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Sydney city centre in the 1940s

151 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
St Johns Ambulance parade Government House, 19431943Tiny Douglas and stage band State Theatre, 19431943War loans displays, State Theatre, 20-10-1943, by Sam Hood1943Elizabeth St. from Eddy Ave. 1940s colour1940sMarjorie Lawrence, c. 1944c. 1944The future France at French Exhibition The Spirit of France David Jones taken for Courier australien, 19441944The Squall Theatre Royal photo call, 19441944Archbishop Mowll and Army Officers at ceremony at Town Hall YMCA Centenary, 19441944Australian Comforts Fund Salvation Army canteen truck outside the Sydney Town Hall taken for Australian Comforts Fund, 19441944Comforts Fund Town Hall, 19441944Entrance porch to an AWA building taken for Building Publishing Co, 19441944Folk lore dancing Government House grounds, 19441944Graphics and a doll at French Exhibition The Spirit of France David Jones taken for Courier australien, 19441944Metro Goldwyn Mayer MGM conference Hotel Australia, 1940s1940sMiss Mullydu Conservatorium, 19441944Miss Mullydu Conservatorium, 19441944Miss Mullydu Conservatorium, 19441944Miss Mullydu Conservatorium, 19441944Presbyterian Church meeting at the Assembly Hall Margaret Street YMCA Centenary, 19441944Salvation Army pageant at Town Hall, 19441944St Johns Ambulance annual parade at Government House taken for Mr W Stone Upfold Street Mayfield St Johns Sec Hamilton, 19441944Stags head Mrs James Bathurst Street, 1940s1940sSydney skyline looking south from Pitt King Streets showing 2UWs radio mast on State Shopping Block, 19441944The new Port Augusta Town Hall Mayor Richie, 1940s1940sThe Sir John Monash Recreation Hut for servicemen on leave taken for Australian Comforts Fund, 19441944Marjorie Lawrence, Sydney Town Hall, September 1944, 1944?1944?"The Squall", Theatre Royal (photo call), Sydney, 1944 - photographer Sam Hood1944Class 1A percussion band, c. 1940s, by Sam Hood1940s"The Squall", Theatre Royal (photo call), Sydney, 1944 - photographer Sam Hood1944Elizabeth St. from Eddy Ave. 1940s1940sA filterbox, 19451945Grace Bros PT physical training at Town Hall, 19451945Nock Kirbys old building in George Street North bought by the Ironworkers Union, 19451945Hilda Mulligan and student, Sydney, 19461946Wynyard (?) Railway Refreshment Room, c. 1946c. 1946Dining room at Wynyard Station, 19461946Railway Refreshment Room - Wynyard, 19461946Railway Refreshment Room - Wynyard, 194619462SM Goblin Show Town Hall, 19461946Advertisers Association Conference at Town Hall Wentworth and Manufacturing House, 19461946AWA Conference at Town Hall, 19461946Local government councils protest meeting at Mosman Town Hall, 19461946Miss Australia contestants at State Theatre taken for radio station 2UW, 19461946Mr Docker at Town Hall taken for Australian Comforts Fund, 19461946Mr Roy Hendy at Town Hall taken for Australian Comforts Fund, 19461946Press reception at Carlton Hotel, 19461946Prince Edward Theatre presentation taken for Mr Thomas, 19461946Radio retailers conference at Pettys Hotel, 19461946Smithy advertised in Horderns windows, 19461946The French Press Service at 72 Pitt Street Sydney, 19461946Theatre Royal ballet, 19461946William Street, 19461946Woman pianist State Theatre, 19461946Don Nicol, and Ballet, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 30 January 1946 - Sam Hood1946Martin Rubenstein and Kathleen Gorham, dancers in the J.C. Williamson - Borovansky Ballet production of Gay Rosalinda, 1946 - photographer Hal Williams1946Interior of Angus and Robertson booksellers, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 1946 - photographer Bradford Pty Ltd1946State Newsreel Theatrette, Sydney, 1 July 1946 -Sam Hood1946Protestors Indonesian Independence, Wynyard Square, Sydney, 1947 slnsw1947Bathurst Street tablet Reads Residence 23 Bathurst St Sydney Land originally granted to Thomas Barker by Crown grant under the hand of the Governor of the Colony Dated Oct 19 1831, 19471947Conservatorium show, 19471947
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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.

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