4,927 photos
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Staff inside the Free Public Library (old State Library of New South Wales), c. 1885
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- 10 comments
- 207 favorites
- 24,175 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-11-23
- Tags: libraries, interiors, library, century, c19th, readingrooms, old, sydney, books, early, newsouthwales, vintage
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Tattooed man with bird, W. Silk of Paddington, Sydney, 24 April 1940
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- 10 comments
- 198 favorites
- 30,384 views
- Date taken: 1940-04-24 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-07-09
- Tags: tattoos, man, early, vintage, sailors, 1940s, historicalhottie, popeye, shortbackandsides, budgie, ship, model, shipmodel
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General Motors Holden Factory, Pagewood, Sydney, 1940
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- 10 comments
- 150 favorites
- 22,379 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-03-07
- Tags: holden, generalmotors, factory, pagewood, easternsuburbs, sydney, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, industry, 1940s
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J. Baptiste, hairdressing/barber's saloon, Hill End gold fields, ca. 1872
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- 10 comments
- 212 favorites
- 23,929 views
- Date taken: 1872
- Date uploaded: 2021-02-18
- Tags: goldrush, goldfields, hillend, newsouthwales, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, 1870s, haridressing, frenchinaustralia, commercialbuildings, shopfronts, barbers
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'Hilton', John Rae's House in Liverpool Street, Sydney c.1880
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 10 comments
- 142 favorites
- 23,250 views
- Date uploaded: 2020-11-22
- Tags: architecture, sydney, johnrae, early, photographers, amateurs, australian
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Boat building yard, Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, 1874
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- 10 comments
- 33 favorites
- 15,392 views
- Date taken: 1880
- Date uploaded: 2020-05-09
- Tags: sydney, shipbuilding, woolloomooloo, old, vintage, albumen, print, harbour, boat, careening, llewellyn, llewelyn, sheehy, mort, steamer
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Reading Room, first floor, Mitchell Library, Sydney, Dec 1923 / glass negatives presented by the Daily Mail
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- 10 comments
- 145 favorites
- 93,027 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2013-12-05
- Tags: librariesacrossthecommons, libraryporn
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Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood
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- 10 comments
- 27 favorites
- 11,971 views
- Date taken: 1938-02
- Date uploaded: 2013-05-13
- Tags: (untagged)
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Harris family, Sydney, ca. 1877 / photographer Freeman &Co.
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- 10 comments
- 60 favorites
- 28,902 views
- Date taken: 1877
- Date uploaded: 2012-08-14
- Tags: eight, family, portrait, women, men, 1870s, gowns, fashion, resemblance
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1940 Ford V-8 or Mercury car crossing Woolooma-Balpool bridge - Deniliquin, NSW, 1930 by Garry Daly
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- 10 comments
- 41 favorites
- 14,053 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2012-03-23
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Luna Park lighted windmill, Nov 1948, from Series 02: Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird
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- 10 comments
- 53 favorites
- 15,065 views
- Date taken: 1948-11
- Date uploaded: 2012-03-13
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Sylvia Bremer, actor, ca. 1911-12, by May Moore
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- 10 comments
- 140 favorites
- 34,626 views
- Date taken: 2010
- Date uploaded: 2011-07-13
- Tags: woman, actress, portrait, curls, lookdown, womanphotographer, teen, teenager, girl, ringlets
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Winter quarters, Queen Mary Land winter, from [Exhibition of pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and other photographic studies by Frank Hurley], 1911-1914
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- 10 comments
- 67 favorites
- 21,280 views
- Date taken: 1912
- Date uploaded: 2011-06-27
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Tatiana Riabouchinska, ballerina, ca. 1938 / photographer Maurice Seymour, Chicago
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- 10 comments
- 92 favorites
- 19,634 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-25
- Tags: ballerina, classic, blackwhite, chicago, arts, tatianariabouchinska, mauriceseymour
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Norland Nursing Home, Ashfield, 15/11/1937, by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 10 comments
- 141 favorites
- 25,264 views
- Date taken: 2011-02-14 10:35:09
- Date uploaded: 2011-02-13
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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School teacher (Miss Marley) at Narraburra School - Narraburra, NSW, no date, by Eden Photo Studios
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 10 comments
- 69 favorites
- 17,237 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2011-02-07
- Tags: bicycle
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Tom Roberts, Australian artist, ca. 1895 / photographer Talma Studio
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 10 comments
- 32 favorites
- 21,075 views
- Date taken: 2011
- Date uploaded: 2010-06-04
- Tags: artist, portrait, australian, national, federation, neoimpressionist, heidelbergschool, talma, photographic, studio, 1895, bulldog, noncriminalaustralians
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Building labourer on a stone being hoisted up to building, Pitt St, Sydney, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 10 comments
- 54 favorites
- 24,668 views
- Date taken: 1934
- Date uploaded: 2010-03-18
- Tags: building, construction, crane, samhood, sydney, tram, labourer, ohs
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Clark Gable and Tilly Shelton-Smith, Sydney journalist, c.1940s, by Ted Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 10 comments
- 15 favorites
- 17,317 views
- Date taken: 2009-11-26 14:58:24
- Date uploaded: 2010-02-26
- Tags: tedhood, clarkgable, tillysheltonsmith, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1198691, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, cafe
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Women's team, Coffs Harbour Jetty Surf Life Saving Club
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 108 favorites
- 70,882 views
- Date taken: 1931
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-18
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, bw, women, beach, coffs, harbour, australia, 1931, 1930s, standing, life, guards, rope, team, lifeguard, swimsuit, silvergelatin, hood, first, womensday, samhood, lifesavingclubs, women’ssurflifesaving
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Aborigines day of mourning, Sydney, 26 January 1938
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- 9 comments
- 52 favorites
- 36,646 views
- Date taken: 1938-01-26 20:14:16
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-19
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, photomechanical, halftone, aborigines, protest, australia, citizen, sydney, 1938, 1930s, mourning, equality, children, аборигены, австралия, гражданскиеправа, правачеловека, демонстрация, правозащитноедвижение, williamferguson, blackboard, jackkinchela, isaacingram, doriswilliams, estheringram, arthurwilliams, phillipingram, louisaagnesingram, oliveingram, jackpatten, dirittidegliaborigeni
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William Hart, Ascot Racecourse, 15 June 1912
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- 9 comments
- 88 favorites
- 28,800 views
- Date taken: 1912-06-12 19:14:57
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, pics4school, botany, newsouthwales, sydney, biplane, aviation, jjhammond, boxkitebiplane, flight, sepia, pilot, samhood, hood, aeronautics, boxkite, ascot, 1911, poweredaircraft, first, historic, steampunk
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Mertz leaving the hut by the trapdoor on the verandah roof
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- 9 comments
- 102 favorites
- 47,309 views
- Date taken: 1912
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, mertz, antarctic, man, roof, climbing, boot, trapdoor, snow, hat, exploration, expedition, chapéu, gorro, gelo, 1910s, xavierguillaumemertz, swiss, explorer, skylight, windows, one, 1, wooly, moustache, gloves, cold, frozen, frankhurley, xaviermertz, huts, trapdoors, roofs, verandahroof
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Couple with seven children in front of their cottage with bark roof, Hill End, 1871-1875 / American & Australasian Photographic Company
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- 9 comments
- 52 favorites
- 32,328 views
- Date taken: 1873
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-21
- Tags: family, children, beard, man, father, mother, woman, cottage, barkroof, australia, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, anawesomeshot, hillend, 1871
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Bob Bage and J. Hunter at 65 miles south / photograph by Archibald Maclean
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- 9 comments
- 39 favorites
- 37,510 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-22 15:27:43
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-22
- Tags: australien, antarctic, snow, ice, winter, cold, expedition, sled, sledge, archibaldmaclean, bobbage, jhunter, glassnegative, archibaldlangmclean, robertbage, johnhunter, johnghunter, johngeorgehunter, scientificequipment, sledges, georgevcoast, artificialhorizon, sextant, positioning, navigating, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Tram and taxi smash in Pitt Street, 25/6/1937 / Sam Hood
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- 9 comments
- 54 favorites
- 39,745 views
- Date taken: 1937-06-25 09:19:47
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, umbrella, people, hat, crowd, train, transit, tram, truck, vehicle, collision, congestion, taxi, rail, chapéu, nitratephotonegative, antiquecars, wreck, samhood, hood, 35mm
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[Pedestrians on George St], ca. 1900, from Frederick Danvers Power : photonegatives, 1898-1926 / Frederick Danvers Power
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- 9 comments
- 97 favorites
- 66,520 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, women, parasols, bicycle, umbrella, people, hat, davidjonesandcompany, davidjonesco, street, brick, man, walking, strolling, chapéu, frederickdanverspower, power, 1890, pedestrians, sydney
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Sydney Cricket Ground, Saturday 14 December 1901 / by unknown photographer
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- 9 comments
- 36 favorites
- 27,534 views
- Date taken: 2008
- Date uploaded: 2008-11-28
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, cricket, cricketgrounds, crowds, grandstands, scoreboards, sydneycricketground, hats, flags, spectators, parasols, sports
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Second Test, Sydney, 1936 / by Sam Hood
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- 9 comments
- 71 favorites
- 25,588 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2008-11-28
- Tags: women, crowd, cricket, 193637sydneyday1, samhood, spectators, sydneycricketground, cricketgrounds, hats, secondtest, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Bow Wow Parade (taken for Acme Theatres), 3/3/1946
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- 9 comments
- 40 favorites
- 41,143 views
- Date taken: 1946-03-03 13:11:00
- Date uploaded: 2009-01-20
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, bow, wow, samhood, german, shepherd, dog, dogshow, dogs, children, contest, fun, 1946, animal, animals, kids, stage, parade, girls, boys, leash, men, women, canis, acme, theatre, westsolympiatheatre, australia, sonoflassie, movie, promotion, promote
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Chorus rehearses, c. 1920s/30s / by Sam Hood
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- 9 comments
- 72 favorites
- 31,209 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2009-02-12
- Tags: sydney, australia, theatre, samhood, chorusgirls, girls, prettygirls, dancers, highheels, pianos, kickline, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, mujeres, damas, cancan, baile, teatro
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Sydney Harbour Bridge pin, c. 1930s / by Sam Hood
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 184 favorites
- 60,403 views
- Date taken: 1932
- Date uploaded: 2009-02-12
- Tags: sydney, australia, theatre, samhood, portrait, jewelry, woman, hat, pin, bridge, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, lookup, brooch, clochehat
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Peter Dawson singing with New South Wales Police, 1930s / Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 65 favorites
- 36,942 views
- Date taken: 2009-02-26 17:38:19
- Date uploaded: 2009-02-26
- Tags: operasingers, police, singing, microphone, sydney, peterdawson, newsouthwalespoliceforce, 30s, policeuniform, samhood, uniforms, microphones, petersmithdawson, recordingartists, ariaawardwinners, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Suffrage Group, c. 1902 / Freeman Studio, Sydney
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 57 favorites
- 36,441 views
- Date taken: 1902
- Date uploaded: 2009-03-10
- Tags: suffrage, suffragists, suffragette, portrait, group, women, 1902, vote, womanhoodsuffrageleague, womensday, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, freemanstudio
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Dymphna Cusack, 1947 / by unknown photographer
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 46 favorites
- 34,272 views
- Date taken: 2009-03-11 14:32:43
- Date uploaded: 2009-03-11
- Tags: womensday, dymphnacusack, authors, vintage, bw, blackandwhite, woman, portrait, shadow, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, openlibrary:author=ol635457a, author, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty478194, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01
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Snowy Baker, Duke Kahanamoku and Frank Beaurepaire, Sydney, [between 1914-1924] / photographer unknown
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 100 favorites
- 78,617 views
- Date taken: 2009-03-27 09:28:03
- Date uploaded: 2009-03-26
- Tags: goldmedallists, bronzemedallist, silvermedallist, swimmers, reginaldlesliesnowybaker, sportsmen, boxing, worldrecords, dukekahanamoku, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, wallaby, frankbeaurepaire, olympians, hawaiian, australian, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty492800, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty461797, relevos, cabrones, duke, paoa, kahinu, mokoe, hulikohola, kahanamoku, dukepaoakahinumokoehulikoholakahanamoku, putupyourdukes
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Hotpoint exhibit, Royal Easter Show, Sydney, 1930s / Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 41 favorites
- 20,182 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2009-04-07
- Tags: artdeco, samhood, hotpoint, australiangeneralelectric, generalelectric, appliances, exhibitions, exhibitionhalls, age, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton reading Sid Nicholl's Fashion-plate Fanny in the children's section of The Sun newspaper with a small boy at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sydney, January 1925 / Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 116 favorites
- 54,342 views
- Date taken: 1925-01
- Date uploaded: 2009-04-23
- Tags: shoes, singers, actors, comics, samhood, 1925, 1920s, newspapers, sunbeams, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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The 'Endurance' under full sail, held up in the Weddell Sea, 1915 / by Frank Hurley
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 210 favorites
- 39,282 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2009-05-16
- Tags: endurance, antarctica, frankhurley, colour, photography, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, dc:creator=httpnlagovaunlaparty486588, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, jamesfrancishurley
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Woman war worker, 1944 / Rob Hillier
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 120 favorites
- 41,846 views
- Date taken: 1944
- Date uploaded: 2009-06-18
- Tags: coriolanus, qantas, shortempireflyingboat, overall, overalls, propeller, engine, wing, втораямироваявойна, война, женщина, самолет, пропеллер, сидней, австралия, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, aviation, aircraft, airplane, airline, airliners, flyingboat, seaplane, vhabg, qantasairways, gaetv, imperialairways, britishoverseasairwayscorporation, boac, shortbrothers, shorts23empire, shorts23, shortempire, s23empire, shortcclass, cclass, shortcclassflyingboat, cclassflyingboat, shortcclassempireflyingboat, empireflyingboat, bristol, bristolperseus, perseus
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Unidentified dancer [Yura Lazovsky ?] as Petrouchka, Sydney, March 1940 / Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 107 favorites
- 52,244 views
- Date taken: 2009-04-21 10:12:50
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-14
- Tags: balletrusse, balletsrusses, russianballet, debasilcompany, petruchka, originalballetrusse, male, ballet, dancer, costume, leap, jump, lumenlike, dc:creator=httpnlagovaunlaparty587349, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1456356, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, balletacrossthecommons
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Tatiana Riabouchinska and Roman Jasinsky in Les Dieux mendiants (The Gods go a-begging), between Nov 1938-Aug 1940 / photograph by Max Dupain
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 99 favorites
- 84,621 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-28 11:14:57
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-28
- Tags: tatianariabouchinska, romanjasinsky, godsgoabegging, maxdupain, lesdieuxmendiants, russianballet, balletsrusses, balletdancer, ballerina, pointe, dc:creator=httpnlagovaunlaparty677067, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1456356, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, ballet, balletacrossthecommons
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Anthony Hordern & Sons store guides, 1938
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 60 favorites
- 26,513 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2009-11-02
- Tags: wome, four, standing, uniform, 1938, maryjanes, smiles, women, anthonyhordernsons
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Liverpool Street, Sydney; Two Mark Foy stores, Christmas 1936, by Hall & Co.
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 15 favorites
- 27,233 views
- Date taken: 2006
- Date uploaded: 2009-11-02
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, christmasacrossthecommons
- Visibility: public
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Pontiac showroom, York St, Sydney, January 1940, by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 41 favorites
- 19,340 views
- Date taken: 2009-11-04 15:22:59
- Date uploaded: 2009-11-04
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Corner Bridge & George Sts, Sydney, c. 1915, by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 20 favorites
- 12,831 views
- Date taken: 1935
- Date uploaded: 2009-11-16
- Tags: sydney, australia, architecture, building, sepia, cliveden
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William Street from corner near College Street, Sydney, 1934, by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 41 favorites
- 3,781 views
- Date taken: 1934
- Date uploaded: 2025-01-07
- Tags: sydneystreets, williamstreet, reschs
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Lady Dudley, 1911
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 169 favorites
- 10,900 views
- Date uploaded: 2024-09-16
- Tags: portraits, austraia, nursing
- Visibility: public
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Card Trick, 21 November 1938, by Norman Herfort
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 223 favorites
- 18,620 views
- Date taken: 1938-11-21 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2023-08-23
- Tags: cardtrick, card, highpeedphotography
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St James Station under construction, by E.G. Shaw
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 9 comments
- 230 favorites
- 21,266 views
- Date taken: 1925
- Date uploaded: 2023-02-02
- Tags: railwaystattions, railways, sydney, stjames, nitrate, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
- Visibility: public