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Sydney city centre in the 1930s

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551 historic photos of Sydney city centre from the 1930s, oldest first. They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

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The entrance hall Challis House, 19381938The ornate metal doors of the entrance MLC Building for Building Publishing Co, 19381938Timber Association Exhibition David Jones, 19381938View from the stage of the Theatre Royal showing crowded stalls dress circle and gods for the last night of Ruth Draper, 19381938Welsh Society dinner at David Jones, 19381938Wrestler Ray Steele and cartoon character Popeye at the Tivoli taken for Stadiums Ltd, 19381938Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood1938Opening night, "Hollywood Hotel Revue" (taken for Fuller's Theatres Ltd), Theatre Royal, Sydney, 23 September 1938 - photographer Sam Hood1938State dinner with the Wakehursts and Fisk, Hotel Australia, Sydney, ca. 1938 - photographer Sam Hood, c. 1938c. 1938Spectators of the Australian Sesquicentenary parade stand on trams for a better view, George Street, Sydney, 26 January 1938 - photographer Donald Charles Boulton Maclurcan1938Post Office communications (float), from Sesquicentenary Manufacturers' Parade, Sydney, 19381938Anthony Hordern and Sons store guides, 19381938Interior of women's corset shop, Snow's (Pitt St, Sydney), featuring Berlei foundations, 1938, by Sam Hood1938Ray Steele and Popeye at the Tivoli, Sydney, 22 June 1938 - Sam Hood1938Industrial procession, 1938 - Sam Hood1938Theatre Royal chorus, Tamarama Beach, ca. 1938 - by Sam Hood, c. 1938c. 1938Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, Sydney, 11 November 1938 - photograph by Sam Hood1938Testing telephone meter, 19381938Royal Botanic Gardens Gates, 19381938View from Royal Botanic Gardens, 19381938Wales House, Southern Cross Illumination, 19381938"Australia's March to Nationhood" Sesquicentenary Celebrations 19381938Postal Telegraph, Telephone and Wireless Services Float- "Australia's March to Nationhood" Sesquicentenary Celebrations 19381938View in Botanic Gardens, October 1938, by Sam Hood1938Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood1938Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood1938Flags on Macquarie Street- “Australia's March to Nationhood” Australian 150th Anniversary Celebration, 19381938Flags on Bridge Street- “Australia's March to Nationhood” Australian 150th Anniversary Celebration, 19381938Wirths circus float in Industrial procession, 1938 photog Sam Hood1938Untitled, c. 1939c. 1939Adams Hotel Marble Bar in Pitt Street for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Arrival of Davis Cup team from America after Australian team of Quist and Bromwich defeated 32 the US team of four in Septemeber 1939 reception at Hotel Australia1939Balcony with tables and chairs Teachers Federation Building in Phillip Street for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Cloakroom and entrance foyer Romanos Restaurant taken for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Demolishing Hoffnungs building Pitt Street Sydney, 19391939Dinner to Adolph Zukor Hotel Australia, 19391939Dishwashing machine at Sargents in Elizabeth Street for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Earl and Countess Beatty luncheon at Hotel Australia, 19391939Erskine House corner York and Erskine Streets taken for Spartan Lacquers Pty Ltd, 19391939Female commissionaires outside Theatre Royal, 19391939Front entrance HB Selby Co for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Funeral of Hon JA Lyons Requiem Mass at St Marys, 19391939Grace Bros Staff Ball at Trocadero, 19391939Lord Mayors Reception to Prime Minister Mr Menzies, 19391939Movie Ball at Trocadero Regent Theatre table, 19391939Mr Lang and Mr McKell at Waterloo Town Hall taken for The Century newspaper, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows next to Scotts Fish Oyster Cafe, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows of wine saloon, 19391939Physicians House Macquarie Street, 19391939RoTayt Pty Ltd Robur Tea, 19391939Robur tea elephant, 19391939Soldiers parade along George Street past the Queen Victoria Building and Town Hall press photographers in right foreground, c. 1939c. 1939State Theatre presentation of Peter Dawson, 19391939Streetfront treatment of arches and art metal Commercial Bank in Barrack Street taken for Building Publishing Co, 19391939The front facade Teachers Federation Building in Phillip Street for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Trocadero dance band leader Bob Lyons, 19391939Viennese Boys Choir at Town Hall, 19391939Elephant's tea party, Robur Tea Room, 24 March 1939, by Sam Hood1939Arrival of Davis Cup team from America after Australian team defeated the US team 3-2 in 19391939
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