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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
Gilbert Sullivan Society at the Conservatorium Patience, 19471947Junior Farmers taken for Farmer and Settler, 19471947Larke Neave Carters and Brown Dureau Ltds showrooms in William Street taken for Mr Guille General Display Co, 19471947Mr Earl State Theatre, 19471947Physical culture display Sydney Town Hall, 19471947Rural Bank dinner to Young Farmers at Carlton Hotel, 19471947Sunrise service Pool of Remembrance Anzac Memorial Hyde Park Uncle Frank Grose 2GB, 19471947Teachers Federation Conference Conservatorium, 19471947Wine cellar below ground under Burings wine shop and cellars in George Street, 19471947Backstage, Mark Foys fashion parade, Sydney, ca. 1947 - negative for PIX magazine, c. 1947c. 1947Men's formal dinner, Hotel Australia, Sydney, between 1945-1950 - photographer Sam Hood, 1945–501945–50Indicator boards at Wynyard old1, 19481948All out, all change! Wynyard, 1948, c. 1948c. 1948Gwen Morton Spencer slnsw V1-FL14226922, c. 1948c. 1948Taking the train - Wynyard, c. 1948c. 1948AWA Radiola conference Town Hall, 19481948Farmers and Settlers Conference YMCA, 19481948Overseas League meeting Hotel Australia Colonel Steele, 19481948Senior St Johns Ambulance parade Government House, 19481948St Johns Ambulance parade Town Hall, 19481948Ngaio Marsh crime writer January 19491949The Hotel Metropole, Sydney (1949) as photographed from Bent Street, looking towards Farrer Place and Young Street1949Couple Kissing Pix 19491949Farmers and Settlers Conference, 19491949Junior Farmers 21st Birthday at Rural Bank, 19491949WS Friends Building in York Street taken for LJ Hooker, 19491949Margaret Meagher, nurse at Sydney Hospital from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51John Barry, proprietor (standing at rear) from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51Modern China Cafe (Mr Pang), 651 George Street, 6th September 1949, by Sam Hood1949Outdoor dancers, schoolgirls in Botanic Gardens, Sept 1949, from Series 02- Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird1949Outdoor dancers, schoolgirls in Botanic Gardens, Sept 1949, from Series 02- Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird1949
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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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