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Sam Hood's Sydney

6,370 photos1857–1987

6,370 historic photos for Sam Hood's Sydney, taken between 1857 and 1987, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 9 decades, with the most from the 1930s (3938). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1850s 1 1870s 2 1900s 2 1910s 26 1920s 300 1930s 3938 1940s 1545 1950s 555 1980s 1

1920s60 photos

Spit Road leading down from Mosman to the Spit with five cars and a horse and cart, c. 1925c. 1925Two portraits of male banjomandolin player, c. 1925c. 1925Two studio copy portraits of Rev Philip Arthur Micklin Rector St James Church, c. 1925c. 1925Two young horsewomen with their pony, 1920–301920–30With glasses and a pipe, c. 1925c. 1925Without glasses, 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 - Sam1925Ziegfeld costume, Sydney, between 1915-1930 - by Sam Hood, 19251925"Ingenues" on stage, 1928-1929 - by Sam Hood, 19251925Cattery, ca. 1925-ca. 1945, Sam Hood, c. 1925c. 1925Box Brownie photographer and lion, ca. 1925-ca. 1945, Sam Hood, c. 1925c. 1925Soldier's goodbye and Bobbie the cat, ca. 1925-ca. 1945, Sam Hood, c. 1925c. 1925Gollin Cos new building at Wynyard Square, c. 1926c. 1926Long dresses during Country Week tennis, c. 1926c. 1926Seven unidentified players and an official, c. 1926c. 1926The Hotel Kurrajong in middle distance, c. 1926c. 1926Woman tennis player in shorts White City during Country Tennis week, c. 1926c. 1926Womens tennis at White City during Country Week, c. 1926c. 1926Group of four female players at the nets, ca. 1926, by Sam Hood, c. 1926c. 1926Ballerina Anna Pavlova arrives, Central Station, Sydney, April 1926 - by Sam Hood1926Group of four unidentified players at the nets, ca.1926, Sam Hood, c. 1926c. 1926Fort 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 cutout1927Sydney-university-regiment-duke-of-york-visit-19271927Miss Australia Beryl Mills drives away from the Haymarket Theatre, 19271927A piece of early sound equipment of the De Forest Phonofilms Corporation, 19271927A vignette of newly erected Canberra buildings, 19271927An old mansion at Yarralumla, 19271927Anzac Day march in Bridge Street, c. 1927c. 1927Buy Australian Made Campaign Fort Street schoolboys riding on a model steam train at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927Charles Ward sound engineer fitting the soundhead to the projector of the De Forest Phonofilms sound film system, 19271927Crowds in the Domain with umbrellas, 19271927Crowds watch from the bank as Narrabeen Lake pours into the sea, 19271927Duchess of York and Governor De Chair on welcoming dais, 19271927Duchess of York with Governor, 19271927Duke of York acknowledges the cheering crowd, 19271927Films Nelson and Rin Tin Tin in Dog of the Regiment, 19271927Flood control ditch dug from the Lake to the Beach Narrabeen, 19271927Fort Street schoolboys shown a lathe at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927Fort Street schoolchildren being shown a lathe at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927Haymarket Theatre commissionaire holds back the crowd as the first Miss Australia Beryl Mills gets into her new Chrysler convertible, 19271927Illustrating a Police Safety Campaign showing a traffic policeman stopping Ted Hood driving his fathers 1927 Studebaker Commander sedan1927Jim Ferrier, c. 1927c. 1927Lanyon homestead, 19271927Lanyon homestead, 19271927Naval Cadets band in the parade for the opening of Federal Parliament House, 19271927New gasmasks for the NSW Fire Brigade, 19271927Parade of Light Horse, 19271927Parliament House showing the official dais and royal party, 19271927Smiling royal couple cheered by crowds at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 19271927Sound technicians setting up the turntable and amplifiers for the first talkies in Australia Warner Brothers Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson at the Lyceum The sound was recorded on a synchronized disc, 1927–281927–28The Duchess walking with chief of the Girl Guides, 19271927The Duke framed in one of the Arches of Welcome, 19271927The new T G Building being erected by McLeod Bros, c. 1927c. 1927The royal Yacht HMS Renown at anchor, 19271927Tom Katz and his saxophone band, 19271927Two canoeists brave the rapids where Narrabeen Lake flood pours into the sea, 19271927Two wedding couples, 1925–301925–30
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