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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

1930s60 photos

Surfer strolling down the promenade for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Swivel chair desk and two office chairs Grace Bros display, 19391939The assembly hall Scots College taken for Building Publishing Co, 19391939The corner building Chapel of the Sixth Church of Christ Scientist Kogarah for Building Publishing Co, 19391939The entrance archway Prudential Building taken for Building Publishing Co, 19391939The front facade Teachers Federation Building in Phillip Street for Building Publishing Co, 19391939The lounge RAAF Base Richmond, c. 1939c. 1939The public bar Hotel Rozelle for Building Publishing Co, 19391939The Surf Life Saving Club Dance Hall Manly surf pavilion for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Traffic signals press button Parramatta Road and Sloane Street Summer Hill, 19391939Traffic signals press button Parramatta Road Lewisham west of West Street intersection, 19391939Tram smash at Bondi Junction, 19391939Trocadero dance band leader Bob Lyons, 19391939Troops moving into Ingleburn, 19391939Trophies and members at Bonnie Doon Golf Club, 19391939Trophies at Bonnie Doon Golf Club, 19391939Twentyfour sheeter billboard of Jan Rubini, 19391939Twentyfour sheeter for Son of Frankenstein at Balmain Theatre, 19391939Typical bedroom Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Typical kitchen Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Union Steamship line window display for New Zealand in Autumn showing a sign with Awatea for comfort and speed taken for Metropolitan Art Studios, 19391939Vauxhall Inn Parramatta, 19391939Vauxhall Inn Parramatta, 19391939Vauxhall Inn Parramatta, 19391939Vauxhall Inn Parramatta, 19391939Vauxhall Inn Parramatta, 19391939Vauxhall Inn Parramatta, 19391939Viennese Boys Choir at Town Hall, 19391939Visit by Earl Beatty, 19391939Visit by Earl Beatty, 19391939Visit by Mrs May to Girls Instition and Elizabeth farm Parramatta, 19391939Visit by Mrs May to Girls Institution Parramatta, 19391939Visit to AWA works by Governor General, 19391939Visit to AWA works by Sir Ernest Fisk and party, 19391939Visit to AWA works by Sir Ernest Fisk and party with Sir Oswald Osgood, 19391939Zeglovsky School of Russian Ballet, 19391939Launching HMAS "Parramatta", Cockatoo Dock, June 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939Elephant's tea party, Robur Tea Room, 24 March 1939, by Sam Hood1939Minerva Theatre, Potts Point and Kings Cross, Sydney, May 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939Arrival of Davis Cup team from America after Australian team defeated the US team 3-2 in 19391939Dinner to Adolph Zukor, Hotel Australia, Sydney, August 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939"The Women" company- arrival in Sydney from Melbourne, January 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939"The Women" Co. girls on Tamarama beach, 2 February 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939Saint Patrick's Day Pageant, De La Salle College Ashfield, 11-3-1939, by Sam Hood1939Saint Patrick's Day Pageant, St Gabriel's School for Deaf Boys, 11-3-1939, by Sam Hood1939Saint Patrick's Day Pageant, Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, 11-3-1939, by Sam Hood1939Saint Patrick's Day Pageant, 11-3-1939, by Sam Hood1939St Patrick's Day pageant, 11-3-1939, by Sam Hood1939Penfold's Wines display in a wine bar; proprietor and his wife behind the bar and three customers, January 1939 by Sam Hood1939Colonel de Basil's "Original Ballet Russe" (Russian Ballet) season, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 1939-1940, - Sam Hood1939Martin de Launay window display of a WashMaster wringer washing machine at Marcus Clark's, June 1939, by Sam Hood1939Volunteers for war moving into Ingleburn, November 1939, by Sam Hood1939J.J. Hickey of Remington demonstrates an electric shaver on Ted Budrodeen, Mick Simmons tennis professional and coach, at Mick Simmons store, George St, Sydney, 2 October 1939, by Sam Hood1939Shop in Maroubra Junction, 28 March 1939, by Sam Hood1939Antal Dorati conducts an orchestral rehearsal for Colonel de Basil's "Original Ballet Russe" (Russian Ballet) season, Theatre Royal, Sydney, December 1939 - Sam Hood1939Elephant's tea party, Robur Tea Room, Sydney, 24 March 1939 - Sam Hood1939Elephant's tea party, Robur Tea Room, Sydney, 24 March 1939 - Sam Hood1939Mrs OE Friend, 1-1939 - by Sam Hood1939Dog with backpack, 1939 - by Sam Hood1939Norland Nursing Home Christmas tree, 16-12-1939 - by Sam Hood1939
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