Old Sydney

1940s60 photos

Countryside, 1925–571925–57Cow at the Show, 1925–571925–57Cricketer Morrie Sievers, 1925–571925–57D Coonan chipping over a bunker onto green, 1925–571925–57Dead baby taken for Medcalf, 1925–571925–57Demonstration of the Winther fourwheeldrive truck by the Sterling Motor Company Bronte and Bondi, 1925–571925–57Display of fine china in Prouds window MGM Philadelphia Story, 19411941Dressingtable sets, 1925–571925–57Dummy petrol pump to advertise Purr Pull petrol on the Bathurst road for Horan Brothers garage, 1925–571925–57Edwards Dunlop machine Woodward, 19411941Elliotts lorry, 19411941Empire Timbers Ltd yards and machines, 19411941Equestrian event, 1925–571925–57Equestrian event, 1925–571925–57Equestrian events jumping the mound, 1925–571925–57Equestrian Parade, 1925–571925–57Exterior of the entrance Globe World Theatrette, 1925–571925–57Exterior Airzone factory taken for Building Publishing Co, 1925–571925–57Fashion parade Town Hall, 1925–571925–57Feet of Chinese labourers showing wooden thongs, 1925–571925–57Female operators at the finishing table, 19411941Fireplace in a lounge room taken for Building Publishing Co, 1925–571925–57First second and third in Ladys Hack, 1925–571925–57Flats taken for Building Publishing Co, 1925–571925–57Fleece sheep skin jacket taken for Country Life, 19411941Fortress Signals group, 1925–571925–57Fred Watsons Banjo Club, 1925–571925–57French curves of the saloon bar the Century Hotel taken for Building Publishing Co, 19411941Friesian Bull, 1925–571925–57General view, 19411941General view of the factory floor, 19411941George Capel, 1925–571925–57George Street facade Globe World Theatrette, 1925–571925–57Girls in fancy dress taken for Grace Bros, 1925–571925–57Governor Game farewelled on the wharf by a VIP, 1925–571925–57Grace Bros Ball, 1925–571925–57Grace Bros Musical Society, 19411941Grace Bros staff from toy department taken for Mr Hull, 19411941Group, 1925–571925–57Group of cattle judges outside the RAS office at the Showground, 1925–571925–57Group outside radio station 2SM, 1925–571925–57Guernsey cow, 1925–571925–57Headmaster masters and rowing coach, 1925–571925–57HMAS Sydney crew marching through streets, 19411941Hotel Ainslie just completed, 1925–571925–57House taken for Mr Ashton Building Publishing Co, 19411941Houses taken for Mr Ashton Building Publishing Co, 19411941Houses Five Dock taken for Mr Ashton Builder magazine, 19411941Hygeia Dissolvenator Co taken for Mr Black, 1925–571925–57Improvements Timbrell Park area Drummoyne electorate taken for Mr Jack Lee MLA, 19411941Interior of the Colombian Consulate, 1925–571925–57Interior of the Consulate the study, 1925–571925–57Interior Globe World Theatrette, 1925–571925–57Interior new Lyceum Theatre, 1925–571925–57Iolanthe Conservatorium Sydney Musical Society, 1925–571925–57Italian fishing boat, 1925–571925–57JC Williamson dancers, 1925–571925–57JC Williamson dancers, 19411941JC Williamson dancers, 19411941JC Williamson dancers, 19411941

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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.