Old Sydney

1940s16 photos

White Trucks, 19471947White Trucks (cropped), 19471947Buses at Hornsby, c. 1948c. 1948Buses at Hornsby, c. 1948c. 1948Dunlop Rubber Co building, 19481948Ford bus taken for Russell Pearson Motors, 19481948International bus taken for Russell Pearson Motors, 19481948Walsh Bay, 1949, c. 1949c. 1949Crowd watching Dunlop Rubber table tennis championship with Mr A Goode foreground Stadium, 19491949Dunlop Perdriau Semtex tiles Odeon at Rockdale, 19491949Dunlop Rubber table tennis championship Stadium, 19491949Dunlop tennis factory Beverly Hills, 19491949Leyland Motors Australian Girls, 19491949Rubber tyres taken for Dunlop Rubber, 19491949Solid tyres Metters lorry, 19491949Women tennis players at Dunlop factory, 19491949

1950s28 photos

Aeroflex tyres, 19501950Aeroflex tyres, 19501950Charlestown bus smash, 19501950Macintosh Tyres factory Abercrombie Street, 19501950Reo bus, 19501950Reo bus, 19501950Truck, 19501950Truck, 195019501151 Botany Rd Mascot taken for LJ Hooker Ltd colour, 195119511151 Botany Rd Mascot taken for LJ Hooker Ltd, 19511951Maree Austin, US star John Hubbard and cast of "Mary had a little" celebrate a birthday, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, 1951 - Harry Jay1951Century Motors 19531953Triumph Mayflower Coupe 19531953CadburyFryPascall motor truck, 19531953Chevrolet truck, 19531953Ford truck, 19531953Ford truck, 19531953Ford truck, 19531953Ford truck, 19531953Waratah Railway Station during bus strike, 19531953Maree Austin washes up during the run of "White sheep of the family", 19531953Ford Prefect car Sydney, 1954 slnsw1954Cleaning street lamps by Nesca Bar Beach adjustable platform on truck, 19541954Bus strike intersection of Hunter and Pacific Streets, 19551955Cars parked at BHP during bus strike, 19551955Pile up of coal trucks owing to wharf strike, 19561956Auxiliary motor yacht Hiahd, 19571957No.15 Trolley bus at the corner of the Princes Highway and Bay St, Rockdale (NSW), 19591959

1960s9 photos

1961 RANDWICK 571961Buses replace trams, c.1962, c. 1962c. 1962Traffic congestion, c. 1962c. 19621966 Ford Mustang Shelby GT35019661966 Ford Mustang Convertible196668-05 Coal & Candle Creek; John, Wendy, Chris, Robin 3 edited, 196819681968 Dodge Charger19681968 Dodge Charger19681969 Dodge Charger General Lee1969

1970s6 photos

1970 Dodge Challenger Convertible19701970 Dodge Challenger R-T19701971 Dodge Dart1971Vernon Street, Bondi, c. 1974c. 19741978 Ford Escort (Mark II) Ghia 2.0 4-door sedan19781979 Holden VB Commodore sedan 011979

1980s1 photo

Amaroo Park Pits, 19801980

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552 historic photos for Motor cars and trucks, taken between 1879 and 1999, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 13 decades, with the most from the 1930s (220). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.