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Shakespearian play in the open air, 1930s / by Sam Hood
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- 4 comments
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- Date taken: 2009-03-24 11:43:21
- Date uploaded: 2009-03-24
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Liquid fire, or Flammenwerfer
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- 33 favorites
- 13,438 views
- Date taken: 1917
- Date uploaded: 2014-04-22
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Reader, Reading Room, Mitchell Building, photograph by Ivan Ives, 29.10.1943, Pix Magazine Collection
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- 22 favorites
- 13,435 views
- Date taken: 2013-02-15 12:13:11
- Date uploaded: 2019-03-04
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, mitchell, liobrary, ww2, world, war, two, 1942, librarians, copying, architecture, sydney
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Sutton Forest Butchery. No. 761 George street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. IV / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A., N.S.W. photographed by John Degotardi Jr.
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- 7 comments
- 13 favorites
- 13,420 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2011-05-27
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Antal Dorati on the Australian tour of the Russian Ballet, ca. 1938 / photographer Nanette Kuehn
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- 16 favorites
- 13,412 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-25
- Tags: conductor, conducts, nanettekuehn, antaldorati
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"In Tow", Port Jackson. [P.J.S. Co's steam-boat "Commodore") from Fred Hardie - Photographs of Sydney, Newcastle, New South Wales and Aboriginals for George Washington Wilson & Co., 1892-1893
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- 1 comment
- 28 favorites
- 13,410 views
- Date taken: 1892
- Date uploaded: 2013-06-12
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Gallipoli during World War 1 / G. Downes
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- 1 comment
- 13 favorites
- 13,397 views
- Date taken: 2009-04-24 09:02:02
- Date uploaded: 2009-04-23
- Tags: gdownes, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, thegreatwar, greatwar, worldwarone, worldwari, wwi, firstworldwar, soldier, soldiers
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Oyster farmers David Corstorphine of Tuncurry, aged 78 and Fred Selmon of Georges River, aged 70, enjoy oysters at Dolls Point, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood
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- 5 comments
- 29 favorites
- 13,394 views
- Date taken: 1937
- Date uploaded: 2011-02-15
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University Commemoration Day ("Commem") through streets, 19 May 1937, by Sam Hood
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- 2 comments
- 28 favorites
- 13,390 views
- Date taken: 1937-05-19 10:09:24
- Date uploaded: 2013-05-15
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The Terra Nova off Cape Evans with capsizing Berg. January 1911, [attrib.] Herbert Ponting
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- 3 comments
- 78 favorites
- 13,382 views
- Date taken: 1911-01
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-16
- Tags: antarctica, scott, robert, falcon, herbert, ponting, grifitth, taylor, exploration, antarctic, expedition, british, australia, terra, nova, 1911, cape, evans
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Adelaide Boys' Band arriving at Central Railway, Sydney, 14 January 1937 / photographer Sam Hood
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- 6 comments
- 22 favorites
- 13,380 views
- Date taken: 1937-01-14 18:14:17
- Date uploaded: 2012-08-28
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Fort Street schoolboys riding on a model steam train, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
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- 18 favorites
- 13,369 views
- Date taken: 2009-05-27 16:59:07
- Date uploaded: 2009-05-27
- Tags: marcusclarkdepartmentstore, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, 222, steamlocomotive, steamtrain, fortstreetboyshighschool, miniaturetrain
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Exeter Place, off Wexford-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. II / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A., N.S.W. photographed by John Degotardi Jr.
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- 8 comments
- 14 favorites
- 13,363 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2011-05-27
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Artificial eye being moulded, 5 April 1938 / photographed by Ivan Ives
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- 3 favorites
- 13,362 views
- Date taken: 1938-04-05 17:42:52
- Date uploaded: 2019-03-29
- Tags: artificial, eyes, false, glass, medical, procedures, 1938, sydney, manufacturing
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[Film "Lost horizon" arrives from the US on the liner Mariposa, March 1937], by Sam Hood
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- 22 favorites
- 13,360 views
- Date taken: 2012-03-27 14:49:07
- Date uploaded: 2012-03-27
- Tags: netflix1937, ship, oceanliner, ssmariposa, mariposa, unitedstatesnavy, usnavy, usn, usatmariposa, homelines, sshomeric, homeric, matsonlines, matson
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Harry's Cafe de Wheels, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, 18 August, 1949
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- 12 comments
- 156 favorites
- 13,358 views
- Date uploaded: 2025-04-30
- Tags: sailors, woolloomooloo, harryscafedewheels, night, photography
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Edgewater flats, Elizabeth Bay, 1937 / photographer Sam Hood
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- 5 comments
- 27 favorites
- 13,356 views
- Date taken: 1937-07
- Date uploaded: 2010-08-31
- Tags: artdeco, flat, balcony, apartment
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Wildflowers after the rain, Wilcannia, NSW, between 1935-1937 / photographer Reverend Edward ("Ted") Alexander Roberts
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- 2 comments
- 10 favorites
- 13,336 views
- Date taken: 2011
- Date uploaded: 2011-09-16
- Tags: wildflowers
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Boys of Hoyts Clovelly Theatre "Spider's Web" Club ride their bikes while "Spiderman" looks on, by Sam Hood
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- 1 comment
- 15 favorites
- 13,329 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2011-06-24
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1912 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost with 1936 coachwork (taken for Liberty Motors), outside Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 April 1937, by Sam Hood
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- 5 comments
- 50 favorites
- 13,323 views
- Date taken: 1937-04-20 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-02-04
- Tags: vintage, early, car, rollsroyce, 1912, coachwork, samhood, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, sydney, australia, automobiles, luxury, silverghost
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Reader, stairs of Reading Room, Mitchell Building, photograph by Ivan Ives, 29.10.1943, Pix Magazine Collection
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- 21 favorites
- 13,323 views
- Date taken: 2013-02-15 12:11:49
- Date uploaded: 2019-03-04
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, mitchell, liobrary, ww2, world, war, two, 1942, librarians, copying, architecture, sydney
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Kambala school - Sydney, NSW
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- 7 favorites
- 13,321 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-16
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Colonel Holmes and the Officers at Palm Island, F. S. Burnell, State Library of New South Wales PXA 2165
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- 13,316 views
- Date uploaded: 2018-08-07
- Tags: ww1, palm, island, australia, australian, worldwarone, colonel, holmes, papuanewguinea, 1914, troops
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Sydney markets, by Rex Hazlewood, c. 1911-1916
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- 2 comments
- 14 favorites
- 13,314 views
- Date taken: 1912
- Date uploaded: 2011-07-14
- Tags: quay, street, quaystreet
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Election posters on old Chevrolet truck: "The people must rule: vote Labor", 8 September 1934, by Sam Hood
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- 15 favorites
- 13,309 views
- Date taken: 1934-09-08 10:19:21
- Date uploaded: 2013-09-04
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Nina Verchinina, from Colonel de Basil's "Original Ballet Russe", 1939-1940, copied from Karl and Emilie Romaine Studio photograph
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- 1 comment
- 107 favorites
- 13,295 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-11-25
- Tags: ballerina, ninaverchinina, balletrusse, australia, 1930s, russianballet
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Macquarie Island, 1955. A wandering albatross and its chick. These birds are very tame and seem to like human company
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- 41 favorites
- 13,288 views
- Date taken: 1955
- Date uploaded: 2011-12-01
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Thylacines (Tasmanian Tigers), at Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart, ca. 1918, State Library of New South Wales
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- 2 comments
- 83 favorites
- 13,279 views
- Date taken: 1918
- Date uploaded: 2020-07-03
- Tags: thylacine, tasmaniantiger, exttinct, animals, australia, tasmania
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Miss Charles-Fairfax and a young couple (look like newlyweds) on the deck of the Narkunda, 8 February 1928, by Sam Hood
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- 17 comments
- 11 favorites
- 13,277 views
- Date taken: 2011-02-14 16:20:01
- Date uploaded: 2011-02-14
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, narkunda, 1928, miss, charles, fairfax, misscharlesfairfax, scouts
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World's First Auto-Gyro Plane (helicopter 1909-12) in the Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 19 March 1932, By Hall & Co.
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- 52 favorites
- 13,271 views
- Date taken: 1932-03-19 08:06:18
- Date uploaded: 2013-06-06
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Suckling, Shackleton - Rowett Expedition, Antarctica, 1921-1922
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- 6 comments
- 72 favorites
- 13,265 views
- Date taken: 2009-12-09 15:19:12
- Date uploaded: 2009-12-09
- Tags: seals
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Enmore Theatre, c. 1920s, by Sam Hood
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- 2 comments
- 4 favorites
- 13,263 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-30 10:30:04
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-29
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, newsouthwales, nsw, australia, enmoretheatre, enmore
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Branding cattle, Wilcannia, NSW, between 1935-1937 / photographer Reverend Edward ("Ted") Alexander Roberts
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- 1 comment
- 6 favorites
- 13,247 views
- Date taken: 2011
- Date uploaded: 2011-09-16
- Tags: branding, cattle, pipe, smoking, postandrailfence, grazier
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Bird watching photographers, New South Wales, June 1921, AH Chisholm
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- 39 favorites
- 13,240 views
- Date uploaded: 2020-08-31
- Tags: twitching, birdwatching, vintage, historical, 1921, photographers, cameras, newsouthwales, australia, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, photographerinthepicture, photographersacrossthecommons
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Blue costume for Adelaide’s Centenary Pageant, 1936, Thelma Affor
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- 20 favorites
- 13,240 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2020-01-16
- Tags: theatre, adelaide, australia, theatrical, costume, designers
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Shooting a scene for 'Grandad Rudd' [?], Cinesound-Ken Hall, Sydney, ca. 1935, Sam Hood
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- 2 comments
- 22 favorites
- 13,235 views
- Date uploaded: 2019-11-17
- Tags: cinesoundkenhall, sydney, ca1935, samhood, grandad, ruud, film, cinema, sets, kenhall, australian1930s, rulingtheroost, grandadrudd
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Beijing, China, 1912 - State Library of New South Wales
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- 12 comments
- 163 favorites
- 13,228 views
- Date uploaded: 2024-11-06
- Tags: mosrrison, peking, china, beijing, fire, yuanshikai, revolution, givernance
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Frederick Richmond Scharer
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- 1 comment
- 1 favorite
- 13,228 views
- Date taken: 1918
- Date uploaded: 2014-05-21
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Melbourne Cup, Flemington, 3 November 1903
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- 1 comment
- 9 favorites
- 13,227 views
- Date taken: 2009-06-22 16:30:17
- Date uploaded: 2009-06-22
- Tags: melvin, vaniman, melvinvaniman, photography, panorama, flemington, melbournecup, 1903, crowd, horse, racing, statelibrary, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Max Dupain, Chris Vandyke (?) and unidentified woman by Olive Cotton from Camping trips on Culburra Beach by Max Dupain and Olive Cotton
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- 0 comments
- 16 favorites
- 13,227 views
- Date taken: 1937
- Date uploaded: 2014-02-28
- Tags: max, dupain, sunbaker, photogrpah, australian, photography, icons, vandyke, album, harold, savage, new, south, wales
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Rodeo at Cooma, 29 February 1944, photographed by Alec Iverson
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- 1 comment
- 37 favorites
- 13,222 views
- Date taken: 1944-02-29 06:40:57
- Date uploaded: 2020-02-28
- Tags: cooma, southern, newsouthwales, library, pixmagazine, rodeo, rregional, rural, leap, year, 29february
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No. 2. John Crouch with his Delahaye 135 racing car, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946,
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- 1 comment
- 24 favorites
- 13,221 views
- Date taken: 1948-10
- Date uploaded: 2019-10-22
- Tags: racingcars, motorsports, grandprix, delahaye, 135, drivers, vintage, 1946, bathurst, newsouthwales, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, collections, classic, cars
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View from Mrs Macquarie's Point looking at Garden Palace c 1879, by Tronier Artist Photographer
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- 22 favorites
- 13,219 views
- Date taken: 2014-04-08 14:18:43
- Date uploaded: 2014-04-08
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Lillian Nordica, singer, ca. 1913 / The Dover Street Studios, 38 Dover St., Mayfair. London, W.
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- 9 favorites
- 13,218 views
- Date taken: 1913
- Date uploaded: 2011-08-03
- Tags: opera, wagnerian, soprano, american, australiantour, woman, standing, pose, portrait, 1910s, autograph, gown, tiara
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Oak Park rock pool ca.1950, by Sam Hood
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- 8 favorites
- 13,211 views
- Date taken: 1950
- Date uploaded: 2010-11-25
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Burnell WW1 PXA 2165 SLNSW 009
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- 0 comments
- 26 favorites
- 13,207 views
- Date uploaded: 2018-08-30
- Tags: worldwari, ww1, australia, palm, island, troops, pacific, papuanewguinea, expeditionary, force
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Public Library, Sydney from Fred Hardie - Photographs of Sydney, Newcastle, New South Wales and Aboriginals for George Washington Wilson & Co., 1892-1893
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- 3 comments
- 21 favorites
- 13,197 views
- Date taken: 1892
- Date uploaded: 2013-06-12
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Michael St Clair, ventriloquist, actor & impersonator, 20 December 1949, by Robert Rice
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- 0 comments
- 47 favorites
- 13,195 views
- Date taken: 1949-12-20 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2022-01-13
- Tags: actor, ventriloquist, impersonator, australia, therockfordfiles, getsmart, 77sunsetstrip, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Peter & Jean Lindsay, ca. 1900-1912, by Lionel Lindsay
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- 1 comment
- 41 favorites
- 13,195 views
- Date taken: 1906
- Date uploaded: 2011-11-23
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