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Sydney city centre in the 1950s

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85 historic photos of Sydney city centre from the 1950s, 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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King Street Newcastle Harbour and dockyard in background, 19551955Painting flag poles at Scotts Store Hunter Street Newcastle, 19551955Milky Way (dairy) exhibition, Sydney Town Hall, 12 August 1955 Ern McQuillan1955Line of Renault cars outside the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1956, by Asher Joel1956Bank corner traffic zones Hunter Street Newcastle, 19561956Bank corner traffic zones Hunter Street Newcastle Marcus Clarks store, 19561956Cenotaph cleaned for Anzac Day, 19561956Grid iron players with Tivoli girls, 19561956Hunter Street Newcastle in flood, 19561956Finale to The Good Old Days, Tivoli Theatre, 1956-1957 - photographer unknown, 1956–571956–57Civic Park King Street Park, 19571957Traffic policeman on patrol duties Hunter Street looking west Steel Street on left, 19571957Ballerina Kathleen Gorham at a cat show, Sydney Town Hall, 2 December 1957 - photographer Jack Hickson1957DonFish, 19581958USS Rochester in Sydney in May 19581958Model of Shells (Sydney Opera House), 19581958Longitudinal Section Through Major Hall (Sydney Opera House), 19581958Curtain call on the opening night of the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, with Rowena Jackson, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 11 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw1958Lynn Seymour, Royal Ballet, dressed for Swan Lake in her dressing room at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 29 October 1958 - photographer Norm Danvers1958Curtain call on the opening night of the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, with Rowena Jackson, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 11 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw1958Waratah Spring Festival Princess 1958 arrives in an open car for the Royal Ballet at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 1 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw, Australian Photographic Agency1958Royal Ballet's Swan Lake at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 10 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw1958Parade along George Street for Waratah spring festival, 13 October 1959 - unknown photographer1959Sydney stock exchange 195919591959 ANZAC MEMORIAL, HYDE PARK, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA E051959
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