Old Sydney

1920s13 photos

Nurse baby and VIP Looks like politician Brig Gen Sir Bertie Lloyd Ted Hood, 1928–301928–30Schoolboy golfer at Moore Park, c. 1929c. 1929Small boy on his pony, c. 1929c. 1929St Kilda Surf Life Saving Team in a rare visit to a Sydney carnival Manly, 19291929Surf life saving R and R team at a carnival Manly, 19291929Country Rugby League team outside Rugby League headquarters, c. 1929, by Sam Hoodc. 1929A schoolgirl exhibitor with her dog, c. 1930, by Sam Hood, 1920–391920–39Beryl Evetts and the Syd Roy Lyricals Dance Band at Mrs. McLurcan's Wentworth Hotel, February 1929, by Sam Hood1929Florence Austral, dramatic soprano, 1929 - unknown photographer1929Man busking with a one-string fiddle made from a kerosene tin, Sydney, 19291929Henrietta Delboise proprietress of Cafe Rivoli at 154 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 19291929St Kilda Surf Life Saving Team in a rare visit to a Sydney carnival Manly (cropped), 19291929Surf life saving R and R team at a carnival Manly (cropped), 19291929

1930s47 photos

Sir William Wallace Hotel Balmain c1930, c. 1930c. 1930Marion Mahony Griffin in 1930 (cropped)1930Dr Bradfield and Party, 19301930A Reid in action, c. 1930c. 1930Betty Wylie in action in long dress, c. 1930c. 1930Group of men and women tennis players with shield White City, c. 1930c. 1930JR Feltham, 19301930Man holds a model monoplane and a trophy with a biplane, c. 1930c. 1930Miss Moy and Miss Douglas, c. 1930c. 1930Miss R Wilson and opponent at the net wearing hats, c. 1930c. 1930Portrait of Mr Douglas Glass a director of Bebarfalds, c. 1930c. 1930Portrait of Rice Johnson Rugby League Coach, c. 1930c. 1930The Capitols Wurlitzer organist and organ Fred Scholl with Mrs Leone Henkel and a guitarist, 1928–321928–32'Commerce' RAHS-Osborne Collection, 19301930Group including dance band members on board the SS Mariposa in Sydney Harbour, 19301930(Sir Tom Henley's?) funeral procession in Lyons Road Drummoyne, 19301930(Sir Thomas Henley's?) funeral procession in Lyons Road Drummoyne, 19301930Unidentified women sitting on stool in garden with black cat, 1930s, Sam Hood, c. 1930c. 1930Australian Party office, 19301930Marion Mahony Griffin in 19301930Mrs Marsall's picnic party at Randwick, c.1930, by Sam Hood, c. 1930c. 1930Walter Burley Griffin in 19301930Arthur Edward Moore and Sir Hal Colebatch, 19301930Mrs J.J.C. Bradfield, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19311931Mrs. and Dr. J.J.C. Bradfield, 19311931Mr Ralph Freeman, Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1931c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - Sir William Cullen, Miss Cullen, Dr. Bradfield, c. 1931c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - tree planting ceremony, 19311931CH Fawcett Australian Open pro amateur, 19311931Group of 11 golfers Harry Hattersley 2nd from left, 19311931Man wearing Stetson hat talking on candlestick telephone, c. 1931c. 1931Jocelyn Howarth and Nancy Bird, ca. 1930-33 - by unknown photographer, 1930–331930–33Captain William Chalmers (of HMAS Australia) and Sydney socialite Miss Rosemary Shepherd at a naval cricket match, Lyne Park, Rose Bay, January 193-, by Sam Hood, 19311931Charles Hardy 1931-031931Joyce Allan sketching a shark at the Australian Museum, Sydney, 26 August 1931, 11931Joyce Allan examining a specimen under a microscope at the Australian Museum, Sydney, 26 August 19311931Photographic portrait of Roland Kitson, vice-chairman of Dorman Long, in Sydney for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, taken by Monte Luke, published in The Home (2 May 1932)1932Ella Shields 1930-33, c. 1932c. 1932Photographic compilation group portrait of the Ministry of New South Wales under Premier Jack Lang, published in the Sydney Harbour Bridge opening programme, 19 March 19321932Sir Philip Game and Mr.J.T. Lang, c. 1932c. 1932Bradman&Bat, 19321932Mourning Sam Hood, 1915–501915–50A baby girl on the sand Bondi Beach, c. 1932c. 1932A batsman at practice, c. 1932c. 1932A group of Colonial pioneer women and early goldminers Tyrolean choir and recorder band, c. 1932c. 1932A group of nine RAAF Citizen Air Force ground staff with their Sergeant in preWW II uniform tunics buttoned to the neck peakedcap navy blue breeches and black leggings, c. 1932c. 1932Don Bradman at the wicket practice, 19321932

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1,825 historic photos for Portraits and groups, taken between 1836 and 1998, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 17 decades, with the most from the 1930s (791). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.