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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

1910s20 photos

Bourke St Baby Clinic - exterior view. Alexandria, NSW, c. 1914c. 1914Doctor seeing patients at the General Treatment Clinic for School Children, Sydney, c. 1914c. 1914Patient undergoing surgery at the General Treatment Clinic for School Children, Sydney, 19141914Virgin country showing type of land before building Dacey Garden suburb, 19151915School children, Dacey Garden suburb, 1913–181913–18Daceyville - builders, 1913–181913–18Daceyville houses, 19151915(Lance Playground Kindergarten, Millers Point, Sydney, NSW), c. 1915c. 1915Kambala school - Sydney, NSW, 19151915Cranbrook 1917, c. 1915c. 1915Fort Street Public School - (making jam), c. 1916c. 1916Daceyville schoolchildren, 19171917"Knitting for our soldiers" - Kambala School, Sydney, NSW, between 1914-1918 - photographer unknown, 19171917Brighton-le-Sands Public School, c. 1917c. 1917Cranbook 19171917Cranbook ballroom 19171917Pymbletennis19171917A Daceyville backyard, 19181918Unveiling honour roll at Avoca Public School, c. 1918c. 1918Banjo Paterson's children Grace and Hugh boxing with Christmas present gloves, Sydney, NSW, 1919 - photographer unknown1919

1920s40 photos

Hood 07863r, 19201920Education Building Bridge Street Sydney NSW, c. 1920c. 1920Brighton-le-Sands Public School - play time, c. 1920c. 1920Brighton-le-Sands Public School - a game in the grounds, c. 1920c. 1920Camdenville Public School - maypole dance, c. 1920c. 1920Brighton-le-Sands Public School - a game in the grounds, c. 1920c. 1920Sydney Girls High School - Empire Day visitors arriving, c. 1921c. 1921View from Lance Playground - Sydney Harbour Trust Kindergarten, Millers Point across Hickson Road to Huddart Parker Wharf Number 3 Darling Harbour, c. 1922c. 1922Old Sydney Girls High School Castlereagh St, Sydney, c. 1922c. 1922Sydney Primary Schools (N.S.W Rep. Team), 1922 who beat Q'ld (Queensland) Reps. 2 Matches to 11922Drummoyne Public School - (hats hanging outside class rooom), c. 1922c. 1922Sydney Girls High School - Elizabeth St Sydney NSW, c. 1922c. 1922Lance Playground - Sydney Harbour Trust kindergarten in High Street, Millers Point, 19231923Blackfriars Public School - saluting the flag, c. 1923c. 1923Girls High School, Elizabeth and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney NSW - classroom, c. 1923c. 1923A girl prizewinner with her box of chocolates, 1920s1920sFreda with her family Mr and Mrs Fred Heesh and 10 children Fred Jr Freda Marjorie William Karl Meena Albert and triplets Peter Paul and Patricia Fred Heesh was Sam Hoods brotherinlaw, 1920s1920sRed Cross girl at Red Cross VAD picnic, 1920s1920sTrooping of the colours of the Royal Military College, 1920s1920sTwo small children, 1920s1920sGirl competitor in costume with a fan, City of Sydney Eisteddfod,1929 - Ted Hood, 1920s1920sWomen and girls at a function, Vaucluse House, late 1920s, by Sam Hood1920sSydney Technical High School - 19251925SMSA reading room, c. 1925c. 1925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton holding a small child, 19251925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton reading The Sun comics with two small boys, 19251925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton showing Sid Nicholls Fashionplate Fanny in the childrens section of The Sun newspaper to a small boy, 19251925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton washing a baby, 19251925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton with three small children and a stroller, 19251925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton with five small children, St Margaret's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney - photographer Sam Hood, 19251925Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton reading Sid Nicholl's Fashion-plate Fanny in the children's section of The Sun newspaper with a small boy at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sydney, January 1925 - Sam1925Botany Public School - Class 2A, c. 1925c. 1925Drummoyne Public School - Band and Master Mr Dalwood Marshall McCarthy, c. 1925c. 1925Bondi Public School, c. 1926c. 1926Dee Why Public School - Mrs Corfield (who donated the bell), Mr Frank Sergeant (Principal), Mrs F. Dennett (Secretary of P&C (Parents and Citizens) Association), 1926?1926?Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood cropped1927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood (3544662810 bearb Sp)1927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood cutout1927Buy Australian Made Campaign Fort Street schoolboys riding on a model steam train at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927Fort Street schoolboys shown a lathe at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927
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