Old Sydney
The Women's Emergency Signalling Corps, c. 1940c. 1940Picture news Clyde Cook, commissionaire, July 1940, by Sam Hood19401940 Pontiac Chieftain in showroom York Street Sydney AUSTRALIA January 19401940Conferring of honours and medals at Government House Sydney St Johns Ambulance parade, 19401940Governor inspects St Johns Ambulance Brigade, 19401940No 7 Elizabeth Street, 19401940St Johns Ambulance parade The Governor Lord Wakehurst shakes hands with a recipient, 19401940St Johns Ambulance parade The Governor Lord Wakehurst shakes hands with an ambulance officer, 19401940Staff of South Sydney Hospital Christmas Day, 19401940Thailand Mission Hotel Australia, 19401940The Governor Lord Wakehurst shakes hands with a recipient St Johns Ambulance parade, 19401940Women performers reading Wireless Weekly and photographed in the mirror, Sydney, ca. 1940 - Nanette Kuehn1940Mozart opera, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, ca. 1940 - Sam Hood, c. 1940c. 1940Members of the 2-19 Battalion marching down Castlereagh Street near the corner of Hunter Street in Sydney CBD during September 19401940Sydney Botanic Garden - 19401940Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Hunter Street, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Man posing under tree in front of Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Mark Foy's Ltd Annual Staff Ball from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Regent Theatre table at Midnight Theatrical Ball from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Fort Macquarie depot 1940's1940150th Anniversary of the landing of Governor Phillip at Farm Cove, 1925–571925–57A Sydney County Council window display showing an electric stove and Cook by Electricity sign, 19411941Alf Rose at State Theatre Wurlitzer organ, 19411941An ornate carved timber Speakers Chair in the new Parliament House, 1925–571925–57Bill at State Theatre Wurlitzer organ, 19411941British General Electric Co building in Clarence Street, 19411941British General Electric Co building in Clarence Street, 19411941Civic Hotel corner of Pitt and Goulburn Streets taken for Building Publishing Co, 19411941Concert Sydney Town Hall, 1925–571925–57Exterior of the entrance Globe World Theatrette, 1925–571925–57Fashion parade Town Hall, 1925–571925–57George Street facade Globe World Theatrette, 1925–571925–57Interior Globe World Theatrette, 1925–571925–57Iolanthe Conservatorium Sydney Musical Society, 1925–571925–57Judge and Mrs Stewart Pettys Hotel raider victims, 19411941Layby department David Jones, 19411941Loyal Orange Lodge Choir Town Hall celebrations and procession, 19411941Mrs Megnuss ie Magnus funeral St Marys Cathedral, 19411941NSW Corps of Commissionaires Government House parade, 19411941Orange Lodge debutantes The Blue Ball Farmers Oak Hall, 19411941Production at Theatre Royal, 1925–571925–57Rickard House for Hookers, 1925–571925–57Salvation Army congress Town Hall Sydney, 19411941St Johns Ambulance parade, 19411941The official enclosure in front of Parliament House, 1925–571925–57Bas-relief for Melba memorial "Remember Nellie Melba", Sydney Town Hall, 1941 - photographer Sam Hood1941Bebarfald's Building, George St, Sydney (naval display outside), 11 February 19411941Carmen, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 1941 - Sam Hood1941John Curtin austerity speech SLNSW 19421942GPO Christchurch 19421942Loyal Orange Lodge Town Hall Sydney, 19421942McGee Tobacconist Pitt Street, c. 1942c. 1942New post office taken for Building Publishing Co, 19421942Jessica Rowe and Lisle Rowe on their wedding day, 19421942Art Gallery of New South Wales (set for a patriotic concert), October 1942 - Sam Hood1942Fighting French Joan of Arc celebration Cenotaph, 19431943Lehmann Ball Town Hall Mr George Nathan, 19431943Salvation Army band at Conference Town Hall, 19431943St Johns Ambulance parade, 19431943

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← All of Sydney city centre

151 historic photos of Sydney city centre from the 1940s, oldest first. They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.