, 1942Public Library of NSW and Mitchell Library, 1942Quilt, 1942Quilt, 1942Quilt, 1942RAAF Immediate Vacancies board, 1942?Rannan House, 1942Red Cross appeal at Stedman Henderson, 1942Red Cross appeal at Stedman Henderson The Churchill Flag scroll of appreciation, 1942Redfern Lawson exterior by day, 1942Russian journalist representative of TASS news service, 1942Salvation Army, 1942Salvation Army tableaux at College, 1942Section of the laundry Rachel Forster Hospital, 1942Selbys Bag Company, c. 1942Shakespeare Room Public Library of NSW, 1942Soldiers Liverpool group, 1942Soldiers Liverpool group, 1942St Anthonys Childrens Home Croydon, 1942St Johns Ambulance Parade, 1942St Josephs Christian Bros High School Rozelle, 1942St Peters School Surry Hills Brother Gregory, 1942Stage setting for Claudia, 1942Strathfield Cinema dress circle foyer, 1942The Reading Room Public Library of NSW, 1942View of the Reading Room looking down from one of the galleries Public Library of NSW, 1942Waygood Otis Lifts new building Botany Road Alexandria taken for Building Publishing Co, 1942Waygood Otis lorries, 1942Waygood Otis lorries, 1942Waygood Otis lorries, 1942Women sorting clothes Salvation Army Comfort from Mrs Clifford Wilson Maryvale Barraba, 1942Yaralla Hospital, 1942Yaralla Hospital, 1942Yaralla Hospital, 1942Salvation Army, Newtown, 15 March 1942, by Sam HoodPatriotic concert, WW II - by Sam Hood, 1942Sydney shelling damage, 1942Ko-hyoteki Sydney, 1942Iron Foundry at Clyde Works, 1942Apprentices being trained at the Carriage Works at the Eveleigh Workshops, c. 1942Jessica Rowe and Lisle Rowe on their wedding day, 1942
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