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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

1940s21 photos

Mr Fred Chivers Capitol Theatre, 19471947Stills at studio Collins Productions, 19471947Sunrise service Pool of Remembrance Anzac Memorial Hyde Park Uncle Frank Grose 2GB, 19471947Jitterbug dancing, 19481948Jitterbug dancers, 19481948AWA Radiola conference Town Hall, 19481948Dress circle foyer Nepean Theatre Penrith Mr Spence owner taken for Guy Crick Co, 19481948Lyric Theatre property job, 19481948Odeon Theatre Campsie taken for Guy Crick Co, 19481948Premiere at Vogue Theatre taken for Embassy Films, 19481948The dress circle foyer Odeon Theatre Campsie taken for Guy Crick Co, 19481948The vestibule Odeon Theatre Campsie taken for Guy Crick Co, 19481948View across the dress circle Odeon Theatre Campsie taken for Guy Crick Co, 19481948View from the stage to biobox Nepean Theatre Penrith Mr Spence owner taken for Guy Crick Co, 19481948Michael St Clair, ventriloquist & impersonator 19491949Sydney AD 19491949Aircraft radio AWA Conference, 19491949Link mats at Variety Theatre and St James Hotel Bar, 19491949Rubber link mats at Variety Theatre and St James Hotel Bar, 19491949Outdoor 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

1950s34 photos

Tivoli acrobats at the beach, Sydney 1950 slnsw1950Sunday afternoon music concert at King Edward Park, 19501950William Warfield singer, 19501950Glassblowers at work, Crown Crystal, 1950, by Crown Crystal Studio1950Doris Fitton 19511951Spruiker Frederickson 19511951Touts Banner, 19511951Maree Austin, US star John Hubbard and cast of "Mary had a little" celebrate a birthday, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, 1951 - Harry Jay1951Dick Preston, radio, film-maker, April 1951 from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird1951David Methuen in the play "Monday Next", Theatre Royal, Hobart, ca. 1950-1952 - photographer unknown, 1950–521950–521951 Ukrainian theatre in Sydney1951Bobby Limb 19521952John Hunter 19521952Grace Gibson c.1952, c. 1952c. 1952Barbara Jefford 19531953David Moore crpSLNSW FL14209352, c. 1953c. 1953Radio station 2NX Bolwarra, 19531953June Howarth of Canterbury and Ray Shart of Bankstown dance to the band with drummer Peg Clark of Blackheath, on the ocean cruise to Broken Bay, South Steyne, December 1953 - Australian Women's Weekly1953William Constable set designer 21 February 1953, by Ron Iredale1953Hopalong Cassdy 1954 d7 431361954Unidentified image from group described in Hood register as Associated Press negatives some Union Theatres Capitol military Newspaper News, 1950s1950sBob Hope and Mel Lawton (Manager Prince Edward Theatre), c. 1950s, by Ted Hood1950sGroup Captain S.A. Campbell (centre) officially opening the first Australian Post Office to be set up in Antarctica. Assistant is L. Macey, Coogee, New South Wales, Chief Radio Operator at Heard, 1950s1950sMargaret Barr's "Strange Children" (ballet), 1955 - photographer unknown1955Parisian Moon Dancers in gold paint at the Palladium Theatre, Sydney, 28 September 1955 - Ern McQuillan1955Grid iron players with Tivoli girls, 19561956Finale to The Good Old Days, Tivoli Theatre, 1956-1957 - photographer unknown, 1956–571956–57Curtain call on the opening night of the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, with Rowena Jackson, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 11 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw (cropped)1958Rowena Jackson 11 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw (cropped)1958Curtain call on the opening night of the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, with Rowena Jackson, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 11 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw1958Lynn Seymour, Royal Ballet, dressed for Swan Lake in her dressing room at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 29 October 1958 - photographer Norm Danvers1958Curtain call on the opening night of the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, with Rowena Jackson, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 11 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw1958Waratah Spring Festival Princess 1958 arrives in an open car for the Royal Ballet at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 1 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw, Australian Photographic Agency1958Royal Ballet's Swan Lake at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 10 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw1958

1960s5 photos

Meat With Care c.1961, a film, c. 1961c. 1961Ballet dancers Garth Welch and Marilyn Jones in the terminal, Mascot, Sydney, 12 September 1962 - photographer Jack Mulligan1962Sabrina doing the Twist, Peppermint Lounge, Sydney, January 1962 - Australian Photographic Agency1962SabrinaTwist19621962SabrinaTwist1962(square)1962
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