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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

1910s11 photos

Joshua Stanley Elstob, 19181918John Harrison, 19181918Harold Lucas, 19181918Clement Cecil Hunt Wallace, D.C.M, 19181918Herbert Frank Satchell, 19181918Francis Eden, 19181918Harry Ashton Mitchell, 19181918Albert Lindsay Jarrett, 19181918Frank Lennox Roberts, 19181918Ivy Moore in Cindarella at the Grand Opera House, December 1919 (New Tivoli Theatre)1919Tom Walsh (Sydney Sunday Times, July 27, 1919)1919

1920s49 photos

Stanley Llewellyn Cole, c. 1920c. 1920Untitled, c. 1920c. 1920Sydney Long, c. 1920c. 1920Untitled, c. 1920c. 1920May Gibbs, c. 1920c. 1920Mrs Brightwell and her daughter, Amy Brightwell, of Parsley Bay, in Bundanoon. Unknown photographer, c. 1920c. 1920Sir Ross Smith arriving at Mascot - Sydney, NSW, 19201920Group of workmen at Glebe Island silo construction site, New South Wales A.G. Foster, 19201920Studio Portrait of Sam Everett ca. 1925, c. 1921c. 1921Nellie Melba, 19211921WilliamHardyWilson, 19211921Tom Walsh (Sydney Daily Telegraph, February 10, 1921)1921Alderman Charles Brill Bridges, City of Sydney Council, 19221922William Holdsworth, 19221922P.L. Travers as Titania in a production with Alan Wilkie, c. 1922c. 1922Sydney Primary Schools (N.S.W Rep. Team), 1922 who beat Q'ld (Queensland) Reps. 2 Matches to 11922Clergy and VIPs lead the cortege of State funeral of Governor Sir Walter Davidson South Head Cemetery, 19231923Draped coffin on an Army guncarriage at State funeral of Governor Sir Walter Davidson, 19231923Fivehorsedrawn guncarriage leads State funeral of Governor Sir Walter Davidson from St Andrews Cathedral along George Street, 19231923Soldiers guardofhonour at State funeral of Governor Sir Walter Davidson at St Andrews, 19231923State funeral of Governor Sir Walter Davidson procession turning into George Street, 19231923Reading Room, first floor, Mitchell Library, Sydney, Dec 1923 - glass negatives presented by the Daily Mail1923The Picture Gallery, Mitchell Library, Sydney, Dec 1923,by the Daily Mail, c. 1923c. 1923William Patrick Fitzgerald, 1920s1920sFilm party in the bush, in a bushfire, ca. 1925 (original envelope marked "Mr Marks", portraits incl. and a C & W cinema camera.) (Possibly the film "Joe", 1924), by Sam Hood - 5938934182, 1924–251924–25Film party in the bush, in a bushfire, ca. 1925 (original envelope marked "Mr Marks", portraits incl. and a C & W cinema camera.) (Possibly the film "Joe", 1924), by Sam Hood - 5938379135, 1924–251924–25Eadith Walker Cazneaux, 19241924Watching the departure of the Australian Olympic Team on the S.S. "Ormonde", 1924, c. 1924c. 1924StateLibQld 2 233937 Action on the polo field at Camden, 19241924A girl prizewinner with her box of chocolates, 1920s1920sFreda with her family Mr and Mrs Fred Heesh and 10 children Fred Jr Freda Marjorie William Karl Meena Albert and triplets Peter Paul and Patricia Fred Heesh was Sam Hoods brotherinlaw, 1920s1920sGroup of twentyfive golfers, 1920s1920sNew South Wales State Conservatorium Quartet string quartet, c. 1924c. 1924Portrait of an unidentified cricketer, 1920s1920sPortrait of an unidentified cricketers, 1920s1920sPortraits of two unidentified cricketers, 1920s1920sRed Cross girl at Red Cross VAD picnic, 1920s1920sUnidentified passengers arrive, 1920s1920sUnidentified women tennis players at White City, 1920s1920sWard, 1920s1920sJim Craig, three-quarter back for Balmain, c. 1924c. 1924Jim Craig, three-quarter back for Balmain, c. 19241924George Carstairs, back for St George, c. 1920s1920sStan Allan seated in projection room at Haymarket Theatre, Sydney, 1920 - 1929, 1920s1920sDulcie Deamer, c. 1920s - by Leighton Studios1920sTom Walsh (Sydney Sun, December 10, 1924)1924Studio Portrait of William Ponsford, ca. 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Studio Portrait of William Oldfield, ca. 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Studio Portrait of Clarrie Grimmett, ca. 1925, c. 1925c. 1925
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