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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

1950s60 photos

Bishop Batty at Yoshira, 19501950Blackall pictures, 19501950Bonds ads taken for General Display Co, 19501950Charlestown bus smash, 19501950Childrens Library series, 19501950Damaged beaches, 19501950Damaged beaches, 19501950Damaged beaches, 19501950Electricity Commission at Wangi, 19501950English migrants in State Dockyard flats, 19501950First train from Newcastle after strike ends, 19501950Graziers Conference, 19501950Home gardens, 19501950Home gardens, 19501950House Mr Parsons 24 Nundah Street Lane Cove, 19501950Lake Shire personalities, 19501950Lake Shire personalities, 19501950Landslide at Ironbark, 19501950Laying the foundation stone James Laskie Memorial Rest House, 19501950Macintosh Tyres factory Abercrombie Street, 19501950Majoriebanks sic Marjoribanks family of Hamilton formerly Islington, 19501950Miss Schlamin, 19501950Miss Schlamin, 19501950Mobile library, 19501950Mr Becker, 19501950Mr EV Timms arrival, c. 1950c. 1950Mr EV Timms Australian author addressing students, 19501950Mr Heffron Minister for Education inspects site of proposed University at Shortland, 19501950New Cooranbong 60 foot fire watching tower in State forest reserve, 19501950NID Products Rowley Street Camperdown, 19501950Nobbys surf carnival, 19501950Pasadena waterside restaurant Church Point taken for Mr TeasdaleSmith, 19501950Penfolds Wines window in the city, 19501950Persian Inn taken for Mr TeasdaleSmith, 19501950Pipe line at Shell Co Clyde, 19501950Playing fields of St Patricks College Strathfield Brother Coughlan principal, 19501950Presbyterian Church Moderator, 19501950Removing Nobbys wreck, 19501950Reo bus, 19501950Reo bus, 19501950Rev Cowper, 19501950Schoolchildren at Wallsend Free Library, 19501950Seaham paint man, 19501950Shell Co Gore Bay, 19501950SS Hollypark aground, 19501950SS Hollypark aground, 19501950St Josephs Aged Peoples Home Sandgate, 19501950Stockton shark proof net, 19501950Sunday afternoon music concert at King Edward Park, 19501950Toronto speed boats, 19501950Trial of new tug boat HF Searl, 19501950Truck, 19501950Truck, 19501950Wickham floods, 19501950Wickham ships, 19501950William Warfield singer, 19501950Mrs Inez Louisa Marden of Matraville, fundraiser for the troops during the Zulu, Sudan, Boer and First World Wars honoured by War Widows or nurses, Sydney, ca. 1950 - photographer Sam Hood, c. 1950c. 1950Men's formal dinner, Hotel Australia, Sydney, between 1945-1950 - photographer Sam Hood1950Oak Park rock pool ca.1950, by Sam Hood, c. 1950c. 1950St Joseph's Aged Peoples Home, Sandgate, Hood Collection, 1 August 19501950
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