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Sam Hood's Sydney

6,370 photos1857–1987

6,370 historic photos for Sam Hood's Sydney, taken between 1857 and 1987, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 9 decades, with the most from the 1930s (3938). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1850s 1 1870s 2 1900s 2 1910s 26 1920s 300 1930s 3938 1940s 1545 1950s 555 1980s 1

1930s60 photos

The Burgomaster, 19351935The Fat Lady Royal Easter Show 19351935The Governor Lady HoreRuthven and Joan Hammond, 1935–361935–36The great racehorse Peter Pan, 19351935Theatrical cricket match, 19351935Theatrical cricket match, 19351935Theatrical cricket match, 19351935Theatrical cricket match, 19351935Three boys watch the repair of the railway line at Glebe Road bridge, 19351935Three young men swimmers, 19351935Tram smash in King Street, 19351935Tram Tennis final, 19351935Tramway swimming at Coogee Aquarium, 19351935Truth Ball, 19351935Tugowar Australian Paper Mills picnic at Clifton Gardens, 19351935Turbine, 19351935Two children photographed with wrestler Lurich on the same day run up the sand Bondi Beach, 19351935Two Highland pipers talking together at the Highland Societys Caledonian Games, 19351935Two Highlanders clink their glasses of beer at the Highland Societys Caledonian Games, 19351935Two men in grounds, c. 1935c. 1935Two of the champ Australian Paper Mills Picnic Clifton Gardenss, 19351935Two prize bulls Liverpool Show, 19351935Herbert Hawkins standing with Frank Chaffey outside Government House, Sydney, 11 February 19351935Two women, c. 1935c. 1935Unidentified JCW actress arrives by ship, c. 1935c. 1935University Commemoration Day, 19351935University Commemoration Day, 19351935University Commemoration Day, 19351935University Commemoration Day, 19351935University Commemoration Day, 19351935V Harding Lawn Tennis Country Carnival Rushcutters Bay January 19351935Vaucluse Regatta 18footers on Sydney Harbour, 19351935Vaucluse Regatta 18footers racing on Sydney Harbour, 19351935Veterans march past the Cenotaph with hats over heart, c. 1935c. 1935View of charred interior Pacific Manufacturing Co fire, 19351935WPlummer wins the 16 lb shotput 45 feet 5 34 inches, 19351935Wattle Day, 19351935Wattle Day, 19351935Wedding Ruth, c. 1935c. 1935Wedding Ruth, c. 1935c. 1935Wedding Ruth, c. 1935c. 1935Wee Deu, 19351935Witnesses at Cost of Living Enquiry, 19351935Witnesses at the Cost of Living Enquiry, 19351935Woman in full skirted dressage on horseback at Liverpool Show, 19351935Womans gloves and handbag, c. 1935c. 1935Womens golf, 1935–361935–36Womens shoes, c. 1935c. 1935Workmen chipping away concrete to free the vehicle, 19351935Wreaths cover the Cenotaph, c. 1935c. 1935Young boy on a pony, c. 1935c. 1935Young men diving into the Harbour at central wharf Millers Point, 19351935Young men diving into the Harbour at the central wharf Millers Point, 19351935Zane Grey Lillian Pertka party at Koala Park, 19351935Musical stars Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard's wedding, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 16 September 19351935Davis Cup match, White City, Rushcutters Bay, ca. 1935, Sam Hood, c. 1935c. 1935Visiting Indian Chief High Eagle talks with Johnny Schneider (aged about 3 or 4 and dressed in cowboy outfit), White City, Sydney, 11 Jan 1935 - photographer Sam Hood1935Kangaroos (Australia's national Rugby League team) on the deck of a ship in full team uniform, ca. 1935 - Sam Hood, c. 1935c. 1935Surfoplane riding at a Sydney beach, 193- - Sam Hood, 19351935Boy in pedal car with baby in 'rumble seat', Sydney, ca. 1935 - photographer Sam Hood, c. 1935c. 1935
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