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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

Presentation of cheque taken for Grace Bros, 19361936Proclamation of King George VI at Parliament House, 19361936Radio Station 2CH, 19361936Radio Station 2CH, 19361936Radio Station 2CH, 19361936Radio station 2CHs Childrens Christmas party Trocadero, 19361936Randwick races and fashions, 19361936Reception for cricketers, 1936?1936?Record Sydney Transport Ltd truckload of peanuts taken for The Weston Co advertising Eta brand peanut butter, 19361936Regent Theatre usher, 19361936Rev Frederick Hugh Hordern beside the plaque Parish of Cooks River named April 12 1838 after Captain James Cook RN discoverer of Australia 1770 Unveiled on 7th of July 1934 by Captain CJ Pope RAN, 1935–371935–37Richard White School girls in fancy dress, c. 1936c. 1936Rockdale School, 19361936Rockdale School, 19361936Royal Easter Show 19361936Royal Hospital for Women Paddington Christmas 19361936Rural Bank, 19361936Rural Bank, 19361936Rural Bank facade Martin Place, 19361936Safety Week procession, 19361936Safety Week procession, 19361936Salvation Army picnic Clifton Gardens, 19361936SandsCracknell wedding Bridesmaids very pale pink bride magnolia satin pearl coronet and creamy veil bouquet frangipani and pink rosebuds, 19361936Scots Regiment parade for church, 19361936Second test Sydney, 19361936Second test Sydney Australia takes the field, 19361936Ships passengers, c. 1936c. 1936Ships passengers, c. 1936c. 1936Sister between two nurses holding babies, c. 1936c. 1936Six Hour Day procession, 19361936Sliding grille at the entrance to the Rural Banks vault Martin Place, 19361936Snider and Dean Civic Theatre, 19361936Speedway at Showground America vs Australia taken for Empire Speedways Ltd, 19361936Speedway trials at Showground taken for Empire Speedways Ltd, 19361936St Philips Church Church Hill, 19361936Star dinner Pfahlerts Hotel, 19361936Strathnaver arrivals, 19361936Strathnaver arrivals Walter Davies, 19361936String trio woman violinist woman cellist and male pianist, c. 1936c. 1936Sydney Grammar School football team rejected photo, 1936?1936?Sydney University, 19361936Tail Waggers Ball, 19361936Taken for Country Life at Flemington, 19361936Tea party to workmen and families of Admiralty House, c. 1936c. 1936The Ghost at Leichhardt Stadium, 19361936The Kings Theatre Chatswood now showing Silvia Sydney amp Henry Fonda in Trail of the Lone Pine and Movietone News, 19361936The Rural Bank building, 19361936Trolley bus taken for Harrison, 19361936Uncle Scrim Colin Scrimgeour La Perouse, 19361936Veterans Golf Society Kensington, 19361936Waratahs in ice at Fresh Food and Ice Co, 19361936Wattle travel goods window of Coles, 19361936Wedding group of Mr and Mrs Clay, 19361936Westgate wedding, 19361936Men and women fence at Swords Club, 1936 - photogapher Sam Hood1936Radio station 2CH's Children's Christmas party, Trocadero, 22 December 1936 by Sam Hood1936Two men in plus-fours on a tandem, by Sam Hood, 19361936Cyclists camp during a road race, by Sam Hood, 19361936Executives watch women AWA factory workers making radio valves, 1936, by Sam Hood1936Monkey on stilts for National Road Safety Week procession, Martin Place, Sydney, 1936 - Hood1936
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