Old Sydney

1930s60 photos

Industrial procession, 19381938Industrial procession, 19381938Industrial procession, 19381938Industrial procession, 19381938Inspection of works by Sir Ernest Fisk, 19381938Installing equipment Lever factory, 19381938Interior of Slazengers factory showing workers making sporting goods, 19381938Interior of the secretarys office NSW Leagues Club for Building Publishing Co, 19381938Long shot exterior of the Pabco factory showing surrounding district for Building Publishing Co, 19381938Machine, 19381938Managers office MLC Building for Building Publishing Co, 19381938Poster advertisement for Following Fathers footsteps sponsored by McWilliams Wines taken for radio station 2UW, 19381938Ray Neon Ltd air conditioning machine, 19381938Ray Steele drawing lottery taken for Stadiums Ltd, 19381938Seven winches with their blocks Alfred Snashall Ltd machinery at Humbley Co, 19381938Snashalls Ltd Lewis Kelly works, 19381938Steelwork girders being erected for new building, 19381938The directors office for Building Publishing Co, 19381938Unloading McWilliams wines at Pyrmont, 19381938Wrestler Ray Steele and cartoon character Popeye at the Tivoli taken for Stadiums Ltd, 19381938Patent golf machine (taken for Conimatti), 2 April 1938, by Sam Hood1938Post Office communications (float), from Sesquicentenary Manufacturers' Parade, Sydney, 19381938Ray Steele and Popeye at the Tivoli, Sydney, 22 June 1938 - Sam Hood1938Industrial procession, 1938 - Sam Hood1938Forestry Industry float- “Australia's March to Nationhood” Australian 150th Anniversary Celebration, 19381938Timber Industry float- “Australia's March to Nationhood” Australian 150th Anniversary Celebration, 19381938Merino Sheep Wool Industry float- “Australia's March to Nationhood” Australian 150th Anniversary, 19381938Patent golf machine (taken for Conimatti), 2 April 1938, by Sam Hood1938Wirths circus float in Industrial procession, 1938 photog Sam Hood1938Fox Movietone offices, 19381938Movietone news field staff Sydney, 19381938Lever Brothers Balmain - Feb 19391939Dishwashing machine at Sargents in Elizabeth Street for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Grace Bros Staff Ball at Trocadero, 19391939Lever Bros Ltd works, 19391939Lever Bros Balmain Works, 19391939Office desk and armchairs in an officials panelled office Ashfield Town Hall from Grace Bros, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in a semicircular bar, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in a wine bar, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in a wine saloon, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in an old fashioned saloon, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in Fred Dineens Kings Cross wine saloon, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in interior of saloon, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in saloon, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows in the Mosman Wine Depot window, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows next to Scotts Fish Oyster Cafe, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows of Norman W Beardmores saloon, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows of the Bodega Wine Depot, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows of the Newtown Wine Bodega next door to Lanes, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows of wine saloon, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in shop windows of wine saloon, 19391939Penfolds Wines display in wine bar window second shop from Paddington Post Office, 19391939Penfolds Wines at Petersham or Balmain, 19391939Penfolds Wines at Rooty Hill or Mount Druitt, 19391939Penfolds Wines sign on Imperial Hotel Rooty Hill, 19391939Staff School group at Victoria Barracks, 19391939Staff School Commanding officer, 19391939Swivel chair desk and two office chairs Grace Bros display, 19391939Visit by Mrs May to Girls Instition and Elizabeth farm Parramatta, 19391939

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642 historic photos for Work and industry, taken between 1802 and 1989, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 15 decades, with the most from the 1930s (240). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.