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A pair of Merino ewes, 1934A pair of Merino ewes1934

201 historic photos for Animals and the Show, taken between 1869 and 1975, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 10 decades, with the most from the 1930s (110). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1860s1 photo

N35 w1150, 18691869

1880s1 photo

HUNT, 18891889

1900s3 photos

Classing sheep, 19001900Nos. 24, etc., Hunt-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. II - under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A., N.S.W. photographed by John1900Botanical Gardens, Sydney, (showing Hunstman and Dogs sculpture) c. 1900-1910, 1900–101900–10

1910s6 photos

Veterinarian operates on a leopard (?), Taronga Zoo, c. 1916, by Sam Hoodc. 1916Visitors inspect animals in enclosures and pools, Taronga Zoo, c. 1916, by Sam Hoodc. 1916Uniformed keeper with spotted animal (quolls), Taronga Zoo, c. 1916, by Sam Hoodc. 1916Man has his photograph taken with an orang-outang, Taronga Zoo, c. 1916, by Sam Hoodc. 1916JESSIE the elephant disembarking from vehicular ferry on her way to the new Taronga Zoo 19161916Clement Cecil Hunt Wallace, D.C.M, 19181918

1920s33 photos

Henry Bull & Co. Building in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1920c. 1920Grantham Soldiers Settlement Estate - Grantham Stud Poultry Farm, incubator house, 19211921Poultry farming, 19211921Grantham Soldiers' Settlement Estate - Grantham Stud Poultry Farm, settler's cottage, c. 1921c. 1921Child performers, c. 1920s-30s - by Sam Hood1920sTaronga Park Zoo - 19241924Taronga Park Zoo - 19241924Taronga Park Zoo - 19241924Taronga Park Zoo - 19241924Taronga Park Zoo - 19241924Taronga Park Zoo - 19241924Taronga Park Zoo - 19241924Taronga Park Zoo - 19241924Taronga Park Zoo - 19241924Taronga Park Zoo - 19241924Champion Dalmatian dog and bitch, 1920–301920–30Two young horsewomen with their pony, 1920–301920–30Pigs being fed at Scheyville Training Farm, c. 1926c. 1926Learning to milk a cow, c. 1926c. 1926Sheep mustering, c. 1926c. 1926Films Nelson and Rin Tin Tin in Dog of the Regiment, 19271927Two unidentified JCW actresses or singers in fur coats with toy dog and doll on deck of a ship, 1927–301927–30Children drink milk from a cow being milked Dalwood Home, 19291929Children watch a cow being milked Dalwood Home, 19291929Live export sheep in pens on the deck of a ship, c. 1929c. 1929Small boy on his pony, c. 1929c. 1929Small boy on pony, c. 1929c. 1929Ted Hood holds the cow while children watch it milked Dalwood Home, 19291929Twenty four pigs being driven along Day Street Sydney by a truck, c. 1929c. 1929A schoolgirl exhibitor with her dog, c. 1930, by Sam Hood, 1920–391920–39Drinking milk fresh from the cow, Dalwood Home, 1929 - Sam Hood1929Twenty four pigs being driven along Day Street, Sydney, by a truck, ca. 1929 - Sam Hood, c. 1929c. 1929Hood 03805r, 19291929

1930s16 photos

Diggers cooling off from the water limber as they fill the canvas horsetroughs, c. 1932c. 1932Seven Hereford Bulls line up for the judges, c. 1932c. 1932Six Wirths' Circus elephants with their attendants and a Shetland pony crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge for publicity, 3 April 1932 - Sam Hood1932Elephants and a pony at Bridge toll bar, 3 April 1932 - photographed by Sam Hood1932Small girl with toy koala on the sand, Bondi Beach, c.1932 - by Sam Hood, c. 1932c. 1932Sheep shows, sheep and wool industry - by Sam Hood, 19331933A champion Merino ewe, 19341934A champion Polworth ram, 1930s1930sA champion ram, 1930s1930sA dog makes an appealing gesture from a dogcart, 1930s1930sA judge Mr Stonehaven opening the fleece of an ewe, 1930s1930sA pair of Merino ewes, 19341934A Pomeranian, 1930s1930sA woman skier patting one of the Alpine dogs, 1930s1930sAlsatian dog breeders showing off their dogs at Randwick racecourse, c. 1934c. 1934An Australian terrier dog, 1930s1930s

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