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Unloading set, Capitol Theatre, c. 1930s / by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 3 comments
- 10 favorites
- 17,344 views
- Date taken: 1935
- Date uploaded: 2009-02-12
- Tags: sydney, australia, theatre, samhood, capitoltheatre, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Couple photographed at Luna Park using an infra-red camera, 1943, Ivan Ives
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 6 comments
- 54 favorites
- 17,318 views
- Date uploaded: 2020-09-13
- Tags: lunapark, australia, fairground, camera, infrared, early, vintage, 1943, worldwartwo, sydney, ww2
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Palace theatre, stage production of Dracula, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1929, Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 34 favorites
- 17,304 views
- Date taken: 1929
- Date uploaded: 2019-11-11
- Tags: cinema, palace, dracula, 1931, sydney, australia, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, theatres, 1929
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Installing a Wurlitzer at the State or Capitol Theatre, Sydney, ca. 1930, Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 24 favorites
- 17,279 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2019-11-21
- Tags: wurlitzer, organ, cinema, sound, pipe, movie, sydney, australia, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, samhood, photographer, professional
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The Squall, theatrical production, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 29/8/1944, by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 83 favorites
- 17,219 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-08-15
- Tags: theatreroyal, theatres, actors, sydney, 1940s
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Port Jackson from Dawes Point, ca. 1842, attributed to John Skinner Prout
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 29 favorites
- 17,106 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-26
- Tags: posrtjackson, early, sydney, colonial, harbour, ssailing, ship, dawespoint, soldiers, fort, landscapes, 1840s
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Peacock, Taronga Zoo, Australia, 1948
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 16 comments
- 273 favorites
- 17,044 views
- Date taken: 1948-08-18 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2023-04-14
- Tags: peacock, animals, zoo, 1940s, 1948, sydney, taronga, zoologicalparks
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Wet weather Sydney, Pix Magazine
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 67 favorites
- 16,955 views
- Date taken: 2018-04-24 12:13:57
- Date uploaded: 2020-02-13
- Tags: wet, weather, sydney, umbrellas, rain, city, traffic, pedestrians, 1930s, 1939, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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11 am 11 Nov 1936, Remembrance Day on the GPO clock, Sydney / photograph by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 6 comments
- 14 favorites
- 16,916 views
- Date taken: 1936-11-11 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2008-11-05
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, armisticeday, clock, clocktower, november, 11, 1936, sydney, remembranceday, flag, gpoclock, martin, place, halfmast
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Collaroy Heights Estate, Sydney, 15th April 1922, Raine and Horne, subdivision plan
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 22 favorites
- 16,881 views
- Date taken: 1922-04
- Date uploaded: 2020-05-02
- Tags: suburbs, sydney, subdivision, raineandhorne, collaroy, 1922
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Wild Flowers, ca. 1900
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 40 favorites
- 16,834 views
- Date uploaded: 2014-10-02
- Tags: statelibraryofnsw, spring, flowers, waratahs, postcards, sydney, flannelflowers
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, ca. 1900-1910 / Star Photo Co.
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 6 comments
- 9 favorites
- 16,782 views
- Date taken: 2008-11-28 10:19:57
- Date uploaded: 2009-05-28
- Tags: gaslamp, ionic, classicalrevival, artgalleryofnewsouthwales, sydney, australia, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Playing with a push ball, Cronulla, Sydney, 1939
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 10 comments
- 150 favorites
- 16,764 views
- Date taken: 1939-02-06 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2023-02-16
- Tags: beach, fun, play, cronulla, sydney, 1930s, 1939
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John Hennington being tattooed, Fred Harris Tattoo Studio, Sydney, 17 December 1937, photographer Ray Olson
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 23 favorites
- 16,716 views
- Date taken: 1937-12-17 10:51:05
- Date uploaded: 2019-04-03
- Tags: fred, harris, sydney, 1937, history, early, tattoo
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Governor Bourke Hotel from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 18 comments
- 20 favorites
- 16,660 views
- Date taken: 1888
- Date uploaded: 2011-05-31
- Tags: sussexstreet, marketstreet, governorbourkehotel, sydney
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Children looking out of car windows, open air films, Bondi Beach, Sydney, 29 December 1951
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 70 favorites
- 16,620 views
- Date taken: 1951-12-29 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-08
- Tags: cinemas, outdoor, 1951, cars, bondi, beach, sydney, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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HMS Torch at anchor, [attrib. Sydney], 27 August 1855, watercolour sketch by Conrad Martens
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 4 comments
- 33 favorites
- 16,579 views
- Date uploaded: 2020-06-14
- Tags: steamship, williamchimmo, tenders, australiansquadron, hms, torch, ship, sydney, colonial, australia, shipping, paddlesteamer
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Hiking fashion, 11 July 1932, Sun Newspaper
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 74 favorites
- 16,556 views
- Date taken: 1932-07-11 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-12-19
- Tags: hiking, walking, fashion, sydney, australia, 1930s, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Cremorne Point, North Sydney,, 1927-1932, Milton Kent, State Library of New South Wales
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 9 favorites
- 16,488 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2018-09-21
- Tags: milton, kent, photography, aerial, sydney, early, glass, plate, negatives
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Tattooing, Australia, 25 December 1937
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 28 favorites
- 16,487 views
- Date taken: 1937-12-17 16:12:12
- Date uploaded: 2019-04-02
- Tags: tattoo, 1937, artists, sydney, full, body
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Trams returning from Randwick Races, ca. 1925
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 2 comments
- 71 favorites
- 16,480 views
- Date uploaded: 2019-12-17
- Tags: trams, randwick, races, sydney
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Vacuum Oil Company, Pulpit Point, Hunters Hill, Sydney, c. 1935, by Milton Kent
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 0 comments
- 25 favorites
- 16,395 views
- Date uploaded: 2018-10-29
- Tags: vacuum, oil, industries, pulpitpoint, sydney, commerce, harbour, sites, industrial, refineries
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Paul Petroff and Tamara Toumanova, 1940, by Max Dupain, State Library of New South Wales
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 0 comments
- 55 favorites
- 16,361 views
- Date taken: 1940
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-24
- Tags: maxdupain, paulpetroff, tamaratoumanova, ballet, russian, 1940, sydney, australia, theatre, 1940s
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Traffic during tram and bus strike, North Sydney, 20 December 1951, PIX magazine
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 6 comments
- 75 favorites
- 16,350 views
- Date taken: 1951-12-20 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2020-11-17
- Tags: sydney, traffic, jams, congestion, 1950s, 1951, orpheum, theatres, northsydney, car, cinemas
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HM Troopship Queen Mary in Sydney, World War II / photographer unknown
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 6 favorites
- 16,328 views
- Date taken: 2006
- Date uploaded: 2013-03-06
- Tags: elizabethbay, queenmary, cunard, troop, ship, ww2, worldwar2, sydney, nsw, australia, oceanliner, cunardline, rmsqueenmary, johnbrownandcompany, johnbrowncompany
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Rain scene, Central Station, Sydney, 1941
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 16 comments
- 239 favorites
- 16,313 views
- Date taken: 1941-05-21 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2024-12-17
- Tags: rain, sydney, blackandwhite, raincoats, 1940s, 1941
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Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, from the northern side, 1932, Milton Kent
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 6 comments
- 37 favorites
- 16,282 views
- Date taken: 1932-03
- Date uploaded: 2018-09-19
- Tags: sydney, harbour, bridge, construction, opening, milton, kent, photogrpahs, aerialphotography, aerialphotograph, aerialphoto, australia, sydneyharbor, archbridge, througharchbridge, sydneyharborbridge, sydneyharbour, sydneyharbourbridge, ship, oceanliner, orientsteamnavigationline, orientline, rmsorford, ssorford, orford, vickersarmstrong, royalnavy, rn, hmsorford, troopship, beached, battleoffrance
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Rose Scott, 1883 / by August Ludwig
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 0 comments
- 8 favorites
- 16,231 views
- Date taken: 2014
- Date uploaded: 2009-03-10
- Tags: womensday, woman, suffrage, feminist, sydney, australia, portrait, woollahra, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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First Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, elected under new electoral act of 1880 / photographed by Freeman & Co. Sydney
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 5 comments
- 13 favorites
- 16,208 views
- Date taken: 1880
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-19
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, 1880, newsouthwales, legislativeassembly, representatives, freemanco, sydney, albumen, freemanstudio
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Millers Point, looking north, after demolition of houses for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1927-1932, Milton Kent
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 11 favorites
- 16,204 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2018-09-19
- Tags: sydney, harbour, bridge, construction, opening, milton, kent, photogrpahs
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Water Skiing, Sydney Harbour, by Robert Rice, 1940
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 2 comments
- 89 favorites
- 16,115 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-11-03
- Tags: summer, water, skiing, sydney, harbour, vintage, fun, 1940
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Rosaleen Norton, Kings Cross, Sydney, 21 June 1943
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 52 favorites
- 16,099 views
- Date taken: 1943-06-21 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-02-08
- Tags: rosaleennorton, witchcraft, witches, sydney, kingscross, australia, australiainthe1940s
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Anafesto Rossi, baritone, as Rigoletto, 1911 / photographer May Moore, Sydney
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 5 comments
- 45 favorites
- 16,090 views
- Date taken: 1911
- Date uploaded: 2010-06-09
- Tags: anafestorossi, baritone, rigoletto, verdi, jester, maymoore, sydney, melbawilliamsongrandoperacompany
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View of Grandstand, International Tennis Match: Australia vs America, Double Bay, NSW, 27 November 1909, Allen family Album No. 52
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 18 favorites
- 15,988 views
- Date taken: 1909
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-16
- Tags: statelibraryofnsw, tennis, daviscup, doublebay, sydney, nsw, anthonywilding, melvillelong, lawntennis, november271909, 27november1909
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"Let's face it for Australia", c. 1940s / by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 12 favorites
- 15,848 views
- Date taken: 1942
- Date uploaded: 2009-02-12
- Tags: sydney, australia, theatre, samhood, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, patrioticshow, worldwar
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Olive Cotton washing dishes, Culburra Beach, 1937 by Max Dupain
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 3 comments
- 50 favorites
- 15,826 views
- Date taken: 1937
- Date uploaded: 2018-10-11
- Tags: maxdupain, olivecotton, sydney, 1937, australian, photographers, photography, sunbaker, original, max, dupain, photogrpah, icons, vandyke, album, harold, savage, new, south, wales
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The Last Post, Armistice Day ceremony at a Sydney golf course, Kensington, November 1936 / photograph by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 12 favorites
- 15,822 views
- Date taken: 1936-11-11 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2008-11-05
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, armisticeday, soldier, bugle, bugler, 1936, sydney, hood, samhood, film, uniform, australia
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Patriotic concert, WW II / by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 4 favorites
- 15,815 views
- Date taken: 1942
- Date uploaded: 2009-02-12
- Tags: sydney, australia, theatre, samhood, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Australian Soldiers outside the ANZAC Memorial, during a heat wave, Hyde Park, Sydney, 4 January 1946
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 41 favorites
- 15,777 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-04
- Tags: anzac, memorial, hyde, park, sydney, diggers, soldiers, australian, heatwave, coolingoff, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Royal Easter Show, April 1935, by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 4 comments
- 27 favorites
- 15,652 views
- Date taken: 1935-04
- Date uploaded: 2012-03-07
- Tags: sansogmgmofreeworld, keepaustraliagefree, in1935beforthesocalledfirstgreenorfertiliserrevolution, organicnongmo, fruit, exhibition, bananas, hats, men, formal, monochrome, show, sydney, nsw, australia, easter, extinction, 2019, monocultures
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Spectators of the Australian Sesquicentenary parade stand on trams for a better view, George Street, Sydney, 26 January 1938 / photographer Donald Charles Boulton Maclurcan
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 14 favorites
- 15,642 views
- Date taken: 1938-01-26 12:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2011-12-06
- Tags: tram, spectator, australiansesquicentenary, 1938, australiaday, 26thjanuary, georgestreet, sydney, parade, trams
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Instruments, Fred Harris Tattoo Studio, Sydney, 17 December 1937, photographer Ray Olson
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 19 favorites
- 15,638 views
- Date taken: 1937-12-17 10:48:51
- Date uploaded: 2019-04-03
- Tags: fred, harris, sydney, 1937, history, early, tattoo
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Fireworks display, Sydney: Royal visit, 1954
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 27 favorites
- 15,617 views
- Date taken: 1954
- Date uploaded: 2012-05-25
- Tags: royalvisit, sydney, 1954, fireworks, اشهار, wwwtamo7com
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BMA (British Medical Association) Building, Macquarie Street, Sydney, between 1928-1932 / Samuel Wood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 3 comments
- 4 favorites
- 15,612 views
- Date taken: 2008-04-15 11:12:53
- Date uploaded: 2009-05-04
- Tags: bmabuilding, macquariestreet, sydney, australia, palms, artdeco, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, architecture
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Cremorne Point, North Sydney, 1927-1932, Milton Kent State Library of New South Wales
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 14 favorites
- 15,570 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2018-09-21
- Tags: milton, kent, photography, aerial, sydney, early, glass, plate, negatives
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Arches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, looking east, 1929-1932, Milton Kent
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 12 favorites
- 15,556 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2018-09-19
- Tags: sydney, harbour, bridge, construction, opening, milton, kent, photogrpahs
- Visibility: public
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'Braeside' or 'Burnside' under construction, Kidman & Mayoh, shipbuilders, Kissing Point Park, Ryde, Sydney, c. 1920, Arthur Ernest Foster
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 3 comments
- 51 favorites
- 15,492 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-31
- Tags: ships, wooden, sailing, steam, sydney, port, jackson, construction, shipping, commercial, burnside, braeside, kidman, mayoh, ryde, kissing, point, industry
- Visibility: public
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Gowing's Building and State Theatre illuminated
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 24 comments
- 241 favorites
- 15,466 views
- Date uploaded: 2024-06-14
- Tags: gowings, statetheatre, sydney
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Kismet garden view of Garden Island, Bushells Tea Factory, Sydney, 1836-1937, PXE 1554
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 5 favorites
- 15,449 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2019-10-08
- Tags: bushells, tea, manufacturing, sydney, 1930s, coffee, workers, harrington, atherton, street, therocks, kismet, wylde, demolished, houses, hms, albatross, adelaide, voyager
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Streetscenes, from Frederick Danvers Power : photonegatives, 1898 - 1926
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 29 favorites
- 15,431 views
- Date taken: 2013-06-14 11:57:12
- Date uploaded: 2013-06-14
- Tags: frederickdanverspower, streetscapes, evanrowlands, erowlands, sydney, wagons, horses, aeratedwaters, rowlands
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