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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

1920s18 photos

The Syd Roy Lyricals dance band, Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, 1929 - Sam Hood1929Beryl Evetts and the Syd Roy Lyricals Dance Band at Mrs. McLurcan's Wentworth Hotel, February 1929, by Sam Hood1929Florence Austral, dramatic soprano, 1929 - unknown photographer1929Enmore Theatre, c. 1920s, by Sam Hood, c. 1929c. 1929"Dracula", Palace Theatre, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1929 - by Sam Hood1929Main auditorium of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 19291929Main auditorium ceiling of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 19291929Main foyer of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 19291929Dress circle of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 19291929Interior staircase in Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 19291929Dress circle foyer of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 19291929Main auditorium of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 19291929Exterior of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 - 1934, 19291929Main foyer of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 - 1934, 19291929Dress circle foyer of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 - 1934, 19291929Dress circle of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 - 1934, 19291929Main auditorium of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 - 1934, 19291929Main foyer of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 - 1934, 1924–341924–34

1930s42 photos

The Capitols Wurlitzer organist and organ Fred Scholl with Mrs Leone Henkel and a guitarist, 1928–321928–32A five piece jazz band in their "music shell', probably Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, 192- - photographer Sam Hood, 19301930The Sydney Town Hall illuminated for the Radio and Electrical Exhibition, ca. 1930 - photographer Sam Hood, c. 1930c. 1930Lyceum theatre tableau float n.d. by Sam Hood, 19301930The Jewel Curtain, State Theatre, n.d. by Sam Hood, 19301930Full length studio picture of couple, c. 1930, by Sam Hoodc. 1930Grand organ, Town Hall, Sydney, between 1928-1932 - Samuel Wood, 1928–321928–32"Gold" model (in a theatre, Sydney, 1930s) - Sam Hood, c. 1930c. 1930Trying on shoes, ca. 1930 - by Sam Hood, c. 1930c. 1930Palace Theatre, Sydney, lit at night, showing "Dracula" with Nat Madison, between 1927-1931 - photographer Sam Hood, 19301930The Jewel Curtain, State Theatre, n.d. by Sam Hood, 19301930Group including dance band members on board the SS Mariposa in Sydney Harbour, 19301930A group of Colonial pioneer women and early goldminers Tyrolean choir and recorder band, c. 1932c. 1932Group of unidentified men and women I think they are Union Theatre people Ted Hood, c. 1932c. 1932Naval Band and Royal Australian Navy lead across the Bridge, 19321932Stage coach and double-decker bus in procession, Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 1932 - photographer Hall and Co1932Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard, Sydney, ca. 1932 - photographer Falk, for J.C. Williamson's Publicity Dept, c. 1932c. 1932Six big Wirths' Circus elephants with their attendants cross the Bridge, 1932 - Sam Hood1932Six Wirths' Circus elephants with their attendants and a Shetland pony crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge for publicity, 3 April 1932 - Sam Hood1932Canterbury Public School - concert, c. 1932c. 1932Snowy Baker 19321932AWA floor console radio, 19331933Capitol Theatre chorus line high kick Tamarama Beach, 19331933Two Capitol Theatre ballet girls in the water, 19331933Two Capitol Theatre chorus girls in swimsuits one combing the others hair after a swim, 19331933Gowing's Building and State Theatre, Sydney, illuminated, between 1932-1934 - photographer Sam Hood, 19331933Joe Marks, comedian, July 1933 - photographer unknown1933Gowing's Building and State Theatre, Sydney, illuminated, between 1932-1934 - photographer Sam Hood, 19331933Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume, 1934 photographer Sydney Fox Studio, 3rd Floor, 88 King St, Sydney (cropped)1934Child performers, Sydney, c. 1930s - by Sam Hood (cropped)1930sCapitol theatre, Sydney c. 1930s by Sam Hood1930sBallet of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakoff Burlakov, 1930s1930sPortrait of a girl possibly at an eisteddfod, 1930s1930sA female trio pianist violinist and dancer Wentworth Hotel, 1930s1930sActor and actress in love scene, 1930s1930sArthur Martin of Newcastle in the Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934Auditorium and proscenium of Empire Theatre Quay Street Sydney, 1930s1930sAustralian Artillery Band ie the Grenadier Guards Band at Royal Agricultural Show, c. 1934c. 1934Ballet girls pose for publicity pictures, 1930s1930sBand with the Capitol Pony Ballet including Queenie Royale Reike Williams Joan Swain Thelma Brice etc, 1930s1930sBoy playing with bucket in the sand at the Mick Simmons Radio Club picnic, 19341934Children in the recitation Rail Tramway eisteddfod, 19341934
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