Old Sydney

1887 20 photos

HMS Nelson Sydney 1887Kent Street butcher, Sydney, 1887General Post Office, Sydney, c. 1887Middle Head 10 ton gun (P00991-003), 1887General Ho and Tsing (with unidentified Chinese male, 1887 - photographed by Freeman Studios)Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, c. 1887Woman selling fruit from small barrow Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, c. 1887Street scene. Phillip Street, 1885-90 Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, c. 1887Group of people Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, c. 1887Men atop pontoon to be used in erecting Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651636, 1887First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651637, 1887First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia, being viewed by people on boat LCCN2016651638, 1887Office of Ryland & Morse for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, Bangar Island, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651640, 1887Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651642, 1887E.K. Morse, S.V. Ryland, and others outside the office of Ryland & Morse for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, Bangar Island, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651643, 1887Steam engine and barrels used for Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651677, 1887Men working with pulley system to move iron beams used for Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651678, 1887Peats Ferry - Hawksbury River LCCN2016652520, 1887HMS Diamond (1874) AWM, 1887Alban Joseph Riley, 1887

1888 34 photos

Alderman William Patrick Manning, c. 1888Charles Edward Jeanneret005603, 1888James Martin005609, 1888Temptation Creek, 1888Captain Cook Hotel, c.1888, c. 1888Kent Street, Sydney, c. 1888King Street, Sydney 1888James Family Hotel, Sydney, c. 1888Eastways Hotel, Sydney, 1888Brisbane Inn, Sydney, c. 1888Sydney in 1888, c. 1888Celebrations at Queens Square, Sydney (NSW), 1888St Matthews Manly 1888Balmain, New South Wales - Darling St c1888Small band playing in street from Sydney, 1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, 1888Lady Carrington Road, at Bola Creek bridge, (New South Wales), 1888Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge 1888King Street, Sydney, Centenary 1888 from The Powerhouse Museum CollectionStreet scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, c. 1888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge upon piers, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651646, 1888Newly installed span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, with men posed on it, probably E.K. Morse and S.V. Ryland LCCN2016651647, 1888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon LCCN2016651648, 1888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon, en route to piers LCCN2016651649, 1888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon LCCN2016651650, 1888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon floating towards piers LCCN2016651651, 1888Detail of ironwork on the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651653, 1888Detail of ironwork on the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651654, 1888Men on caisson for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651655, 1888Caison badly listed and out of line LCCN2016651656, 1888Men on barge with ironwork structure for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651657, 1888Scaffolding for construction of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, moves away from span atop timber framework on pontoon) - C. Bayliss photo, Sydney LCCN2016651662, 1888Span number 5 of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, atop timber framework on pontoon, moves towards piers) - C. Bayliss photo, Sydney LCCN2016651663, 1888Span number 5 of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, atop timber framework on pontoon, being pushed by small boats) - C. Bayliss photo, Sydney LCCN2016651666, 1888HMS Rapid (1883) AWM, c. 1888

1889 6 photos

CA Office c 1889 - CAFA 22 June 1936 p3, c. 1889Wr Studio Portrait of Henry Searle, 1889, by Tuttle StudioHyde Park from Queens Square, c. 1889Photograph of Dagmar Berne, Doctor, 1889Rear view of Police Office Hotel, No.147 York Street (corner of Druitt Street), Sydney - showing condition of building, c. 1889Produce Store, No.336 Sussex Street, 1889, c. 1889

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244 historic photos of Sydney from the 1880s, by year, then those the library dates to a span of years. They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.