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Sydney Harbour in the 1930s

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Water Pageant looking West - Sydney Harbour Brdige opening, 19321932Public on Bridge and Water Pageant - Sydney Harbour Bridge opening, c. 1932c. 1932Extension of Junction St. to Lane Cove Road, 19321932First Tram across Bridge, 19321932North Approach under traffic, 19321932Flag bedecked Fort Denison Pinchgut and HMAS Canberra, 19321932Flotilla of ships and small craft pass under the Bridge, 19321932Jack Lang speaking at opening ceremony Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Jack Lang speaking from dais, 19321932Manly Ferry Dee Why passes near partcompleted Harbour Bridge, c. 1932c. 1932Roland Kitson, vice-chairman of Dorman Long and director of the Bank of England, and his wife Sheila Kitson, on the official dais for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (19 March 1932)1932Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932, by Hall and Co1932Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932, by Hall and Co1932Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932, by Hall and Co1932Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932, by Hall and Co1932Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932, by Hall and Co1932Some of the first vehicles across the (Sydney Harbour) Bridge, 20 March 1932 - photographer Sam Hood1932Dutch liner "Nieuw Zeeland" passing the moored HMAS "Canberra", Sydney Harbour Bridge opening, 19 March 1932 - Sam Hood1932World's First Auto-Gyro Plane (helicopter 1909-12) in the Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 19 March 1932, By Hall and Co1932Stage coach and double-decker bus in procession, Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 1932 - photographer Hall and Co1932Crowd crossing the Bridge, Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 19 March 1932, Hall and Co1932Artillery fire the salute at the opening of the Harbour Bridge, 19 March 1932, by Sam Hood1932Load-testing of Harbour Bridge when fifty steam locos were run on western side, February 1932, by Ted Hood1932Six Wirths' Circus elephants with their attendants and a Shetland pony crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge for publicity, 3 April 1932 - Sam Hood1932Harbour Bridge with first electric train before official opening, Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 1932 - photographed by Hall and Co1932Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge; the first cars at the toll bar, 19321932Elephants and a pony at Bridge toll bar, 3 April 1932 - photographed by Sam Hood1932Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932, by Hall & Co1932Sydney and Sydney Harbour Bridge taken from North Shore, 19 March 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge crowded with onlookers during the water and aerial display, 19 March 19321932Hall 35151r, 19321932Some of the first vehicles across the (Sydney Harbour) Bridge, 20 March 1932 - photographer Sam Hood1932Harbour Bridge painters on central arch, 19321932Completed deck of Harbour Bridge, 19321932Cranes and workmen on the central roadway of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Installing electric cables on Harbour Bridge looking, 19321932Northern abutment tower of the Harbour Bridge looking, 19321932Workers cleaning granite pylons on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Train tracks on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Harbour Bridge deck illinated at night, 19321932Dismantling the steelwork erection shed next to the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Cleaning the granite pylons on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Trains and carriages on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Harbour Bridge roadway, 19321932Photographic print, 19321932Harbour Bridge main deck with steam trains and tenders, 19321932Painters on the arch of the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Workers on the south-western pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Photographic print, 19321932Photographic print, 19321932North pylon Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Laying the railway tracks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Trains on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Workers cleaning the pylons of the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Workmen on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Southern pylon of the Harbour Bridge being washed, 19321932Southern approach to the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Workers and managers on the main arch of Harbour Bridge, 19321932Train lines on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Photographic print, 19321932
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