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Mounted escort and carriage in the Duke of Gloucester's procession, Sydney, 1934 — photograph, from Government House, circa 1934
photograph·1934·Sydney CBD

Mounted escort and carriage in the Duke of Gloucester's procession, Sydney, 1934

The Duke of Gloucester in SydneySam Hood
Multi-storey factory among market gardens and housing, Mascot — photograph, from Mascot, circa 1940
photograph·1940·Mascot

Multi-storey factory among market gardens and housing, Mascot

Item 10: Milton Kent aerial views of Marrickville and Mascot, 194-Milton Kent
Neon-lit Tivoli Theatre frontage at night, Hay Street, Sydney, 1949 — photograph, from Hay Street, circa 1949
photograph·1949·Haymarket

Neon-lit Tivoli Theatre frontage at night, Hay Street, Sydney, 1949

Theatres of SydneyPix magazine
Night audience on the grass, North Sydney Music Shell, 1948 — photograph, from St Leonards Park, circa 1948
photograph·1948·North Sydney

Night audience on the grass, North Sydney Music Shell, 1948

North Sydney Music ShellACP Magazines Ltd.
Night audience under the trees, North Sydney Music Shell, 1948 — photograph, from St Leonards Park, circa 1948
photograph·1948·North Sydney

Night audience under the trees, North Sydney Music Shell, 1948

North Sydney Music ShellACP Magazines Ltd.
No. 1 Kiosk photo service, Royal Arcade, Sydney — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

No. 1 Kiosk photo service, Royal Arcade, Sydney

Sydney arcades, April 1950Pix magazine
North Sydney Music Shell at night, November 1948 — photograph, from St Leonards Park, circa 1948
photograph·1948·North Sydney

North Sydney Music Shell at night, November 1948

North Sydney Music ShellACP Magazines Ltd.
Norton Bros Ltd works among suburban streets and a rail line, from the air — photograph, circa 1930
photograph·1930

Norton Bros Ltd works among suburban streets and a rail line, from the air

Item 06: Milton Kent aerial views of Alexandria/Erskineville, Beaconsfield, Cockatoo Island, Mascot, Rozelle, 193-Milton Kent
Nurses on a camel, Royal South Sydney Hospital Christmas party — photograph, from Joynton Avenue, circa 1936
photograph·1936·Zetland

Nurses on a camel, Royal South Sydney Hospital Christmas party

Royal South Sydney HospitalSam Hood
Oak Park Pool, Cronulla — photograph, from Oak Park Rock Pool, circa 1900
photograph·1900·Cronulla

Oak Park Pool, Cronulla

Scenes of Cronulla Beach, N.S.WBroadhurst Post Card Publishers
Officer addressing the opening of the Sydney Royal Easter Show, 1940 — photograph, from Moore Park, circa 1940
photograph·1940·Moore Park

Officer addressing the opening of the Sydney Royal Easter Show, 1940

Sydney Show, opening daySam Hood
Officer's address, opening day of the Sydney Show, 1940 — photograph, from Moore Park, circa 1940
photograph·1940·Moore Park

Officer's address, opening day of the Sydney Show, 1940

Sydney Show, opening dayHood, Sam
Orchestra and audience at the North Sydney Music Shell, 1948 — photograph, from St Leonards Park, circa 1948
photograph·1948·North Sydney

Orchestra and audience at the North Sydney Music Shell, 1948

North Sydney Music ShellACP Magazines Ltd.
Palace Theatre at night, marquee billing 'Present Laughter' — photograph, from Castlereagh Street, circa 1949
photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Palace Theatre at night, marquee billing 'Present Laughter'

Theatres of SydneyPix magazine
Palace Theatre, Pitt Street, lit at night for Noel Coward's "Present Laughter", 1949 — photograph, from Pitt Street, circa 1949
photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Palace Theatre, Pitt Street, lit at night for Noel Coward's "Present Laughter", 1949

Theatres of SydneyPix magazine
Park fountain and shaded benches, Sydney, around 1949 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1949
photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Park fountain and shaded benches, Sydney, around 1949

SydneyState Library NSW
Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney, with traffic at the intersection — photograph, from Parliament of New South Wales, circa 1949
photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney, with traffic at the intersection

SydneyState Library NSW
Parramatta River and the western suburbs from the air, September 1949 — photograph, from Sydney, circa 1949
photograph·1949

Parramatta River and the western suburbs from the air, September 1949

Parramatta River Western suburbs and Parramatta [AerialsState Library NSW
Parramatta River from the air, September 1949 — photograph, circa 1949
photograph·1949

Parramatta River from the air, September 1949

Parramatta River Western suburbs and Parramatta [AerialsState Library NSW
Parramatta River peninsulas from the air — photograph, from Sydney, circa 1949
photograph·1949

Parramatta River peninsulas from the air

Parramatta River Western suburbs and Parramatta [AerialsState Library NSW
Parramatta Road at Camperdown, 1946 — photograph, from Parramatta Road, circa 1946
photograph·1946·Camperdown

Parramatta Road at Camperdown, 1946

Parramatta RoadSam Hood
Parramatta Road at Camperdown, tram tracks and empty roadway — photograph, from Parramatta Road, circa 1946
photograph·1946·Camperdown

Parramatta Road at Camperdown, tram tracks and empty roadway

Parramatta RoadSam Hood
Parramatta Town Hall decorated for the 1938 Sesquicentenary — photograph, from Parramatta Town Hall, circa 1938
photograph·1938·Parramatta

Parramatta Town Hall decorated for the 1938 Sesquicentenary

Parramatta celebrationsSam Hood
Parramatta Town Hall dressed for the 150th anniversary, 1938 — photograph, from Parramatta Town Hall, circa 1938
photograph·1938·Parramatta

Parramatta Town Hall dressed for the 150th anniversary, 1938

Parramatta celebrationsSam Hood
Peace celebration march through central Sydney, August 1945 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1945
photograph·1945·Sydney CBD

Peace celebration march through central Sydney, August 1945

Peace celebrations, SydneySam Hood
Peace celebrations in a Sydney street, August 1945 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1945
photograph·1945·Sydney CBD

Peace celebrations in a Sydney street, August 1945

Peace celebrations, SydneySam Hood
Penfolds Wines saloon on a Marrickville corner — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1939
photograph·1939·Marrickville

Penfolds Wines saloon on a Marrickville corner

Penfold's Wines display in shop windows of a Marrickville wine saloonHood, Sam, 1872-1953
People relaxing on a Sydney park lawn beside a bronze statue, c.1950 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

People relaxing on a Sydney park lawn beside a bronze statue, c.1950

SydneyState Library NSW
Photographic supplies kiosk, Royal Arcade, Sydney, 1950 — photograph, from George Street, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Photographic supplies kiosk, Royal Arcade, Sydney, 1950

Sydney arcades, April 1950Pix magazine
Pitt Street crowds outside Shirley Shoe Co — photograph, from Pitt Street, circa 1949
photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Pitt Street crowds outside Shirley Shoe Co

SydneyState Library NSW
Pitt Street dressed with flags for the Duke of Gloucester's visit, 1934 — photograph, from Pitt Street, circa 1934
photograph·1934·Sydney CBD

Pitt Street dressed with flags for the Duke of Gloucester's visit, 1934

The Duke of Gloucester in SydneySam Hood
Pitt Street looking north toward the Harbour Bridge, 1951 — photograph, from Pitt Street, circa 1951
photograph·1951·Sydney CBD

Pitt Street looking north toward the Harbour Bridge, 1951

Sydney streets, August 1951State Library NSW
Pitt Street shopping crowds past McCathie's and Selfridges, Sydney — photograph, from Pitt Street, circa 1949
photograph·1949·Sydney CBD

Pitt Street shopping crowds past McCathie's and Selfridges, Sydney

SydneyState Library NSW
Post Office communications float, Sesquicentenary parade, Parramatta — photograph, from Parramatta, circa 1938
photograph·1938·Parramatta

Post Office communications float, Sesquicentenary parade, Parramatta

Parramatta celebrationsSam Hood
Pottery works and surrounding industrial district, aerial view — photograph, circa 1950
photograph·1950

Pottery works and surrounding industrial district, aerial view

Item 02: Milton Kent aerial views of Botany, Enfield, Marrickville, Turrella, ca. 1950Milton Kent
Produce vendor at the Sydney markets — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1911
photograph·1911·Sydney CBD

Produce vendor at the Sydney markets

Sydney marketsHazlewood, Rex, 1886-1968
Proposed Sydney expressways, ringroads and railway extension, 1952 — map, circa 1952
map·1952

Proposed Sydney expressways, ringroads and railway extension, 1952

Map of Sydney showing proposed expressways, ringroads and metropolitan railway extensionSydney (N.S.W.). Council
Public bar interior, Vauxhall Inn, Granville — photograph, from Vauxhall Inn, circa 1939
photograph·1939·Granville

Public bar interior, Vauxhall Inn, Granville

Vauxhall Inn, ParramattaSam Hood
Pyrmont Bridge and Darling Harbour wharves, December 1939 — photograph, from Pyrmont Bridge, circa 1939
photograph·1939·Sydney CBD

Pyrmont Bridge and Darling Harbour wharves, December 1939

Pyrmont Bridge, December 1939State Library NSW
Qantas Empire Airways flying boat base, Rose Bay — photograph, from Rose Bay, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Rose Bay

Qantas Empire Airways flying boat base, Rose Bay

SydneyState Library NSW
Record crowd at cricket, Marrickville Oval — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1944
photograph·1944·Marrickville

Record crowd at cricket, Marrickville Oval

Record crowd at cricket at Marrickville OvalHood, Sam, 1872-1953
Record crowd at cricket, Marrickville Oval — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1944
photograph·1944·Marrickville

Record crowd at cricket, Marrickville Oval

Record crowd at cricket at Marrickville OvalHood, Sam, 1872-1953
Record crowd at cricket, Marrickville Oval — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1944
photograph·1944·Marrickville

Record crowd at cricket, Marrickville Oval

Record crowd at cricket at Marrickville OvalHood, Sam, 1872-1953
Record crowd at cricket, Marrickville Oval, 1944 — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1944
photograph·1944·Marrickville

Record crowd at cricket, Marrickville Oval, 1944

Record crowd at cricket at Marrickville OvalHood, Sam, 1872-1953
Record crowd at the cricket, Marrickville Oval, 1944 — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1944
photograph·1944·Marrickville

Record crowd at the cricket, Marrickville Oval, 1944

Record crowd at cricket at Marrickville OvalHood, Sam, 1872-1953
Recruit at an artillery sight, Marrickville army depot — photograph, from Marrickville, circa 1948
photograph·1948·Marrickville

Recruit at an artillery sight, Marrickville army depot

1st day - Army recruits - Marrickville / photographed by N. HerfortHerfort, Norman, 1905-1969
Reserve, pier and beach at Coogee — photograph, from Coogee Beach, circa 1928
photograph·1928·Coogee

Reserve, pier and beach at Coogee

Samuel Wood - postcard photonegatives of Coogee, ca. 1928-1932Wood, Samuel, 1876-1957
Residents in the garden of an Erskineville flat block, 1940 — photograph, from Erskineville, circa 1940
photograph·1940·Erskineville

Residents in the garden of an Erskineville flat block, 1940

Erskineville Flat, 4 April 1940State Library NSW