Old Sydney

1930s4 photos

Women in swimsuits dance at McRae Knitting Mills Ball at Wentworth Hotel, 19371937Men's and women's fashion, Sydney Cup, Randwick, 1937, March 1937 - Sam Hood1937Snows window display of womens wear Spring fashions for women hats, 19381938Penfolds Wines display in an old fashioned saloon, 19391939

1940s15 photos

Fashion parade Town Hall, 1925–571925–57Top Dog factory for mens hats showing female workers machining the braid, 19411941V for victory Garrys Gowns window display, 19411941VIPs in top hats and frock coats waiting to meet the Duke, 1925–571925–57Womens formal gowns, 19411941Womens formal gowns, 19411941Australian fashion outside Minerva French Perfumery, Kings Cross, Sydney, July 19411941Street fashion, Sydney 19451945Mothers and childrens winter fashions, 19471947Womens evening gowns, 19471947Womens winter fashions, 19471947Womens winter fashions, 19471947Womens winter fashions, 19471947Backstage, Mark Foys fashion parade, Sydney, ca. 1947 - negative for PIX magazine, c. 1947c. 1947City Fashions, 19491949

1950s4 photos

Carmen Dell'Orifice, David Jones' American Fashion Parade, Sydney, 1950 - photographer Geoffrey Lee1950Model in New Look fashion on steps of the Public Library of New South Wales, 1950 - silver gelatin photoprint by Rob Hillier1950Carmen Dell'Orifice, David Jones' American Fashion Parade, Sydney, 1950 - photographer Geoffrey Lee1950American model, Barbara Phillips (left), and Marisa Martelli at the fashion parade in M.V. Sydney, 19531953

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83 historic photos for Fashion, taken between 1865 and 1953, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 8 decades, with the most from the 1930s (48). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.