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Schools and children

702 photos1825–1986

702 historic photos for Schools and children, taken between 1825 and 1986, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 14 decades, with the most from the 1930s (337). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1820s 1 1860s 3 1870s 19 1880s 15 1890s 17 1900s 21 1910s 64 1920s 65 1930s 337 1940s 112 1950s 42 1960s 1 1970s 4 1980s 1

1940s54 photos

Two actresses each holding a small kitten scene from These Children BritishAustralian production, 19441944Workers in a clothing factory using power sewing machines Barton Boys or Bays, 194419441940s Aerial view of St Aloysius College and immediate vicinity1940sBig group of schoolboys Westmead Catholic Boys Home, 19451945Cheque presentations from school, 19451945Granville Technical School taken for Building Publishing Co, 19451945Group of 15 senior girls with their teacher, 19451945St Pauls College Sydney University, 19451945Steel cabinet with tubular bells record player and public address system for schools, 19451945Sydney Grammar School football team, 19451945Sydney Grammar School football team, 19451945Double Bay Public School - Safety Patrol, c. 1945c. 1945Kogarah Public School - Kogarah Intermediate High School - P.S.A.A.A Athletic Carnival Team - Premiers 19451945Girls in Slacks 19461946W.A. Crowle playing pool with "Once Upon a Time" boys home residents, 19461946Cardinal Gilroys visit to Christian Brothers Training College Strathfield, 19461946Childrens parade South Kensington Reno taken for Acme Theatres, 19461946Classroom Maroubra Public School taken for the Teachers Federation, 19461946Eight year old boys and girls in a circle learning to dance Maroubra Public School taken for the Teachers Federation, 19461946Funeral Dr Prescott Newington College, 19461946Maroubra Public School taken for the Teachers Federation, 19461946Physical culture group at Christian Brothers School Waverley, 19461946Scots College, 19461946Scots College, 19461946Sydney Grammar School lower school football team, 19461946Cardinal Gilroys visit to Christian Brothers Training College Strathfield (cropped), 19461946Coogee Public School - Singing Group, c. 1947c. 1947Baby Eggins, 19471947Cavalcade cover girl Miss McClinsky, 19471947Cavalcade cover girl Miss McClinsky, 19471947Girl student taken for Catholic Weekly, 19471947Grace Bros Ltd PT girls at RAS, 19471947Hawkesbury College taken for Rural Bank, 19471947Marrickville and Redfern Schools, 19471947Mosman School fete, 19471947Mosman School fete, 19471947Mothers and childrens winter fashions, 19471947Presentation of school cheques, 19471947Salvation Army Boys Home Bexley, 19471947Westmead Boys Home, 19471947Westmead Boys Home, 19471947Westmead Boys Home, 19471947Presbyterian Ladies College Fete, 19481948Presentation of cheques by the schools, 19481948Salvation Army veterans picnic at Training College, 19481948Westmead Boys Home Christmas party, 19481948Westmead Boys Home Christmas party, 11-12-1948, by Sam Hood1948Leyland Motors Australian Girls, 19491949Portable classrooms at Balgowlah School, 19491949Technical College East Sydney, 19491949Children in Hills Reserve (Frog Hollow),Surry Hills, 1949 by Ted Hood1949Children in Sydney slums, mainly Surry Hills, Woolloomooloo, Redfern, 1949 by Ted Hood1949Outdoor dancers, schoolgirls in Botanic Gardens, Sept 1949, from Series 02- Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird1949Outdoor dancers, schoolgirls in Botanic Gardens, Sept 1949, from Series 02- Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird1949

1950s6 photos

Childrens Library series, 19501950Playing fields of St Patricks College Strathfield Brother Coughlan principal, 19501950Schoolchildren at Wallsend Free Library, 19501950Mary (George) in Lincoln Inn, Greek girl in coffee shop, July 1950 from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird19501951 - Pupils of the first Ukrainian School in Australia - at the YMCA Pitt St Sydney1951Opening of Police Boys Club at Wickham, 19521952
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