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Theatre, film and radio

848 photos1840–1993

848 historic photos for Theatre, film and radio, taken between 1840 and 1993, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 15 decades, with the most from the 1930s (450). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1840s 1 1860s 2 1870s 1 1880s 7 1890s 7 1900s 14 1910s 13 1920s 93 1930s 450 1940s 213 1950s 34 1960s 7 1970s 1 1980s 4 1990s 1

1940s60 photos

Stalls and proscenium Roxy Theatre Parramatta, 19401940The proscenium Arcadia Theatre Lidcombe, 19401940The whole of the auditorium from the stage Arcadia Theatre Lidcombe, 19401940Women performers reading Wireless Weekly and photographed in the mirror, Sydney, ca. 1940 - Nanette Kuehn1940Unidentified dancer (Yura Lazovsky ?) as Petrouchka, Sydney, March 1940 - Sam Hood, 1940?1940?Mozart opera, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, ca. 1940 - Sam Hood, c. 1940c. 1940Band at Warwick Farm racecourse from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Regent Theatre table at Midnight Theatrical Ball from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50JC Williamson props 19411941Steinback 19411941King George VI statue, JC Williamson's prop store, 19411941Muriel Steinbeck, Sydney, Australia, 2 April 19411941Embassy Theatre Ushers 1941 V1-FL959866219412GB Palmolive Star Parade Youth Show Trocadero taken for Mr Oswald Anderson George Paterson Ltd, 19411941Alf Rose at State Theatre Wurlitzer organ, 19411941AWA Radiola window display in Gillespies store, 1925–571925–57Bill at State Theatre Wurlitzer organ, 19411941Cine club MGM theatrette Mrs Sadie Parker, 19411941Commissionaire Lyceum Theatre, 19411941Concert Sydney Town Hall, 1925–571925–57Exterior of the entrance Globe World Theatrette, 1925–571925–57George Street facade Globe World Theatrette, 1925–571925–57Group outside radio station 2SM, 1925–571925–57Interior Globe World Theatrette, 1925–571925–57Interior new Lyceum Theatre, 1925–571925–57Iolanthe Conservatorium Sydney Musical Society, 1925–571925–57JC Williamson dancers, 1925–571925–57JC Williamson dancers, 19411941JC Williamson dancers, 19411941JC Williamson dancers, 19411941JC Williamson dancers, 19411941Production at Theatre Royal, 1925–571925–57Radio publication job, 19411941Radio station 2CH, 1925–571925–57Riders and horses taken for Capitol Theatre, 19411941Violet Rogers Singers at Mosman Town Hall, 19411941Window display for Strike up the Band taken for MGM, 19411941Wirth Circus parade Lord Mayors Fund, 19411941Wirths Circus, 19411941Wirths Circus, 19411941Wirths Circus, 194119412GB Palmolive "Star Parade and Youth Show", Trocadero (taken for Mr Oswald Anderson, George Paterson Ltd), 29 July 19411941Wirth Circus parade (Lord Mayor's Fund), 1941 - Sam Hood1941Wirths' Circus, 1941 - Sam Hood1941Wirth Circus parade (Lord Mayor's Fund), 1941 - Sam Hood1941Borovansky and Ann MacKintosh, c. 1941c. 1941Joy Nicholls 19421942An amateur male drag ballet at Hibberd Meters Christmas party, 19421942Auburn Civic view to stage, 19421942Burwood Palatial view to stage curtains closed, 19421942Children hold posters advertising Walt Disneys Reluctant dragon Enmore Theatre, 19421942Childrens party at Premier Theatre Surry Hills, 19421942Parramatta Civic view to stage, 19421942Parramatta Roxy view from stage to bio box, 19421942Stage setting for Claudia, 19421942Unidentified Australian Army captain from group described in Hood register as Associated Press negatives some Union Theatres Capitol military Newspaper News, 1939–451939–45Rachel Cameron and Henry Legerton in the Kirsova Ballet Les Sylphides, Max Dupain Studio, Sydney, between 1941-1944 - photographer Max Dupain, 1941–441941–44Patriotic concert, WW II - by Sam Hood, 19421942Art Gallery of New South Wales (set for a patriotic concert), October 1942 - Sam Hood1942Joe E Brown 19431943
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