Old Sydney

1920s25 photos

Fort Street schoolchildren being shown a lathe at the Australian Manufacturers Exhibition, 19271927The Duchess walking with chief of the Girl Guides, 19271927Fort Street schoolboys riding on a model steam train, Sydney, 1927 - Sam Hood1927Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 - Sam Hood19271st Petersham scout cub farewells Miss CharlesFairfax leaving for London on the Narkunda 8 February 19281928Boy and girl, 1927–321927–32Boy Scouts March along College Street, c. 1929c. 1929Children drink milk from a cow being milked Dalwood Home, 19291929Children watch a cow being milked Dalwood Home, 19291929Children with socialite donors and Girl Guides, 1928–311928–31Girl riders horse rears up, c. 1929c. 1929Girl with two cats and a kitten, c. 1929c. 1929Mother and baby in group with nurses unidentified doctor and VIP, 1928–311928–31Nurse baby and VIP Looks like politician Brig Gen Sir Bertie Lloyd Ted Hood, 1928–301928–30Nursing staff and children, 1928–311928–31Schoolboy 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. 1929Ted Hood holds the cow while children watch it milked Dalwood Home, 19291929Five schoolgirl hockey players enjoy a glass of lemonade, Sydney University, 192- - photographer Sam hood, 19291929A schoolgirl exhibitor with her dog, c. 1930, by Sam Hood, 1920–391920–39Brooklyn Public School - Empire Day, c. 1929c. 1929

1930s35 photos

FortStreet19301930A Junior Red Cross girl lays a wreath on the Cenotaph, 25 Apr 1930, by Sam Hood1930Unidentified schoolboys washingup picnic plates etc, c. 1930c. 1930The Australian Museum, Sydney, c. 1930c. 1930Burwood Girls High School (Burwood Central Domestic Science School) - cooking class, c. 1930c. 1930Burwood Girls High School (Burwood Domestic Science School) - cleaning bathroom 19301930Schoolboy fans eat cake, c. 1930, by Sam Hoodc. 1930School tunnel ball, Sydney University, ca.1930, by Sam Hood, c. 1930c. 1930Trinity1930, c. 1930c. 1930Shoreview19311931KingsPupils1931, c. 1931c. 1931A long shot of the St Patricks College seminary, c. 1931c. 1931Visitors watch girl operating filament winding machine, c. 1931c. 1931Stgregscollege19321932Fort Street Girls High School, 19321932St James' Grammar School (Hall), 1903–611903–61A baby girl on the sand Bondi Beach, c. 1932c. 1932Four young children paddling fully clothed, 19321932Junior Red Cross girls passing the official dais, 19321932Soldier holding up a girl in fancy dress costume as Australia, c. 1932c. 1932Young girl on her horse Liverpool Show, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Grammar School's eight-oar-crew, Putney, Sydney, ca. 1932 - photographer Sam Hood, c. 1932c. 1932Small girl with toy koala on the sand, Bondi Beach, c.1932 - by Sam Hood, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Boys' High School Team, ca. 1925-1940 - photographer Sam Hood, 1925–401925–40Canterbury Public School - concert, c. 1932c. 1932Kogarah Public School - Class 1C - 19321932The "hat-box" Girls, Sydney Town Hall, 19321932Nancy Bird in Gipsy Moth at Kingsford Smith Flying School, 19331933Erskineville Bootmaking School, March 19331933Far West Childrens Home Manly, 1933–341933–34Group of young children, 1933–341933–34Pupils at Doone Ladies Finishing School at Edgecliff, 19331933Two Capitol Theatre ballet girls in the water, 19331933Two Capitol Theatre chorus girls in swimsuits one combing the others hair after a swim, 19331933Nancy Bird in Gipsy Moth at Kingsford Smith Flying School, 1933a1933

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702 historic photos for Schools and children, taken between 1825 and 1986, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 14 decades, with the most from the 1930s (337). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.