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2UW radio men with a walkie-talkie at Royal Sydney Golf Club — photograph, from Royal Sydney Golf Club, circa 1946

photograph·1946·Rose Bay

2UW radio men with a walkie-talkie at Royal Sydney Golf Club

Golf, Royal SydneySam Hood

Aerial view of a sawtooth-roofed factory among suburban housing — photograph, circa 1940

photograph·1940

Aerial view of a sawtooth-roofed factory among suburban housing

Item 10: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville and Mascot, 194-Milton Kent

Aerial view over a factory and market gardens, Mascot, 1940s — photograph, from Mascot, circa 1940

photograph·1940·Mascot

Aerial view over a factory and market gardens, Mascot, 1940s

Item 10: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville and Mascot, 194-Milton Kent

Aerial view over market gardens, factories and housing, Mascot — photograph, from Mascot, circa 1940

photograph·1940·Mascot

Aerial view over market gardens, factories and housing, Mascot

Item 10: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville and Mascot, 194-Milton Kent

Anzac Memorial seen across Hyde Park, Sydney — photograph, from Hyde Park, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Anzac Memorial seen across Hyde Park, Sydney

SydneyState Library NSW

Applauding at the North Sydney Music Shell, 1948 — photograph, from St Leonards Park, circa 1948

photograph·1948·North Sydney

Applauding at the North Sydney Music Shell, 1948

North Sydney Music ShellACP Magazines Ltd.

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney — photograph, from Hyde Park, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney

SydneyState Library NSW

Army recruit's first day, Marrickville training depot, 1948 — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Army recruit's first day, Marrickville training depot, 1948

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Army recruits at a store counter, Marrickville — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Army recruits at a store counter, Marrickville

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Army recruits at surveying instruction, Marrickville depot — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Army recruits at surveying instruction, Marrickville depot

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Army recruits at the canteen counter, Marrickville depot — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Army recruits at the canteen counter, Marrickville depot

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Army recruits contest a basketball, Marrickville depot — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Army recruits contest a basketball, Marrickville depot

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Army recruits drilling with field guns, Marrickville depot — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Army recruits drilling with field guns, Marrickville depot

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Army recruits marching past a field gun, Marrickville depot — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Army recruits marching past a field gun, Marrickville depot

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Audience at the North Sydney Music Shell, 1948 — photograph, from St Leonards Park, circa 1948

photograph·1948·North Sydney

Audience at the North Sydney Music Shell, 1948

North Sydney Music ShellACP Magazines Ltd.

Book collector on a stepladder, Marrickville — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Marrickville

Book collector on a stepladder, Marrickville

Book collection at Marrickville / photographed by Ivan IveIve, Ivan, 1905-1972

Book collector reading amid stacks of volumes, Marrickville — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Marrickville

Book collector reading amid stacks of volumes, Marrickville

Book collection at Marrickville / photographed by Ivan IveIve, Ivan, 1905-1972

Book collector reading among stacked volumes, Marrickville — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Marrickville

Book collector reading among stacked volumes, Marrickville

Book collection at Marrickville / photographed by Ivan IveIve, Ivan, 1905-1972

Bottle kilns of a Marrickville pottery works from the air — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1940

photograph·1940·Marrickville

Bottle kilns of a Marrickville pottery works from the air

Item 22: Milton Kent aerial views of Botany, Marrickville, Neutral Bay, Newcastle, between 1935-1945Milton Kent

Browsing the second-hand book tables, Marrickville — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Marrickville

Browsing the second-hand book tables, Marrickville

Book collection at Marrickville / photographed by Ivan IveIve, Ivan, 1905-1972

Citizen Military Forces recruiting billboard, Addison Road, Marrickville — photograph, from Addison Road, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Citizen Military Forces recruiting billboard, Addison Road, Marrickville

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Citizen Military Forces recruiting hoarding, Marrickville, 1948 — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Citizen Military Forces recruiting hoarding, Marrickville, 1948

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Civic Theatre, George Street, Parramatta — photograph, from George Street, circa 1942

photograph·1942·Parramatta

Civic Theatre, George Street, Parramatta

Parramatta Civic: exterior by daySam Hood

Civic Theatre, Parramatta — auditorium and proscenium — photograph, from George Street, circa 1942

photograph·1942·Parramatta

Civic Theatre, Parramatta — auditorium and proscenium

Parramatta Civic: view to stageSam Hood

Colour-patches and puggarees stall, Marrickville Army Depot — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

Colour-patches and puggarees stall, Marrickville Army Depot

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Coogee Beach from the air, 1949 — photograph, from Coogee Beach, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Coogee

Coogee Beach from the air, 1949

Aerial - CoogeeState Library NSW

Coogee surf boat crew at the oars, night training, 1946 — photograph, from Coogee Beach, circa 1946

photograph·1946·Coogee

Coogee surf boat crew at the oars, night training, 1946

Coogee surf boat crew training at night Coogee Beach, 9 March 1946Herfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Coogee surf boat crew battling the swell at night, 1946 — photograph, from Coogee Beach, circa 1946

photograph·1946·Coogee

Coogee surf boat crew battling the swell at night, 1946

Coogee surf boat crew training at night Coogee Beach, 9 March 1946Herfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Coogee surf boat crewman at oar, night training, 1946 — photograph, from Coogee Beach, circa 1946

photograph·1946·Coogee

Coogee surf boat crewman at oar, night training, 1946

Coogee surf boat crew training at night Coogee Beach, 9 March 1946Herfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Crowds at the Prouds corner, King Street, Sydney — photograph, from King Street, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Crowds at the Prouds corner, King Street, Sydney

SydneyState Library NSW

Crowds crossing Pitt Street outside Shirley Shoe Co., Sydney — photograph, from Pitt Street, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Crowds crossing Pitt Street outside Shirley Shoe Co., Sydney

SydneyState Library NSW

Crowds in a Sydney street, peace celebrations, August 1945 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1945

photograph·1945·Sydney CBD

Crowds in a Sydney street, peace celebrations, August 1945

Peace celebrations, SydneySam Hood

Dental Hospital tower on Chalmers Street, trams passing below — photograph, from Sydney Dental Hospital, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Surry Hills

Dental Hospital tower on Chalmers Street, trams passing below

SydneyState Library NSW

Desert Mounted Corps Memorial, Mount Clarence, Albany — photograph, from Desert Mounted Corps Memorial, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Desert Mounted Corps Memorial

Desert Mounted Corps Memorial, Mount Clarence, Albany

File 01: Walkabout magazine : Western Australian photographs [Albany, Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie, Comet Vale, Marble Bar, King Bay, Mt Newman, Yampi Sound-Cockatoo IslandAustralian Geographical Society; Australian National Travel Association; Australian Tourist Commission; Beal, David, 1936-2024; Bean, R.; Ewers, John K. (John Keith), 1904-1978; Western Australian Government Tourist Bureau; Western Australian Newspapers Limited

Dufor factory and surrounding streets from the air — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1940

photograph·1940·Marrickville

Dufor factory and surrounding streets from the air

Item 10: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville and Mascot, 194-Milton Kent

Elizabeth Street and the railway cutting looking north past Mark Foys, Sydney — photograph, from Elizabeth Street, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Surry Hills

Elizabeth Street and the railway cutting looking north past Mark Foys, Sydney

SydneyState Library NSW

Erskineville Public School children in the grounds, 1943 — photograph, from Erskineville Public School, circa 1943

photograph·1943·Erskineville

Erskineville Public School children in the grounds, 1943

Erskineville school children, 20 October 1943 / photographed by Ivan IveIve, Ivan, 1905-1972

Examining books at a Marrickville book collection — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Marrickville

Examining books at a Marrickville book collection

Book collection at Marrickville / photographed by Ivan IveIve, Ivan, 1905-1972

Face to face with a caged canary, Marrickville — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Marrickville

Face to face with a caged canary, Marrickville

Book collection at Marrickville / photographed by Ivan IveIve, Ivan, 1905-1972

Factories and housing from the air, Sydney, 1940s — photograph, circa 1940

photograph·1940

Factories and housing from the air, Sydney, 1940s

Item 10: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville and Mascot, 194-Milton Kent

Factory complex among terraced streets, Marrickville — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1940

photograph·1940·Marrickville

Factory complex among terraced streets, Marrickville

Item 10: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville and Mascot, 194-Milton Kent

Factory complex among terraced streets, seen from the air — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1940

photograph·1940·Marrickville

Factory complex among terraced streets, seen from the air

Item 10: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville and Mascot, 194-Milton Kent

Factory precinct and market gardens from the air, Mascot district — photograph, from Mascot, circa 1940

photograph·1940·Mascot

Factory precinct and market gardens from the air, Mascot district

Item 10: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville and Mascot, 194-Milton Kent

Family outside a bay-windowed home, North Sydney, 1940 — photograph, from North Sydney, circa 1940

photograph·1940·North Sydney

Family outside a bay-windowed home, North Sydney, 1940

Home at North Sydney (taken for Sydney Morning Herald)Hood, Sam, 1872-1953

Family with a wicker pram at night, North Sydney Music Shell, 1948 — photograph, from North Sydney, circa 1948

photograph·1948·North Sydney

Family with a wicker pram at night, North Sydney Music Shell, 1948

North Sydney Music ShellACP Magazines Ltd.

Family with a wicker pram at night, North Sydney, 1948 — photograph, from St Leonards Park, circa 1948

photograph·1948·North Sydney

Family with a wicker pram at night, North Sydney, 1948

North Sydney Music ShellACP Magazines Ltd.

First-day army recruits around jeeps and a motorcycle, Marrickville depot — photograph, from Addison Road, circa 1948

photograph·1948·Marrickville

First-day army recruits around jeeps and a motorcycle, Marrickville depot

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969

Footpath crowds and street stalls, Martin Place, Sydney — photograph, from Martin Place, circa 1949

photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Footpath crowds and street stalls, Martin Place, Sydney

SydneyState Library NSW