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488 photos1836–1992

488 historic photos for Churches and charity, taken between 1836 and 1992, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 16 decades, with the most from the 1930s (150). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1830s 1 1840s 2 1850s 3 1860s 7 1870s 40 1880s 9 1890s 5 1900s 49 1910s 75 1920s 20 1930s 150 1940s 89 1950s 29 1960s 4 1980s 4 1990s 1

1910s11 photos

Interior Methodist Church Ashfield, 1900–271900–27St Marks Church Darling Point, 1900–271900–27The Wharf The Walker Hospital Parramatta River including The Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital, 1900–271900–27St Martins Killara, 1900–271900–27Grave of William Lawson St. Bartholomew's Churchyard Prospect, 19131913Visitors at Strickland Hospital, opening ceremony on the lawn, 19151915VAD procession Red Cross Day 28th April 1918 Photo taken by Jas Spence Turramurra from top of Library Building1918Mackellar as a "Grace" (1918)1918V.A.D. procession Red Cross Day 28th April 1918 - Photo taken by Jas Spence, Turramurra from top of Library Building1918Liverpool District Hospital 19181918Women nurses on parade, Victory Day celebrations, Sydney 1919 - A-000224271919

1920s20 photos

St George Hospital, Kogarah, 1921, c. 1921c. 1921Allan Spowers-Rosamund Lumsdaine bridal party leaving St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, 1922 - Sam Hood1922Fivehorsedrawn guncarriage leads State funeral of Governor Sir Walter Davidson from St Andrews Cathedral along George Street, 19231923Red Cross girl at Red Cross VAD picnic, 1920s1920sChocolate wheel, United Charities Fund Street Fair, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1920s, by Sam Hood1920sWedding, St James' Church, Sydney, in the 1920s - Sam Hood1920sConstruction, St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 1920's - Sam Hood, 1920s1920sConstruction, St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 1920s1920sYork Street, Sydney 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Rev. Philip Micklem by Sam Hood, 19251925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton holding a nude small child grabbing the soap St Margarets Hospital, 19251925Two studio copy portraits of Rev Philip Arthur Micklin Rector St James Church, c. 1925c. 1925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton with five small children, St Margaret's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney - photographer Sam Hood, 19251925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton reading Sid Nicholl's Fashion-plate Fanny in the children's section of The Sun newspaper with a small boy at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sydney, January 1925 - Sam1925Wolseley DKW dealers 1938SLNSW FL1287925, 19281928Flat top Construction under site for new Scots Church, 19281928Mother and baby in group with nurses unidentified doctor and VIP, 1928–311928–31Mother three nurses and unidentified VIPs, 1928–301928–30Nurse baby and VIP Looks like politician Brig Gen Sir Bertie Lloyd Ted Hood, 1928–301928–30Canterbury Memorial Hospital, 19291929

1930s29 photos

Hyde Park without the fountain, c. 1930c. 1930A Junior Red Cross girl lays a wreath on the Cenotaph, 25 Apr 1930, by Sam Hood1930Cardinal and priests, c. 1930c. 1930The Royal Hospital for Women being completed, c. 1930c. 1930Shoreview19311931Scots Church, 1931, c. 1931c. 1931St James' Church, Sydney organ (1931)1931Early excavations of northern end of York Street for southern approach to the Harbour Bridge (note old Scots Church left and St Philips right), c. 1930-1932, by Ted Hood, 1930–321930–32BradmanWedding, c. 1932c. 1932Junior Red Cross girls passing the official dais, 19321932Francis Greenway, 19331933Denistone Convalescent Hospital, c. 1933c. 1933Wedding of the Lachlan ie Lauchlan MacKinnon junior heir to the Wilson and MacKinnon newspaper empire The Argus and Australian the wedding was at St Marks Church Darling Point, c. 1933c. 1933A nurse holds one of the baby entrants, 1930s1930sA Salvation Army officer lecturing a crowd of schoolboys, 1930s1930sAltar of a Catholic Church, 1930s1930sBaby John Haywood in the arms of a nurse, 19341934Balmain Church anniversary, c. 1934c. 1934Boy scouts march past St Marys Cathedral, 1930s1930sBridal couple and guests on steps of church, 1930s1930sBuilding St Stephens Church in Macquarie Street, 19341934Catholic funeral service at St Mary Immaculate Church Charing Cross, 1930s1930sChurch and church hall attached, 1930s1930sChurch of the Parish of Cooks River, c. 1934c. 1934Closeup of carved altar, c. 1934c. 1934Consul greets guest at Roumania Day service at Greek Orthodox Church, 1930s1930sCrowd in auditorium of a church trade or town hall, 1930s1930sCrowd of junior Red Cross girls clap the Duke, 19341934Crowd outside the Great Synagogue celebrate Yom Kippur, 19341934
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