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Work and industry

642 photos1802–1989

642 historic photos for Work and industry, taken between 1802 and 1989, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 15 decades, with the most from the 1930s (240). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1800s 1 1840s 1 1860s 1 1870s 18 1880s 15 1890s 8 1900s 31 1910s 33 1920s 77 1930s 240 1940s 146 1950s 48 1960s 9 1970s 4 1980s 10

1930s5 photos

Visit to AWA works by Governor General, 19391939Visit to AWA works by Sir Ernest Fisk and party, 19391939Visit to AWA works by Sir Ernest Fisk and party with Sir Oswald Osgood, 19391939Penfold's Wines display in a wine bar; proprietor and his wife behind the bar and three customers, January 1939 by Sam Hood1939Martin de Launay window display of a WashMaster wringer washing machine at Marcus Clark's, June 1939, by Sam Hood1939

1940s55 photos

Rouse Hill Post Office 19401940Dress material and pattern department staff, 19401940Edgells Asparagus factory Bathurst, 19401940Exterior of the Australian Wool Products Ltd wool treatment fleecing works, 19401940Exterior view of the whole building Waugh Josephsons new factory St Peters, 19401940General view of the scouring and fleecing works Australian Wool Products Ltd wool treatment fleecing works, 19401940Grace Bros Staff Ball at Trocadero, 19401940Milk ie ice cream making machine Mr Hughes taken for Sydney Herald, 19401940Mills wedding Scots Church, 19401940Opening of General Motors works at Pagewood, 19401940Opening of General Motors works at Pagewood Looking down on the overhead lighting gantries, 19401940Opening of General Motors works at Pagewood Menzies chatting with officials of GM, 19401940Opening of General Motors works at Pagewood Part of the electrical control panel, 19401940Opening of General Motors works at Pagewood Part of the roof, 19401940Opening of General Motors works at Pagewood Section of the showroom, 19401940Opening of General Motors works at Pagewood View of GM Administrative block and assembly works from clocktower, 19401940Opening of General Motors works at Pagewood View of the assembly works, 19401940Spurways Ltd offices, 19401940Staff of South Sydney Hospital Christmas Day, 19401940Staff School group at Victoria Barracks, 19401940Stockroom full of the finished plywood product Frederick Roses factory at Mascot taken for Timber Journal, 19401940Stockroom where the bales of veneer are kept Frederick Roses factory at Mascot taken for Timber Journal, 19401940The entrance to the administrative section Waugh Josephsons new factory St Peters, 19401940The veneer assembly and selection tables Frederick Roses factory at Mascot taken for Timber Journal, 19401940Trimming the hides Australian Wool Products Ltd wool treatment fleecing works, 19401940View of the timber yard Frederick Roses factory at Mascot taken for Timber Journal, 19401940WB Carr Construction Co Commercial Road Rozelle, 19401940Waugh Josephsons factory St Peters, 19401940Woman selecting and assembling artistic patterns of veneer for art furniture use Frederick Roses factory at Mascot taken for Timber Journal, 19401940Wool classing and buyers taken for Country Life Newspaper Ltd, 19401940Commuters for the office off the South Steyne, Sydney, 1940 - Pix magazine1940Mills wedding, Scots' Church, Sydney, 1940 - Sam Hood1940Mark Foy's Ltd Annual Staff Ball from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Chenille factory 19411941Redfern post office 1941. Australia colour1941British Standard Machinery Cos warehouse and office at Waterloo for Building Publishing Co, 1925–571925–57Edwards Dunlop machine Woodward, 19411941Empire Timbers Ltd yards and machines, 19411941Exterior Airzone factory taken for Building Publishing Co, 1925–571925–57Female operators at the finishing table, 19411941General view, 19411941General view of the factory floor, 19411941Grace Bros staff from toy department taken for Mr Hull, 19411941Group of cattle judges outside the RAS office at the Showground, 1925–571925–57Machining in the bands, 19411941Penfolds Wines shops, 19411941Presentation of ambulance by the staff of Standard Telephone Cables, 19411941Staff School at Victoria Barracks, 1925–571925–57Steel gate, 19411941Top Dog factory for mens hats showing female workers machining the braid, 19411941Women war workers presentation of an ambulance by the staff of STC Standard Telephones and Cables, 19411941Works in Parramatta Road premises taken over by Ministry of Munitions for War production, 1925–571925–57A388005h, 19411941P02547.002Siffleet19411941Redfern post office 1941. Australia1941
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