Old Sydney
PlacesDecadesTopicsWanderMore citiesOld Melbourne ↗Old Brisbane ↗
More citiesOld Melbourne ↗Old Brisbane ↗
PlacesDecadesTopicsWander

Sydney/Collections/

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

1940s60 photos

EmmertonChinnery wedding, 19401940EmmertonChinnery wedding, 19401940Engineering school at Georges Heights for Captain Johnson, 19401940Entrance foyer and stairs Kings Cross Theatre, 19401940Exterior of the Australian Wool Products Ltd wool treatment fleecing works, 19401940Exterior view of the whole building Waugh Josephsons new factory St Peters, 19401940Facade showing protruding triangular windows Bryant House Pitt Street taken for Mr Axtell 38 Wells St Redfern MX2067, 19401940First aid class, 19401940FrenchLyons wedding Doncaster Ave Kensington, 19401940Fruit barrow, 19401940Funeral, 19401940Funeral, 19401940Funeral, 19401940Gas producer on Ford car, 19401940GE Crane and Sons building, 19401940General view of the scouring and fleecing works Australian Wool Products Ltd wool treatment fleecing works, 19401940General view of the whole yard, 19401940General view of the whole yard crane lifting billet of timber, 19401940Governor inspects St Johns Ambulance Brigade, 19401940GowerGaltees flats Randwick, 19401940GowerGaltees flats Randwick, 19401940GPS Regatta at Penrith Nepean River, 19401940Grace Bros Staff Ball at Trocadero, 19401940Grace Bros Auditorium Band, 19401940Grand Orange Lodge, 19401940Grand Orange Lodge, 19401940Grand Orange Lodge, 19401940Ground floor lounge Kings Cross Theatre, 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, 19401940Hadfields Ltd, 19401940Hadfields Ltd, 19401940Hadfields Ltd, 19401940Highland Gathering Showground, 19401940Highland Gathering Showground, 19401940Highland Gathering Showground, 19401940Home at North Sydney taken for Sydney Morning Herald, 19401940Horses at Victoria Barracks, 19401940House at Mosman Mrs Bennett, 19401940Hubert Oppermans 24 hour unpaced world record ride Sports Arena taken for Bruce Small Ltd, 19401940IID Sydney Grammar School, 19401940IVC2 Sydney Grammar School, 19401940IVD Sydney Grammar School, 19401940Labor Secretary Member of Munitions Board, c. 1940c. 1940Ledgworth clip at Pyrmont Taken for Country Life Newspaper Ltd, 19401940Man copy photograph for Grace Bros, 19401940Marton Hall flats, 19401940Marton Hall flats, 19401940Mascot Air Force, c. 1940c. 1940Mascot Air Force, c. 1940c. 1940Mascot Air Force, c. 1940c. 1940Milk ie ice cream making machine Mr Hughes taken for Sydney Herald, 19401940Mills wedding Scots Church, 19401940Miss Bostocks gym Wembley House, 19401940Mormon Colts basketball team at Sports Arena, 19401940Mosman Council Chambers, 19401940Mosman Council Chambers, 19401940
← Earlier photosPage 73 of 107Later photos →

Loading more…

More streets, landmarks and events →

Old Sydney

Photos from the State Library of New South Wales, the State Archives, the City of Sydney Archives and others, through Wikimedia Commons. Every photo carries its own credit and licence and links to its Commons page.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this site may contain images of people who have died.

Corrections, or a photo you'd like taken down: info@snookmz.com

Also: Old Melbourne · Old Brisbane

Web 0.1.7 · API —

Cookie-free, self-hosted analytics; no personal data is collected.