Old Sydney

1940s60 photos

While Parents Sleep, 19431943Anzac Day Domain 2GB Uncle Frank, 19431943Ballet for Anzac House, c. 1943c. 1943Ballet girls taken for Rod Gurr, c. 1943c. 1943Marsh Pty Ltd 2SM session, 19431943Picture Theatres Prices Commission Jack Power, 19431943Roy Jones Mexican Band, 19431943Salvation Army band at Conference Town Hall, 19431943Stage settings, 19431943Tiny Douglas and stage band State Theatre, 19431943Two portraits of Mr Teddy Russell Union Theatres, 19431943War loans displays Lyric Capitol Victory theatres, 19431943War loans displays, State Theatre, 20-10-1943, by Sam Hood1943"While Parents Sleep", 20 October 1943 - Sam Hood1943Marjorie Lawrence, c. 1944c. 1944Cuckoo Court radio station 2SM, 19441944The Squall Theatre Royal photo call, 194419442UW mast, 194419442UW mast, 194419442UW stage, 19441944An actress lighting an actors cigarette scene from These Children BritishAustralian production, 19441944AWA Radiola radio window display, 19441944AWA Radiolians Mr Flemming, 19441944Crowd of dancers on a dance floor, 19441944Folk lore dancing Government House grounds, 19441944Greater Union Theatres dinner at Ushers, 19441944Methodist Church rally at the Lyceum Theatre YMCA Centenary, 19441944Movie display advertising the film with Sonja Henie in Wintertime at conference of theatre managers taken for Laurie, 19441944Mr Cecil Scott Mr Reg Courtney radio station 2UW, 19441944Mr Lipmann radio dinner at Ushers, 19441944Part of the annexe leading to the auditorium 2UWs new radio theatre State Office Block, 19441944Stage group for Lilac Time, 19441944Sydney skyline looking south from Pitt King Streets showing 2UWs radio mast on State Shopping Block, 19441944The 2UW radio station library of records plays and scripts, 19441944The entrance foyer 2UWs new radio theatre State Office Block, 19441944The producers viewing box where he sat with advertising agents and sponsors watching audience 2UWs new radio theatre State Office Block, 19441944Three male actors scene from These Children BritishAustralian production, 19441944Two actors holding the arm of an actress scene from These Children BritishAustralian production, 19441944Two actresses each holding a small kitten scene from These Children BritishAustralian production, 19441944Unidentified image from group described in Hood register as Associated Press negatives some Union Theatres Capitol military Newspaper News, 19441944Wally Sullys still film titles for Australian films, 1940s1940sWestern Suburbs Cinemas theatre managers, 19441944Western Suburbs Theatres dinner at California for Laurie Thomas, 19441944"The Squall", Theatre Royal (photo call), Sydney, 1944 - photographer Sam Hood1944Capitol Theatre, 17 November 1944, by Sam Hood1944Class 1A percussion band, c. 1940s, by Sam Hood1940s"Let's face it for Australia", c. 1940s - by Sam Hood1940s"The Squall", Theatre Royal (photo call), Sydney, 1944 - photographer Sam Hood1944Patricia Delaney ABC Announcer 194419442SM broadcast from British Centre, 194519452SMs first broadcast from British Centre, 194519452UW luncheon to Mr Marder State Ballroom, 194519452UW theatre broadcast and Union Theatres prizes, 19451945Broadway Theatres Donald Duck Club taken for Acme Theatres, 19451945Capitol Theatre, 19451945Capitol Theatre, 19451945Capitol Theatre, 19451945Capitol Theatre, 19451945Capitol Theatre, 19451945Capitol Theatre advertising on a cart for Joe E Browns Shut my big mouth, 19451945

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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.