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Weatherboard cottage on a sloping street, Surry Hills or Redfern — photograph, c. 1930s
photograph·1930

Weatherboard cottage on a sloping street, Surry Hills or Redfern, c. 1930s

Slum houses of Surry Hills and RedfernTed Hood
Weatherboard cottages in the plague quarantine area, The Rocks — photograph, from The Rocks, 1900
photograph·1900·The Rocks

Weatherboard cottages in the plague quarantine area, The Rocks, 1900

Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. V / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A., N.S.WJohn Degotardi Jr. (photographer); under the supervision of Mr George McCredie
Weight training in a Marrickville room — photograph, from Marrickville, 1949
photograph·1949·Marrickville

Weight training in a Marrickville room, 1949

Book collection at Marrickville / photographed by Ivan IveIvan Ive
West front of the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney — photograph, from Anzac Memorial, 1934
photograph·1934·Sydney CBD

West front of the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney, 1934

Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney / photograph by Harold CazneauxHarold Cazneaux
Wharf 28, Darling Harbour, with the Melbourne Steamship Co. shed and a Port Adelaide cargo ship — photograph, from Darling Harbour, 1950
photograph·1950·Darling Harbour

Wharf 28, Darling Harbour, with the Melbourne Steamship Co. shed and a Port Adelaide cargo ship, 1950

Sydney
White truck crane lifting a railway goods wagon, Sydney — photograph, from Sydney, c. 1935–54
photograph·1935

White truck crane lifting a railway goods wagon, Sydney, c. 1935–54

State Library NSWSam Hood
White truck-mounted crane hoisting steel girders, Darling Harbour — photograph, from Darling Harbour, 1949
photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

White truck-mounted crane hoisting steel girders, Darling Harbour, 1949

Railway crane, Darling HarbourSam Hood
Wide Sydney city street with surveyors' tripods — photograph, from Sydney, 1951
photograph·1951

Wide Sydney city street with surveyors' tripods, 1951

Sydney streets, August 1951
William Street, Sydney, looking east toward Kings Cross — photograph, from William Street, c. 1920–53
photograph·1937·Darlinghurst

William Street, Sydney, looking east toward Kings Cross, c. 1920–53

Hood Collection part II, Box 077, nos. 099-146 : Church of England; City streets; Hubert Opperman, bicycle; Irene Purcell and Zane Grey; St Mary's Cathedral; William Street; Fun map of Sydney; Portraits; GroupsSam Hood
Winsor shops on Moverly Road, South Coogee — photograph, from Moverly Road, 1948
photograph·1948·South Coogee

Winsor shops on Moverly Road, South Coogee, 1948

Winsor shops, Maroubra
Winsor shops, Moverly Road, South Coogee — photograph, from Moverly Road, 1948
photograph·1948·South Coogee

Winsor shops, Moverly Road, South Coogee, 1948

Winsor shops, MaroubraSam Hood
Woman and child sweeping outside a terrace house, Redfern or Surry Hills — photograph, from Redfern, 1950
photograph·1950·Redfern

Woman and child sweeping outside a terrace house, Redfern or Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearance Redfern & Surry Hills, 25 April 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Woman tennis player mid-stroke, Sydney — photograph, from Sydney Cricket Ground, 1934
photograph·1934·Moore Park

Woman tennis player mid-stroke, Sydney, 1934

City of Sydney tennisSam Hood
Woman walking a cat on a leash, Marrickville — photograph, from Marrickville, 1938
photograph·1938·Marrickville

Woman walking a cat on a leash, Marrickville, 1938

Cats. Marrickville, 14 March 1938
Woman with washing on the line, Erskineville backyard — photograph, from Erskineville, 1938
photograph·1938·Erskineville

Woman with washing on the line, Erskineville backyard, 1938

Erskineville slums for series on new flats, 20 December 1938 / photographed by Ray OlsonRay Olson
Women assembling components at the AWA works, Ashfield — photograph, from Ashfield, c. 1940s
photograph·1940s·Ashfield

Women assembling components at the AWA works, Ashfield, c. 1940s

Workers at AWA factory, Ashfield, ca. 1940s / photographed by Max DupainMax Dupain
Women spectators at the Second Test, Sydney Cricket Ground — photograph, from Sydney Cricket Ground, 1936
photograph·1936·Moore Park

Women spectators at the Second Test, Sydney Cricket Ground, 1936

Second test, Sydney
Women spectators in the stands at the Sydney Cricket Ground — photograph, from Sydney Cricket Ground, 1936
photograph·1936·Moore Park

Women spectators in the stands at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1936

Second test, SydneySam Hood
Wooden ship on the stocks at Kidman & Mayoh's shipyard, Kissing Point — photograph, from Kissing Point, c. 1920–25
photograph·1920·Putney

Wooden ship on the stocks at Kidman & Mayoh's shipyard, Kissing Point, c. 1920–25

Sydney shops, offices and stores etc. (Gardiner warehouse, Glebe Island wheat silos, Grace Building, Grenville House, Hudson's Timber yard, Kidman & Mayoh shipbuilders)Arthur Ernest Foster
Wooden ship on the stocks, Kidman & Mayoh shipyard, Kissing Point — photograph, from Kissing Point Park, c. 1920–25
photograph·1920·Putney

Wooden ship on the stocks, Kidman & Mayoh shipyard, Kissing Point, c. 1920–25

Sydney shops, offices and stores etc. (Gardiner warehouse, Glebe Island wheat silos, Grace Building, Grenville House, Hudson's Timber yard, Kidman & Mayoh shipbuilders)Arthur Ernest Foster
Wool-laden drays queued along a Sydney street — photograph, from Sydney, c. 1900–30
photograph·1920

Wool-laden drays queued along a Sydney street, c. 1900–30

Hood Collection part II : Miscellaneous photographsSam Hood
Wrecked tram on the Taronga Zoo Park line — photograph, from Taronga Zoo, 1939
photograph·1939·Mosman

Wrecked tram on the Taronga Zoo Park line, 1939

Tram smash [Taronga Zoo Park line], 8 September 1939
Wynyard-bound tram crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge — photograph, from Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930s
photograph·1930·Milsons Point

Wynyard-bound tram crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930s

Wynyard-bound tram on Harbour Bridge (now twin roadways to Cahill Expressway)Ted Hood
Yacht race on Sydney Harbour — photograph, from Sydney, 1937–41
photograph·1937

Yacht race on Sydney Harbour, 1937–41

State Library NSWSam Hood