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Somewhere in Sydney in the 1920s

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Sydney Ferry KURAMIA c 1920s1920sSydney Ferry LADY RAWSON c 1920s1920sSydney Ferry KIRRULE as an excursion ferry 1920s1920sSydney Ferry VAUCLUSE in floating dock 1920s1920sSydney Ferries KAMERUKA as a steamer 1920s1920sSydney ferry KOOKOOBURRA 1920s1920sSydney ferry LADY DENMAN 1920s1920sSydney ferry KIRRULE passing through the then new first SPIT BRIDGE 24 October 19241924Sydney ferry KAI KAI at the sailing races circa 1920s1920sSydney ferries LADY RAWSON and LADY CARRINGTON following the rowing races 1920s1920sHMS REPULSE with Sydney ferry LADY CARRINGTON 19241924Studio Portrait of William Ponsford, ca. 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Studio Portrait of William Oldfield, ca. 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Studio Portrait of Clarrie Grimmett, ca. 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Studio Portrait of Herbie Collins, ca. 19251925Studio Portrait of Jack Morrison Gregory ca. 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Studio Portrait of Arthur Mailey, ca. 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Sydney ferry KILLARA, 19251925Sydney ferry KUTTABUL and Battleship USS CALIFORNIA, 19251925Raynor Hoff, c. 1925c. 1925Dr reading 1920s, c. 1925c. 1925Sydney in 1925, c. 1925c. 1925Rev. Philip Micklem by Sam Hood, 192519251919 model Renault hearse at Wood Coffills funeral parlour, 1920–301920–30Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton reading Sid Nicholl's Fashion-plate Fanny in the children's section of The Sun newspaper with a small boy at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sydney, January 1925 - Sam1925Ziegfeld costume, Sydney, between 1915-1930 - by Sam Hood, 19251925Nla.pic-vn3311821-v, c. 1925c. 1925Sydney ferry VAUCLUSE, 1920–301920–30Sydney ferry KALANG undergoing builders trials, 19261926Gladys Moncrieff, singer, records with orchestra conducted by Gilbert Dechelette, HMV Studios, Sydney, ca. 1928-1932 - photographer Eden Studios, 1920–321920–32Russian actor Mr Maurice Moscovitch with his wife and son Mr Nat Madison on the deck of a ship, New South Wales, ca. 1926, c. 1926c. 1926Charles Henry Hoskins (Unknown Photographer, Sydney Morning Herald Mon 15 Feb 1926 Page 12)1926Sydney ferry KAMIRI 19271927Alderman John Harold Mostyn (1924-27) Lord Mayor 19271927Katharine Susannah Prichard (cropped2), 1927–281927–28White Bay, NSW - Grain silos dust discharge (Weekly Times (Melbourne) Sat 16 July 1927 , Page 42)1927White Bay, NSW - Grain silos distributing room ( Weekly Times (Melbourne) Sat 16 July 1927 , Page 42)1927White Bay, NSW - Grain travelling on conveyor belts to elevators (Weekly Times (Melbourne) Sat 16 July 1927, Page 42)1927White Bay, NSW - Grain silos, top of bins showing stored wheat (Weekly Times (Melbourne) Sat 16 July 1927, Page 42)1927White Bay, NSW - Unloading wheat from a rail wagon (Weekly Times (Melbourne) Sat 16 July 1927, Page 42)1927White Bay, NSW - Loading wheat onto a ship (Weekly Times (Melbourne) Sat 16 July 1927, Page 42)1927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood cropped1927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood (3544662810 bearb Sp)1927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood cutout1927Dorothea Mackellar 19271927Lewis McDonald, Joseph Hannan and Daniel McNamara, 19271927Trams and traffic at Railway Square, c. 1927c. 1927Queen in Sydney, Australia, waving, 19271927Films Nelson and Rin Tin Tin in Dog of the Regiment, 19271927Fort Street schoolboys shown a lathe at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927Fort Street schoolchildren being shown a lathe at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927William Reed directs the filming of The Romance of Runnibede, 19271927Front of the Lyceum Theatre at night, Sydney (late 1928) with Jaqueline Logan and Alan Hale in "The Leopard Lady." Also announcing- "Cinesound Talkies opening here soon with Warner Bros. Vitaphone, 1927–281927–28Hollywood director William Reed directs his wife Eva Novak in the Australian movie "The Romance of Runnibede", Sydney, 1927 - Sam Hood1927William Reed filming "The Romance of Runnibede", Sydney, 1927 - Sam Hood1927Fort Street schoolboys riding on a model steam train, Sydney, 1927 - Sam Hood1927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood1927Penfold's Wines window display, Sydney, 1930's - Sam Hood, 1915–391915–39Katharine Susannah Prichard, 1927–281927–28Judge Bevan, Mr E.J. Loxton KC and Judge Edmonds during the Piddington Royal Commission, Sydney, 19271927
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