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1,825 photos1836–1998

1,825 historic photos for Portraits and groups, taken between 1836 and 1998, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 17 decades, with the most from the 1930s (791). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1830s 1 1840s 3 1850s 8 1860s 16 1870s 25 1880s 31 1890s 44 1900s 57 1910s 186 1920s 122 1930s 791 1940s 372 1950s 144 1960s 9 1970s 2 1980s 10 1990s 4

1930s24 photos

Prewedding cocktail party for Miss Miller and Mr Grace given by Mrs I Grace at her home Villa Igeia Vaucluse, 19391939Section of a typical kitchen Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Shop Bondi Junction, 19391939Sid Godfrey copies of photographs for the Sporting Globe, 19391939St Brigids debutantes, 19391939St Brigids debutantes, 19391939St Brigids debutantes, 19391939Staff School group at Victoria Barracks, 19391939Staff School Commanding officer, 19391939Trocadero dance band leader Bob Lyons, 19391939Typical bedroom Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Typical kitchen Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Visit by Mrs May to Girls Instition and Elizabeth farm Parramatta, 19391939Visit by Mrs May to Girls Institution Parramatta, 19391939Visit to AWA works by Sir Ernest Fisk and party, 19391939Visit to AWA works by Sir Ernest Fisk and party with Sir Oswald Osgood, 19391939Arrival of Davis Cup team from America after Australian team defeated the US team 3-2 in 19391939Mrs OE Friend, 1-1939 - by Sam Hood1939Mrs OE Friend's garden, January 1939, Sam Hood1939Mrs OE Friend's garden, January 1939, Sam Hood1939Mrs OE Friend, January 1939, Sam Hood1939Arrivals by "Monterey"; Marjorie Lawrence, 12 June 1939 - Sam Hood1939Portrait submitted for Archibald Prize-crop, 19391939Arrivals by "Monterey"; Marjorie Lawrence, 12 June 1939 Sam Hood1939

1940s36 photos

Ariel motorbike at National Park, Sydney, 19401940V1-FL1009301, 19401940Archie Moore boxer 19401940Hoyningen-Huene V1-FL19408242, c. 1940c. 1940Student Prince company in costume, 19401940Vagabond King ballet Audrae Swayn ballet mistress soloist at Mr Hugh Wards home, 19401940Army officer Army Service Corps, 19401940Army Service Corps group, 19401940Army Service Corps group at Liverpool Camp, 19401940Army Service Corps officer at Liverpool Camp, 19401940Beau Livre owner Mr Harmer taken for Sporting Globe, 19401940Bell wedding, 19401940Bore water at Kingsford Mr Dixons Mr Callans, 19401940Builtin cupboards in the childrens day nursery Burnham Thorpe Gordon home of Mr Woolcott Forbes, 19401940Child and bore water at Kingsford Mr Dixons Mr Callans, 19401940Closeup of facade and entrance Bryant House taken for Mr Axtell 38 Wells St Redfern MX2067, 19401940Don Turnbull South Australia on centre court B White City, 1940?1940?Dr Clunies Ross, 19401940Dredge at Rockdale Reclamation job being done by Mr Albert Hood Taken for Kogarah Council, c. 1940c. 1940EmmertonChinnery wedding, 19401940Facade showing protruding triangular windows Bryant House Pitt Street taken for Mr Axtell 38 Wells St Redfern MX2067, 19401940Group at Victoria Barracks, 19401940Group of a cricket team, c. 1940c. 1940Group of men at Sydney Cricket Ground, c. 1940c. 1940Group of women on the porch of a mansion, 19401940Guest bathroom with shower alcove Burnham Thorpe Gordon home of Mr Woolcott Forbes, 19401940House at Mosman Mrs Bennett, 19401940Labor Secretary Member of Munitions Board, c. 1940c. 1940Man copy photograph for Grace Bros, 19401940Milk ie ice cream making machine Mr Hughes taken for Sydney Herald, 19401940Miss Bostocks gym Wembley House, 19401940Mormon Colts basketball team at Sports Arena, 19401940Mrs Bell Balgowlah wedding portraits, 19401940Mrs Miller tennis and tea party Edgecliff, 19401940Part of the entrance hall showing the metal balustraded stairway Burnham Thorpe Gordon home of Mr Woolcott Forbes, 19401940Picture news Clyde Cook commissionaire, 19401940
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