Old Sydney

1953 10 photos

Chief officer George Todd, right, and his asistant Bob Luther explain the engine to John Rae, Jim Swan and James Wilton, on the ocean cruise to Broken Bay, South Steyne, December 1953 - AustralianSam Hood outside his Dalny Studios, 124 Pitt Street, Sydney, 1953 - photographer Ted HoodGuard of Honour at the War Memorial, Hunter Street, Newcastle, Remembrance Sunday, 1953 - Hood collectionHood 27236r, 1953June 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 WeeklyAmerican model, Barbara Phillips (left), and Marisa Martelli at the fashion parade in M.V. Sydney, 1953Caroline Grills, 1953KIRRULE and other ferries laid up at McMahons Pt. ferry base, c. 1953William Constable set designer 21 February 1953, by Ron IredaleSydney ferry KUBU 1953

1954 50 photos

Cathedralchoir melbourne, 1954Redfern War Memorial, Redfern Street Redfern Park, 1954Sydney R class no 1923 at Sydenham, 20 November 1954Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays for fans on arrival at Mascot, Sydney, 27 October, 1954Gothic HM Royal Yacht, 1954Royal Yacht Gothic, 1954Royal Yacht Gothic cropped, 1954SLNSW - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, greeted by the Premier of New South Wales Cahill and Mrs Cahill on arrival at David Jones Elizabeth Street Store, Sydney, for the State Dinner (4 February 1954)Royal Yacht Gothic rotated and cropped, 1954Hopalong Cassdy 1954 d7 43136Ford Prefect car Sydney, 1954 slnswMax Afford cr 1954Railway Station - Sutherland 1954-1, c. 1954Railway Station - St James, Sydney 1954-1, c. 1954Queen Elizabeth arrives at the Cenotaph, Sydney, during the Royal Visit, 1954 photographer Jack HicksonQueen Elizabeth, Cenotaph, Sydney NSW 1954Central Railway Station, 1954Derailment at the National Park, 1954Locomotive - Class C3801, 1954Royal Visit 1954 - train staff, c. 1954Royal Visit 1954 - Central Station, c. 1954Bishop at City Hall right, 1954Bishops jubilee and Synod, 1954Book display for Book Week, 1954Cary Bay zoo, 1954Cary Bay zoo, 1954Check on Lobmitz Rockbreakers operating in the inside cut of Wickham Channel deepening it to 28 feet at low water, 1954Civic reception for Governor General Sir William Lady Slim with Mayor Ald F Purdue Mrs Purdue and Town Clerk W Burges Mrs Burges, 1954Cleaning street lamps by Nesca Bar Beach adjustable platform on truck, 1954Coal Point studies, 1954Comm Steel, 1954Comm Steel, 1954Comm Steel, 1954Crane crash at BHP, 1954Crane smash H Chadwick and Son No 1 crane, 1954Cultural Centre meeting, 1954Dame Flora MacLeod Chieftain of the MacLeod Clan at Broadmeadow Railway Station during Australian visit Mr G Ingram Chieftain of Newcastle Scots Association Dame Flora Mr A Frew Vice Chieftain and Rev G Reid, 1954Decorating Hunter Street Newcastle, 1954Decorations, 1954Dr Pittars cruiser and personalities, 1954Dropping concrete blocks on breakwater, 1954Earl of Balfour, 1954Farewell to Brian Oliver, 1954Harold Holt at Masonite factory Raymond Terrace, 1954Houses being demolished for Conservatorium, 1954Idle port, 1954Idle port, 1954Joe Arthur at Adamstown, 1954Laying foundation stone of Tighes Hill Catholic Church by the Bishop of Maitland Right Reverend E Gleeson, 1954Library studies, 1954

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880 historic photos of Sydney from the 1950s, 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.