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Fashion

83 photos1865–1953

83 historic photos for Fashion, taken between 1865 and 1953, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 8 decades, with the most from the 1930s (48). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

Grace Bros mannequin parade, Sydney, November 1936Grace Bros mannequin parade, Sydney, November 1936

1860s 2 1890s 1 1900s 1 1910s 2 1920s 10 1930s 48 1940s 15 1950s 4

1860s2 photos

Fashionable lady, ca. 1865 - photographer Henry William Burgin II, c. 1865c. 1865Fashionable lady, ca. 1865 - photographer Henry William Burgin II, c. 1865c. 1865

1890s1 photo

Jane Foss Barff (nee Russell), educationist, 29 November 18901890

1900s1 photo

Men's and women's fashion, Sydney Cup, Randwick, 1937 , March 1937 Sam Hood from The State Library of New South Wales, c. 1900c. 1900

1910s2 photos

Mina Wylie (cropped), 19131913Mina Wylie, Coogee, 19131913

1920s10 photos

Drummoyne Public School - (hats hanging outside class rooom), c. 1922c. 1922Four women modelling fashion hats, 1920s1920sMusical comedy star Dorothy Brunton showing Sid Nicholls Fashionplate Fanny in the childrens section of The Sun newspaper to a small boy, 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 - Sam1925Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood cropped1927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood (3544662810 bearb Sp)1927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood cutout1927Unidentified young man in wide brimmed Akubra hat at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood1927An unidentified man wearing hat and spectacles, c. 1929c. 1929

1930s44 photos

Miss R Wilson and opponent at the net wearing hats, c. 1930c. 1930Man wearing Stetson hat talking on candlestick telephone, c. 1931c. 1931Young male surfers The Pier Club Mob tease Alf Bait Gould about his backless swimsuit a gift from his girlfriend Bondi Beach, 19321932Woman in beach hat, c. 1932c. 1932Young male surfers ("The Pier Club Mob") tease Alf "Bait" Gould about his backless swimsuit (a gift from his girlfriend), Bondi Beach, 10 October 1932, by Sam Hood1932The "hat-box" Girls, Sydney Town Hall, 19321932Two Capitol Theatre chorus girls in swimsuits one combing the others hair after a swim, 19331933Fashion model posing near fountain, 19341934Fashions Betty and Melva McKendrick, 1930s1930sFashions Miss Gwen Quigley of Parramatta, 1930s1930sFashions Mrs L Puckle and friends, 1930s1930sFour contestants on starting board One looks like Bonnie Mealing Ted Hood, 1930s1930sFrockcoated VIP and his lady about to christen a ship, 1930s1930sGroup of graduate nurses in hats and rain cloaks, 1930s1930sGroup of unidentified VIP men and women Woman holding a fur stole and man in frockcoat, c. 1934c. 1934Guests arrive in top hats and pouring rain, 1930s1930sLieutenant commander wearing cocked hat sword and epaulettes, 1930s1930sRetouched portrait of unidentified woman with hat probably a radio actress, 1930s1930sStudio portrait of two men with pipes and hats on, 1930s1930sTwo fashionable women Sydney Town Hall, 1930s1930sTwo men modelling hats in City Hatters Pitt Street, 19341934Unidentified woman old fashioned clothes high neck blouse, 1930s1930sWoman in swimsuit, 1930s1930sA woman in large hat and a man writing, 1930s1930sSeven men modelling hats in Pitt Street, for City Hatters, 1 November 1934, by Ernie Bowen1934Photographer Lethington Maitland in a new panama from City Hatters in Pitt Street, during Panama and Straw Hat Week, 1 November 1934, by Ernie Bowen1934Four men modelling hats in Pitt Street, 19341934Group of unidentified VIP men and women Woman holding a fur stole and man in frockcoat (cropped), c. 1934c. 1934Skip in floppy hat measuring up Country Bowls Week, 19351935Fashion model taken in the studio, c. 1935c. 1935Fashion model in pyjamas taken in the studio, c. 1935c. 1935Head of a fashion model wearing a hat, c. 1935c. 1935Veterans march past the Cenotaph with hats over heart, c. 1935c. 1935Tin Hat Day, Martin Place, 19351935Fashion Model in Hat, 19351935Woman in sun-hat, Bondi Beach, 19351935Woman in sun-hat, Bondi Beach (cropped), 19351935Grace Bros fashion parade at Lady Julius, 19361936Mannequins onboard Strathaird taken for Grace Bros, 19361936Randwick races and fashions, 19361936Grace Bros mannequin parade, Sydney, November 19361936Autumn race fashions, 19371937Curzons window display of womens fashions, 19371937Spring fashions Metrop Metropolitan Day Randwick, 19371937
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