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Somewhere in Sydney in the 1940s

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242 historic photos of Somewhere in Sydney from the 1940s, 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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USS Clark (DD-361) at Sydney in 19411941USS Conyngham (DD-371) at Sydney 19411941USS Cassin (DD-372) at Sydney in 19411941A modern brick and tile bungalow with porch taken for Building Publishing Co, 1925–571925–57Edwards Dunlop machine Woodward, 19411941Flats taken for Building Publishing Co, 1925–571925–57French curves of the saloon bar the Century Hotel taken for Building Publishing Co, 19411941House taken for Mr Ashton Building Publishing Co, 19411941Houses taken for Mr Ashton Building Publishing Co, 19411941Part of the dining room the new Civic Hotel taken for Building Publishing Co, 19411941Presentation of hospital cheques, 19411941Sammy Gardiners cricket team South Sydney cricket juniors, 1941–421941–42V for victory Garrys Gowns window display, 19411941Wirth Circus parade Lord Mayors Fund, 19411941Wirth Circus parade (Lord Mayor's Fund), 1941 - Sam Hood1941Wirths' Circus, 1941 - Sam Hood1941Wirth Circus parade (Lord Mayor's Fund), 1941 - Sam Hood19412-19th Australian Infanry Battalion embarking Sydney Feb 1941 (AWM photo 005472)19412-8th Australian Infantry Battalion reinforcements in Sydney 1941 (AWM photograph 010348)1941P02547.001SiffleetPortrait, c. 1941c. 1941Borovansky and Ann MacKintosh, c. 1941c. 1941AWM, 19421942Sydney ferry KUTTABUL wrecked after Japanese torpedo strike 31 May 19421942Former Sydney ferry KUTTABUL the day after being sunk by Japanese midget submarine 19421942Portrait of Alderman Reginald James Bartley, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1943-1944, 1946-1948), 19421942Sydney Oddities, 15 December 19421942Mitchell Contortionist 19421942USS Whipple (DD-217) at Sydney 1942, c. 1942c. 1942Joy Nicholls 19421942William Dobell Max Dupain, 19421942Mactan—AWM303558, 19421942Country Press Conference Sydney Dr Evatt, 19421942Kitchen in new post office taken for Building Publishing Co, 19421942Rachel Cameron and Henry Legerton in the Kirsova Ballet Les Sylphides, Max Dupain Studio, Sydney, between 1941-1944 - photographer Max Dupain, 1941–441941–44Patriotic concert, WW II - by Sam Hood, 19421942Ald.William Neville Harding 19421942Sydney ferry KALANG as converted to AEME floating workshop AB97 during WW2, 1942–451942–45Darcy Dugan Fahy scrapbook slnsw, 1937–491937–49Eleanor Roosevelt in Sydney, Australia - NARA, 19431943Joe E Brown 19431943USS Reid (DD-369) and Mugford (DD-389) at Sydney c1943, c. 1943c. 1943USS Smith (DD-378) and Dunlap (DD-384) at Sydney c1943, c. 1943c. 1943While Parents Sleep, 19431943Roy Jones Mexican Band, 19431943War loans displays Lyric Capitol Victory theatres, 19431943Australian sailors leave on a troopship, Sydney, ca. 1943 - Sam Hood, c. 1943c. 1943Packing comforts, 25-10-1943, by Sam Hood1943"While Parents Sleep", 20 October 1943 - Sam Hood1943Portrait of Bee Miles, 1940–461940–46Remove once loaded, 19431943William-Henry-Beveridge-1st-Baron-Beveridge (3x4 crop), 1940s1940sAustralian Army paratroopers assembling a Short 25-pounder, 19441944Toy koalas, 1944–451944Town planning 19441944HMAS Yaromma, 19441944Anzac Day March 19441944Chinese Seamens Union, 19441944Entrance hall and CPS booths of new unidentified suburban court house taken for Building Publishing Co, 19441944Entrance to flats taken for Building Publishing Co, 19441944Main entrance foyer and doors taken for Building Publishing Co, 19441944
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