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Sydney city centre in the 1930s

497 photos

1820s 1 1850s 21 1860s 12 1870s 131 1880s 70 1890s 40 1900s 248 1910s 73 1920s 120 1930s 497 1940s 151 1950s 76 1960s 57 1970s 28 1980s 19 1990s 16
Absent voters at the Town Hall. Erecting polling booth beside Town Hall with galvanised pipe and Downee fittings, 13 Sept. 1934 by Sam Hood1934Group of five women in Elizabethan costumes (ball or eisteddfod), Sydney Town Hall, 193- - photographer Sam Hood, 19341934Saint Patrick's Day parade, Irish National Foresters, 1930s by Sam Hood1930sSeven men modelling hats in Pitt Street, for City Hatters, 1 November 1934, by Ernie Bowen1934Five Westland Wapitis of No 3 Squadron, RAAF, fly past the GPO clock which shows "One-Minute's Silence", Armistice Day, 11am, 11 November 1934 - photographer Sam Hood1934A sculpture exhibit of a bust, -236 "Theseus" (probably a Rayner Hoff), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, September 1934 - photographer Sam Hood1934Traffic policemen on point duty, corner of Park and College Streets, 17 August 1934, by Ted Hood1934Glaciarium garage, Little Regent Street, off George Street, Sydney, ca. 1934 - photographer Hall and Company1934Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume, 1934 - photographer Sydney Fox Studio, 3rd Floor, 88 King St, Sydney1934The crowd, Taken for Sam Hood's news photo services. Huge crowd in the Domain to hear Communist Party speaker, c. 1934c. 1934Display at Catholic girl's school, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood1930sChildren's kindergarten, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood1930sSt. Andrew's School class, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood1930sSheep shearing demonstration - R.A. Rooney, shearing contractors (head office- 8 Spring Street, Sydney), c. 1930s, by Sam Hood1930sBuilding labourer on a stone being hoisted up to building, Pitt St, Sydney, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood1930sShop window of Joe Gardiner's Shoe Store smashed in George Street, Sydney, c. 1934, by Sam Hoodc. 1934Photographer Lethington Maitland in a new panama from City Hatters in Pitt Street, during Panama and Straw Hat Week, 1 November 1934, by Ernie Bowen1934Carlton bars, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood1930sCarlton Hotel, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood1930sBirthday party c. 1930s - Sam Hood1930sWomen's dressing room, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 1930's - Sam Hood, 1930s1930sBar, Carlton Hotel, Sydney, 1930's - Sam Hood, 1930s1930sCongorilla sideshow, Sydney, 1930s - Sam Hood1930sHRH the Duke of Gloucester opened the War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney, November 1938 - photograph by Sam Hood, 19341934A woman in the Botanic Gardens, 13 Sept. 1934, by Sam Hood1934Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume, 1934 - photographer Sydney Fox Studio, 3rd Floor, 88 King St, Sydney (crop)1934Clare Dennis on the steps before leaving for the Empire games, Sydney Town Hall, 19341934ALP How-to-Vote board outside the Town Hall, 19341934Absent voters at the Town Hall. Erecting polling booth beside Town Hall with galvanised pipe and Downee fittings, 13 Sept. 1934 by Sam Hood1934Man posing under tree in front of Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, 19341934Hunter Street, Sydney, 19341934Botanic Gardens c.1934, c. 1934c. 1934'Botannic Gardens 4' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930s'Tree Ferns' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930s'Spring in Botanical Gardens' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930s'Botanic Gardens 5' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930s'Botannic Gardens' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930s'Spring's Splendour' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930s'Botannic Gardens 2' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930s'Botannic Gardens 3' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930s'Azaleas 4' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930s'Botanic Gardens 6' - RAHS-Osborne Collection c. 1930s1930sUnidentified Tivoli stars arrive at theatre, 1930s1930sFour men modelling hats in Pitt Street, 19341934Kodak Australia Building, George Street, Sydney, 1930s1930sAerial view of Hyde Park, Sydney, ca. 1934, c. 1934c. 1934Linotype machines, Anthony Hordern and Sons department store, c. 1935c. 1935Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard's wedding, 19351935Plaza Theatre, Sydney, ca. 1935, c. 1935c. 1935Sydney showboat ferry KALANG, 1930–401930–40Untitled, c. 1935c. 1935Macqaurie St aerial c 1935, c. 1935c. 1935BMA Building 19351935Nice Goings On Theatre Royal, 19351935A contingent of Light Horse lead the Governors entourage at Government House, c. 1935c. 1935Cardinal MacRory at St Marys Cathedral, 19351935Chorus girls Nice Goings On Theatre Royal, 19351935City Council workers repairing the road at corner of King and Elizabeth Streets, 19351935Declaration of the poll at the Town Hall, 19351935Engineering Conference at Science House, 19351935
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