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"Carting the Wool" float in the Sesquicentenary procession, Parramatta — photograph, from Parramatta, circa 1938
photograph·1938·Parramatta

"Carting the Wool" float in the Sesquicentenary procession, Parramatta

Parramatta celebrationsSam Hood
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
Academic procession at the University of Sydney Quadrangle — photograph, from The University of Sydney, circa 1936
photograph·1936·Camperdown

Academic procession at the University of Sydney Quadrangle

Sydney UniversitySam Hood
Academic procession at the University of Sydney, 1936 — photograph, from The University of Sydney, circa 1936
photograph·1936·Camperdown

Academic procession at the University of Sydney, 1936

Sydney UniversitySam Hood
Aerial over a Marrickville industrial pocket: saw-tooth factories and terrace streets — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1935
photograph·1935·Marrickville

Aerial over a Marrickville industrial pocket: saw-tooth factories and terrace streets

Item 11: Milton Kent aerial views of Cabarita, Marrickville, after 1935Milton Kent
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 an Alexandria industrial precinct with pipe yards and terraced housing — photograph, from Alexandria, circa 1930
photograph·1930·Alexandria

Aerial view over an Alexandria industrial precinct with pipe yards and terraced housing

Item 06: Milton Kent aerial views of Alexandria/Erskineville, Beaconsfield, Cockatoo Island, Mascot, Rozelle, 193-Milton Kent
Aerial view over an industrial and residential block, with Norton Bros factory sheds — photograph, circa 1930
photograph·1930

Aerial view over an industrial and residential block, with Norton Bros factory sheds

Item 06: Milton Kent aerial views of Alexandria/Erskineville, Beaconsfield, Cockatoo Island, Mascot, Rozelle, 193-Milton Kent
Aerial view over an industrial and terraced-housing district, after 1935 — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1935
photograph·1935·Marrickville

Aerial view over an industrial and terraced-housing district, after 1935

Item 11: Milton Kent aerial views of Cabarita, Marrickville, after 1935Milton Kent
Aerial view over industrial Camperdown with the Bonds building — photograph, from Camperdown, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Camperdown

Aerial view over industrial Camperdown with the Bonds building

Item 14: Milton Kent aerial views of Camperdown, Goulburn, Leura, Lewisham, Marrickville, Punchbowl, 195-Milton Kent
Aerial view over Lewisham, hospital complex and railway line — photograph, from Lewisham, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Lewisham

Aerial view over Lewisham, hospital complex and railway line

Item 14: Milton Kent aerial views of Camperdown, Goulburn, Leura, Lewisham, Marrickville, Punchbowl, 195-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
Aerial view over Marrickville rooftops and factories — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1935
photograph·1935·Marrickville

Aerial view over Marrickville rooftops and factories

Item 11: Milton Kent aerial views of Cabarita, Marrickville, after 1935Milton Kent
Aerial view over Punchbowl, showing scattered housing and a tidal river beyond — photograph, from Punchbowl, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Punchbowl

Aerial view over Punchbowl, showing scattered housing and a tidal river beyond

Item 14: Milton Kent aerial views of Camperdown, Goulburn, Leura, Lewisham, Marrickville, Punchbowl, 195-Milton Kent
Aerial view over the Erskineville–Alexandria industrial belt, 1930s — photograph, from Erskineville, circa 1930
photograph·1930·Erskineville

Aerial view over the Erskineville–Alexandria industrial belt, 1930s

Item 06: Milton Kent aerial views of Alexandria/Erskineville, Beaconsfield, Cockatoo Island, Mascot, Rozelle, 193-Milton Kent
Aeroplane Jellies float passing Museum Station, 1938 — photograph, from Liverpool Street Cycleway, circa 1938
photograph·1938·Sydney CBD

Aeroplane Jellies float passing Museum Station, 1938

Sesquicentenary Manufacturers' Parade, Sydney, 1938: photographsState Library NSW
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.
Australian Gas Light Company works at Mortlake, aerial view — photograph, from Mortlake, circa 1939
photograph·1939·Mortlake

Australian Gas Light Company works at Mortlake, aerial view

Item 35: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville, Mortlake, Parramatta, ca. 1939Milton Kent
Australian Gas Light Company works on the Mortlake peninsula, from the air — photograph, from Mortlake, circa 1939
photograph·1939·Mortlake

Australian Gas Light Company works on the Mortlake peninsula, from the air

Item 35: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville, Mortlake, Parramatta, ca. 1939Milton Kent
Australian Woollen Mills from the air, Marrickville — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1930
photograph·1930·Marrickville

Australian Woollen Mills from the air, Marrickville

Item 08: Milton Kent aerial views of Five Dock, Marrickville, Rhodes, Sydenham, 193-Milton Kent
B.A.L.M. Paints factory on Cabarita Point — photograph, from Cabarita, circa 1935
photograph·1935·Cabarita

B.A.L.M. Paints factory on Cabarita Point

Item 11: Milton Kent aerial views of Cabarita, Marrickville, after 1935Milton Kent
B.A.L.M. Paints factory on the Parramatta River at Cabarita — photograph, from Cabarita, circa 1935
photograph·1935·Cabarita

B.A.L.M. Paints factory on the Parramatta River at Cabarita

Item 11: Milton Kent aerial views of Cabarita, Marrickville, after 1935Milton Kent
B.A.L.M. paints works on the Cabarita waterfront, Parramatta River — photograph, from Cabarita, circa 1935
photograph·1935·Cabarita

B.A.L.M. paints works on the Cabarita waterfront, Parramatta River

Item 11: Milton Kent aerial views of Cabarita, Marrickville, after 1935Milton Kent
B.A.L.M. paints works on the Parramatta River at Cabarita — photograph, from Cabarita, circa 1935
photograph·1935·Cabarita

B.A.L.M. paints works on the Parramatta River at Cabarita

Item 11: Milton Kent aerial views of Cabarita, Marrickville, after 1935Milton Kent
B.A.L.M. paints works on the Parramatta River at Cabarita, from the air — photograph, from Cabarita, circa 1935
photograph·1935·Cabarita

B.A.L.M. paints works on the Parramatta River at Cabarita, from the air

Item 11: Milton Kent aerial views of Cabarita, Marrickville, after 1935Milton Kent
Baby show entrants on the steps of Marrickville Town Hall — photograph, from Marrickville Town Hall, circa 1934
photograph·1934·Marrickville

Baby show entrants on the steps of Marrickville Town Hall

Group of mothers and babies on steps of Marrickville Town HallHood, Ted, 1911-2000
Baby show gathering on the steps of Marrickville Town Hall — photograph, from Marrickville Town Hall, circa 1934
photograph·1934·Marrickville

Baby show gathering on the steps of Marrickville Town Hall

Group of mothers and babies on steps of Marrickville Town HallHood, Ted, 1911-2000
Bathers at the bathing pool, Avalon Beach — photograph, from Avalon Beach, circa 1925
photograph·1925·Avalon Beach

Bathers at the bathing pool, Avalon Beach

Avalon, PittwaterHazlewood, Rex, 1886-1968
Bathers on the rocks at Coogee Beach, 1936 — photograph, from Coogee Beach, circa 1936
photograph·1936·Coogee

Bathers on the rocks at Coogee Beach, 1936

Coogee surfSam Hood
Bathers running from the surf, Coogee Beach, 1936 — photograph, from Coogee Beach, circa 1936
photograph·1936·Coogee

Bathers running from the surf, Coogee Beach, 1936

Coogee surfSam Hood
Baxter Shoes factory and tannery beside the railway, Goulburn — photograph, from Goulburn, circa 1950
photograph·1950

Baxter Shoes factory and tannery beside the railway, Goulburn

Item 14: Milton Kent aerial views of Camperdown, Goulburn, Leura, Lewisham, Marrickville, Punchbowl, 195-Milton Kent
Boats moored off Balmoral Beach, Mosman — photograph, from Balmoral Beach, circa 1930
photograph·1930·Mosman

Boats moored off Balmoral Beach, Mosman

Balmoral - Sydney, NSWState Library NSW
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
Book sorting inside the library at Parramatta Gaol, 1950 — photograph, from Parramatta Gaol, circa 1950
photograph·1950·North Parramatta

Book sorting inside the library at Parramatta Gaol, 1950

Parramatta GaolState Library NSW
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