Old Sydney

1920s31 photos

Restoration work on Dalwood, 1928–311928–31Riley Brooklands car ca 1929 model taken for Telegraph classified ads1929Schoolboy golfer at Moore Park, c. 1929c. 1929Schoolgirl hockey goalie adjusting her shin pads, 19291929Schoolgirl hockey player, 19291929Schoolgirl hockey Sydney University, 19291929Small boy on his pony, c. 1929c. 1929Small boy on pony, c. 1929c. 1929St Kilda Surf Life Saving Team in a rare visit to a Sydney carnival Manly, 19291929State Theatre Ballet and Orchestra King Neptune set, 19291929Surf boat race battling the waves Manly, 19291929Surf life saving R and R team at a carnival Manly, 19291929Ted Hood holds the cow while children watch it milked Dalwood Home, 19291929Tennis at White City, c. 1929c. 1929Twenty four pigs being driven along Day Street Sydney by a truck, c. 1929c. 1929Two women and a man in evening dress at the Movie Ball Palais Royal, c. 1929c. 1929Vigoro players in action at the wicket, c. 1929c. 1929Women barracking, c. 1929c. 1929Country Rugby League team outside Rugby League headquarters, c. 1929, by Sam Hoodc. 1929Five schoolgirl hockey players enjoy a glass of lemonade, Sydney University, 192- - photographer Sam hood, 19291929Wurlitzer trucks, State Theatre, ca.1929, by Sam Hood, c. 1929c. 1929A schoolgirl exhibitor with her dog, c. 1930, by Sam Hood, 1920–391920–39The Syd Roy Lyricals dance band, Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, 1929 - Sam Hood1929Beryl Evetts and the Syd Roy Lyricals Dance Band at Mrs. McLurcan's Wentworth Hotel, February 1929, by Sam Hood1929Enmore Theatre, c. 1920s, by Sam Hood, c. 1929c. 1929Drinking milk fresh from the cow, Dalwood Home, 1929 - Sam Hood1929Sailor of HMAS "Australia" fondles woman's string of pearls, c. 1929 - by Sam Hoodc. 1929"Dracula", Palace Theatre, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1929 - by Sam Hood1929Twenty four pigs being driven along Day Street, Sydney, by a truck, ca. 1929 - Sam Hood, c. 1929c. 1929St 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

1930s29 photos

Sydney ferries KUTTABUL KALANG KOOMPARTOO, 1929–311929–31Brigade firefighters and Coad's terrazzo factory fire, St. Peters, by Sam Hood, c. 1930c. 1930Hyde Park without the fountain, c. 1930c. 1930Garden Island aerial 1930, c. 1930c. 1930AWA valve display, 19301930Anzac Day in the Domain, Sydney, 25 April ca. 1930 Sam Hood, c. 1930c. 1930Anzac Day in the Domain, Sydney, 25 April 1930 Sam Hood1930Wreaths on the Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, Anzac Day, 25 April 1930 photographer Sam Hood1930A Junior Red Cross girl lays a wreath on the Cenotaph, 25 Apr 1930, by Sam Hood193038 Reid 39 Reid polling station, c. 1930c. 1930Vote Rosevear MHR Dunn Mooney and Rae for Senate, c. 1930c. 1930RAN contingent Anzac Day March Martin Place, c. 1930c. 1930A general and an academic with the commander of the guardofhonour at Sydney University, 19301930A motor cruiser in a sea of foam, c. 1930c. 1930A Reid in action, c. 1930c. 1930Anzac Day, 19301930Athlete jumping Sydney Cricket Ground, c. 1930c. 1930Battalion Colour Party, 19301930Betty Wylie in action in long dress, c. 1930c. 1930Cardinal and priests, c. 1930c. 1930Cars carrying the disabled soldiers, 19301930Clearing site for Harbour Bridge workshops Dorman Long Co where the English steel plates were cut drilled and assembled Later site of Luna Park, c. 1930c. 1930Colonel Sommerville leads WWI veterans past the Cenotaph, 19301930Crowd, c. 1930c. 1930Crowds outside the store, c. 1930c. 1930Dunlop wagon for testing truck tyres, 1930–311930–31East side of Circular Quay showing wool stores and warehouses, c. 1930c. 1930English ace Fred Perry in action centre court White City, c. 1930c. 1930Family in the rain Circular Quay, c. 1930c. 1930

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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.