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Premiere of It isnt done Embassy Theatre taken for British Empire Films, 1937Premiere of It isnt done Embassy Theatre taken for British Empire Films1937

848 historic photos for Theatre, film and radio, taken between 1840 and 1993, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 15 decades, with the most from the 1930s (450). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1840s1 photo

Meyers Universum Band 07 24, 18401840

1860s2 photos

Lieutenant Adolphus August Frederick FitzGeorge, of H.M.S. Galatea, 1868 - photographer Montagu Scott of Sydney (cropped)1868Lieutenant Adolphus August Frederick FitzGeorge, of H.M.S. Galatea, 1868 - photographer Montagu Scott of Sydney1868

1870s1 photo

George Rignold Henry 5 18771877

1880s7 photos

Queen's Theatre, Sydney, c. 1880c. 1880Gaiety Theatre, Sydney, 18821882Guilia Majeroni, actor, 1884 - Tuttle and Co., San Francisco Portrait Parlors, 84 Elizabeth Street Melbourne1884Miss Gertrude Powys as The Angel in the pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the Theatre Royal, 18861886Miss Gertrude Powys as The Angel in the pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the Theatre Royal, 1886 - photographer J. T. Gorus, Sydney1886Small band playing in street from Sydney, 1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, 18881888Wr Studio Portrait of Henry Searle, 1889, by Tuttle Studio1889

1890s7 photos

Mrs Hare ca. 1874-1908 - Freeman Studio, Sydney, 1874–19081874–1908Charles Danby CDV 18911891Architect Humphreys, father of Dr E.M. Humphreys, surveys the fire damage to the Theatre Royal during Mrs. Bernard Beere's season ?, Sydney, 1892 - photographer Albert James Perier1892Theatre Royal destroyed by fire during Mrs Bernard Beere's season, Sydney, 1892 - photographer Albert James Perier1892Rebuilding Theatre Royal after fire with actress Mrs Bernard Beere and the architect Humphreys, father of Dr E.M. Humphreys, in one of the theatre boxes (theatre re-opened Jan 1893); (i.e. two men in, 18921892Theatre Royal from the stage, refurbished after the fire of 1892 and re-opened Jan 1893, Sydney - photographer Albert James Perier1892Theatre Royal destroyed by fire during Mrs Bernard Beere's season, Sydney, 1892 - photographer Albert James Perier1892

1900s14 photos

Eva Mylott c1900, c. 1900c. 1900Adelina de Lara 19001900Batsons Lane, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Eva Mylott, opera singer and paternal grandmother of Mel Gibson, ca. 1900 - J. Hubert Newman, French panel, 314 George St, late of Oxford St, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Adelina de Lara, concert pianist, Sydney, 1900 - photograph by Talma Studios1900Original Her Majesty's Theatre Sydney, 1884–19171884–1917Cecile Lorraine, American soprano, as Marguerite in Faust (or as Leonora in La Forza del destino), 1901 - photographer Grouzelle Studios1901Maud Grantham as Marguerite in "Faust", Sydney, 1901 - photographer T. Humphrey and Co, 1901–021901–02Her Majesty's Theatre Fire, Sydney, March 1902 - photographer unknown1902Her Majesty's Theatre re-opened after the fire, Sydney, 1903; with Governor Sir Henry Rawson in the top left box - A.J. Perier1903Couples from the Royal Comic Opera Company show "Many Friends", Sydney, early 1900s - Albert J. Perier1900sCastlereagh Street; Tivoli Theatre hall 35186, 1900–111900–11Amy Castles, soprano, as Madama Butterfly, between September 1909-January 1910 - photograph by Talma, Sydney1909Lady Honor and Lady Morvyth Ward reading, Government House, Sydney, by A.J. Perier, 1908-1911, 1908–111908–11

1910s13 photos

Ada Reeve crop, ca. 1910-1913 May Mina Moore, 1910–131910–13Giuseppe Angelini, conductor to the Melba-Williamson Opera Company, Sydney, 25 October 1911 - photograph by Melba Studio1911Francesco Zeni, Italian dramatic tenor, as Lohengrin, Sydney, 1911 - May Moore1911Anafesto Rossi, baritone, as Rigoletto, 1911 - photographer May Moore, Sydney1911Eleonora de Cisneros, American contralto, as Amneris in Aida, Sydney, 1911 - May Moore1911Gaiety Theatre, Sydney 51-7 CU 028, 19131913Picture Theatre Collaroy Beach, 1900–271900–27Arncliffe Band, 1900–271900–27Australia A.M.A. Band, Sydney, 19131913Ada Reeve 19141914Ed E. Ford, comedian, at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, ca. 1914 - photographer unknown, c. 1914c. 1914Mackellar as a "Grace" (1918)1918Ivy Moore in Cindarella at the Grand Opera House, December 1919 (New Tivoli Theatre)1919

1920s15 photos

King's Cross Theatre, Darlinghurst Road, ca. 1920, Hall & Co, c. 1920c. 1920Camdenville Public School - maypole dance, c. 1920c. 1920Dance given on board Renown at Sydney, New South Wales, (1920) Gordon Harrison1920Nellie Melba, 19211921Royal Standard Theatre and McNamara's Bookshop, 19231923Royal Standard Theatre, 19231923Film party in the bush, in a bushfire, ca. 1925 (original envelope marked "Mr Marks", portraits incl. and a C & W cinema camera.) (Possibly the film "Joe", 1924), by Sam Hood - 5938934182, 1924–251924–25Film party in the bush, in a bushfire, ca. 1925 (original envelope marked "Mr Marks", portraits incl. and a C & W cinema camera.) (Possibly the film "Joe", 1924), by Sam Hood - 5938379135, 1924–251924–25Arrival of two actresses, 1920s1920sGirl competitor in costume with a fan, City of Sydney Eisteddfod,1929 - Ted Hood, 1920s1920sParramatta Cinema, c. 1920s, by Sam Hood1920sAmerican women's jazz band "Ingenues" and the "Trackless Train", Sydney, late 1920's - Sam Hood, 1920s1920sAmerican women's jazz band "Ingenues" and the "Trackless Train", Sydney, late 1920's - Sam Hood, 1920s1920sAmerican women's jazz band "Ingenues" and the "Trackless Train", Sydney, late 1920's - Sam Hood, 1920s1920sAmerican women's jazz band "Ingenues", Central Station, Sydney, late 1920's - Sam Hood, 1920s1920s

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