Old Sydney

1940s46 photos

Wedding Mick Lloyd 19451945The Brides Train 1945, c. 1945c. 19452UW luncheon to Mr Marder State Ballroom, 19451945Auditorium Grace Bros Staff Ball, 19451945Dinner to Syd Miller Ushers Hotel taken for Smiths Weekly, 19451945Dr Edwards at dinner, 19451945Group of delegates sitting down to dinner, 19451945Joan of Arc mass and victory dinner, 19451945Reception to Captain Kerr taken for British Empire Films, 19451945Ushers Hotel luncheon to Mr Webb taken for British Empire Films, 19451945Greek christening party, Bondi Beach, Sydney, September 19461946Auditorium party, 19461946Auditorium party, 19461946BennettMartin wedding Bellevue HillVaucluse, 19461946Grace Bros Christmas party, 19461946Philips Lamps staff ball Grace Auditorium, 19461946Press reception at Carlton Hotel, 19461946Rural Bank welcome home party, 19461946Wedding Miss Martin of Bellevue HillVaucluse to Mr Martin, 19461946Muriel McGlynn and William Richardson on their wedding day, 1946194621 Club Dinner Ushers Hotel, 1947194721 Club Dinner Ushers Hotel, 1947194721 Club Dinner Ushers Hotel, 1947194721 Club Dinner Ushers Hotel, 19471947Acme Kings Union Theatres dinner at Ushers, 19471947Cocktail party at Ushers, 19471947Cocktail party Savarin Cafe taken for Duval Advertising, 19471947Cocktail party Savarin Cafe taken for Duval Advertising, 19471947Federated Ironworkers dinner, 19471947Federated Ironworkers dinner, 19471947Federated Ironworkers dinner, 19471947Maccabean Hall bar mitzvah dinner, 19471947Rural Bank dinner to Young Farmers at Carlton Hotel, 19471947Rural Bank party, 19471947Rural Bank party, 19471947Men's formal dinner, Hotel Australia, Sydney, between 1945-1950 - photographer Sam Hood, 1945–501945–50Brides session, 19481948Leather workers dinner at Sargents, 19481948Liberal Youth Club ball Grace Auditorium, 19481948Trocadero dinner to Mr Ralph Doyle, 19481948Welsh dinner Cymmrodorion, 19481948Welsh dinner Cymmrodorion, 19481948Westmead Boys Home Christmas party, 19481948Westmead Boys Home Christmas party, 11-12-1948, by Sam Hood1948First Commercial Flight into Sydney 25th Anniversary Dinner, 19491949Associated Bread Manufacturing Conference picnic luncheon at Middle Harbour, 19491949

1950s9 photos

Men's formal dinner, Hotel Australia, Sydney, between 1945-1950 - photographer Sam Hood195078th birthday party to Mrs Chambers at Cahills taken for Mrs Phillips, 19521952Csergo wedding, Sydney, February 1952 - Sam Hood1952SLNSW - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, greeted by the Premier of New South Wales Cahill and Mrs Cahill on arrival at David Jones Elizabeth Street Store, Sydney, for the State Dinner (4 February 1954)1954Civic reception for Governor General Sir William Lady Slim with Mayor Ald F Purdue Mrs Purdue and Town Clerk W Burges Mrs Burges, 19541954Captain D McRae one time Newcastle Harbour Master for seven years who retired as Sydney Harbourmaster in June at farewell party at Newcastle State Dockyard with Lord Mayor Ald McDougall, 19561956Civic reception to Professor Arnold Toynbee British historian and Mrs Toynbee centre with Lord Mayor Ald McDougall left and Prof Auchmuty, 19561956Reception to Doctor Brown, 19561956Madame le Patourel Legacy luncheon, 19571957

1960s1 photo

Royal visit 1963 - Garden Party at Government House, Sydney NSW, c. 1963c. 1963

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356 historic photos for Weddings, balls and parties, taken between 1872 and 1963, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 10 decades, with the most from the 1930s (226). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.