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Ruth Park, pre 1947, by unknown photographer
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 8 comments
- 105 favorites
- 76,830 views
- Date taken: 2008
- Date uploaded: 2010-12-16
- Tags: milesfranklinaward, woman, portrait, dress, fashion, writer, 1940s, forties, 40s
- Visibility: public
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Helene Kirsova, ballerina, ca. 1941 / photographer Bitter-Jeppesen Studios, Melbourne
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 5 comments
- 22 favorites
- 49,002 views
- Date taken: 2010-03-17 16:26:34
- Date uploaded: 2010-03-17
- Tags: kirsova, ballerina, humanitarian, teacher, danish, woman, portrait, autograph, 1940s, smile, playgrounds, ballet, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty578082, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, balletacrossthecommons, balletsrusses, bitterjeppesenstudios, australianballet, jcwilliamsontheatrecompany
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Tattooed man with bird, W. Silk of Paddington, Sydney, 24 April 1940
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 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
- Visibility: public
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Men reading their newspapers on a ferry, Sydney, 22 October 1940
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 21 comments
- 310 favorites
- 27,934 views
- Date taken: 1940-10-22 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-07-29
- Tags: workl, businessmen, ferries, 1940s, 1940, warathome
- Visibility: public
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Woman getting into a car with groceries, Sydney, September 1947
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 56 favorites
- 27,747 views
- Date taken: 1947-09
- Date uploaded: 2022-07-31
- Tags: shopping, cars, vintage, australia, sydney, 1940s, 1947
- Visibility: public
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Wallace Kirkland, 'Life' magazine photographer, Australia, 1940
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 3 comments
- 31 favorites
- 25,461 views
- Date taken: 1940
- Date uploaded: 2022-08-12
- Tags: maxdupain, wallacekirkland, lifemagazine, photographers, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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Audience at a Jazz concert, Town Hall, Sydney, November 1948
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 15 comments
- 202 favorites
- 24,060 views
- Date taken: 1948-11
- Date uploaded: 2021-12-30
- Tags: jazz, sydney, 1940s, townhall, entertainment, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
- Visibility: public
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Continental Sydney, 1940.
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 22 comments
- 256 favorites
- 22,505 views
- Date taken: 1940
- Date uploaded: 2023-11-19
- Tags: approved, walkabout, sydney, blackandwhite, artdeco, 1940s, wyldefel, onceuponatime
- Visibility: public
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General Motors Holden Factory, Pagewood, Sydney, 1940
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 10 comments
- 150 favorites
- 22,379 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-03-07
- Tags: holden, generalmotors, factory, pagewood, easternsuburbs, sydney, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, industry, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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Portrait of a man in checked cardigan, Sydney telephone exchange, August 1946
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 12 comments
- 139 favorites
- 21,478 views
- Date taken: 1945-08
- Date uploaded: 2021-10-05
- Tags: patterns, telephone, exchange, clothing, fashion, 1940s, 1940, war, years, australia, sydney, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
- Visibility: public
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Reactions to women wearing slacks, Sydney, 1946 SLNSW_FL9454644
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 14 comments
- 196 favorites
- 21,229 views
- Date uploaded: 2023-08-01
- Tags: slacks, vintagefashion, 1940s, australia, sydney, 1946
- Visibility: public
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Breathing apparatus, by Robert Donaldson, 1941
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 12 comments
- 263 favorites
- 21,206 views
- Date taken: 1941
- Date uploaded: 2024-02-25
- Tags: ww2, worldwartwo, breathing, apparatus, sydney, fire, brigade, 1940s, gasmasks, firemen, firefighters, respirators, proto, wartime
- Visibility: public
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Airplane, South Island, New Zealand (Aotearoa), 1949
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 14 comments
- 241 favorites
- 19,325 views
- Date uploaded: 2023-12-14
- Tags: airplane, planes, flight, 1940s, new, zealand, snow, mountains
- Visibility: public
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Teenagers packed into an Austin car, Australia, September 1949
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 23 favorites
- 18,534 views
- Date uploaded: 2020-12-28
- Tags: austn, cars, vintage, australian, teenages, 1940s, australia, post, war, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, early, teens
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Wirth Circus parade (Lord Mayor's Fund), 1941 / Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 38 favorites
- 17,823 views
- Date taken: 2006-08-21 10:34:34
- Date uploaded: 2009-06-24
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, woman, clown, costume, two, standing, helmet, whitedress, 1941, 1940s, circus
- Visibility: public
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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
- Visibility: public
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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
- Visibility: public
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Wooden shoes for women 1942
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 7 comments
- 153 favorites
- 16,984 views
- Date taken: 1942-12-29 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2022-04-28
- Tags: shoes, fashion, 1940s, worldwartwo, ww2, homefront, australia
- Visibility: public
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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
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 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
- Visibility: public
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Rain scene, Central Station, Sydney, 1941
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- 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
- Visibility: public
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Sydney fashion, street photography, 10 October 1945, photographed by Norman Herfort
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 79 favorites
- 15,173 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-07-11
- Tags: fashion, sydney, 1940s, herfort, pix, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
- Visibility: public
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Street fashion, Sydney woman, 10 October 1945, by Norman Herfort
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 74 favorites
- 15,048 views
- Date taken: 1945-10-10 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-08-29
- Tags: streetfashion, 1940s, sydney, fashion, female, clothing, normanherfort
- Visibility: public
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Yachts on Port Jackson, Sydney, 2 January 1941
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 50 favorites
- 14,641 views
- Date taken: 1941-01-02 17:54:36
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-02
- Tags: sailing, yachts, port, jackson, harbour, sydney, boats, vintage, old, sunny, state, library, new, south, wales, 1940s, 1941
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Two fashion models in front of a hand drawn backdrop, ca. 1948
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 68 favorites
- 14,433 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-03-30
- Tags: fashion, sydney, models, fashionshoots, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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Gas Co ball, Trocadero, July 1941
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 3 comments
- 54 favorites
- 14,191 views
- Date taken: 2011-01-19 13:08:51
- Date uploaded: 2011-01-19
- Tags: audience, crowd, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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Woman in white dress, 30 January 1947
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 3 comments
- 40 favorites
- 13,920 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-03-04
- Tags: fashion, 1940s, blackandwhite, negatives, contact, prints, interiors
- Visibility: public
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Patricia Delaney, Margaret Lord, ABC Studios,1944 photographed by Ivan Ives
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 7 favorites
- 13,722 views
- Date taken: 1944-03-08 06:23:57
- Date uploaded: 2019-02-18
- Tags: abc, australianbroadcastingcorporation, radio, broadcasting, australia, patriciadelaney, announcers, 1940s, 1944, pix, magazine, studio
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Yachts sailing on Port Jackson, Sydney, 2 January 1941
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 49 favorites
- 13,135 views
- Date taken: 1941-01-02 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-02
- Tags: sailing, yachts, portjackson, harbour, sydney, boats, vintage, old, sunny, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, 1940s, 1941
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Patricia Delaney, ABC Studios, 1944 photographed by Ivan Ives
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 50 favorites
- 12,647 views
- Date taken: 1944-03-08 06:17:07
- Date uploaded: 2019-02-18
- Tags: abc, australianbroadcastingcorporation, radio, broadcasting, australia, patriciadelaney, announcers, 1940s, 1944, pix, magazine, studio, hmv, 78rpm, turntable, gramophone
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JA Prestwich 'Jap' speedway bike, Sydney, 9 February 1946, by Ray Olson
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 81 favorites
- 12,477 views
- Date taken: 1946-02-09 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-08-20
- Tags: bikes, motorbikes, racing, speedway, vintage, early, sydney, australia, 1940s, 1946
- Visibility: public
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Women spectators at wrestling, Sydney Stadium, 1940
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 74 favorites
- 12,349 views
- Date uploaded: 2023-05-03
- Tags: sydneystadium, spectators, women, sports, 1940s, sydney
- Visibility: public
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Patricia Delaney, Margaret Lord, ABC Studios, 18 February 1944 photographed by Ivan Ives
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 28 favorites
- 12,239 views
- Date taken: 1944-03-08 06:23:42
- Date uploaded: 2019-02-18
- Tags: abc, australianbroadcastingcorporation, radio, broadcasting, australia, patriciadelaney, announcers, 1940s, 1944, pix, magazine, studio
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Four women looking at fabrics, September 1947
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 41 favorites
- 12,142 views
- Date taken: 1947-09
- Date uploaded: 2022-07-19
- Tags: fabric, fashion, design, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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Children exercising at the Womens League of health and beauty, 1940
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 34 favorites
- 11,894 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-09-26
- Tags: health, exercise, 1940s, activities, ivanives, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
- Visibility: public
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Food Stall, Friday night market, Haymarket, Sydney, 1941
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 77 favorites
- 11,854 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-09-23
- Tags: foodstall, markets, haymarket, sydney, 1940s, 1941, portraits, coke, cocacola
- Visibility: public
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Youths listening to a jukebox, Sydney, 9 July 1947
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 65 favorites
- 11,534 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-03-08
- Tags: jukebox, youths, 1940s, sydney, music, records, entertainment
- Visibility: public
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Lionel Van Praag and three other motorcycle speedway riders, 9 February 1946
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 53 favorites
- 11,530 views
- Date taken: 1946-02-09 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-11-01
- Tags: motocycles, speedway, lionelvanpraag, riders, sydney, australia, leathers, bikes, helmets, 1940s, motorbikes
- Visibility: public
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Spalding's Sporting Goods Store, 1941, by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 18 favorites
- 11,182 views
- Date taken: 1941
- Date uploaded: 2021-02-09
- Tags: sporting, shopping, shopfronts, display, shop, sydney, tennis, film, advertising, australia, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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The Carroll family from Manchester on board the Georgic, 1949
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 4 comments
- 54 favorites
- 11,133 views
- Date taken: 1949
- Date uploaded: 2022-04-05
- Tags: migration, british, 1940s, postworldwartwo, migrants, georgic, cunard, shippinglines
- Visibility: public
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Two children, Little Riley Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, 1949, by Ted Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 136 favorites
- 11,130 views
- Date taken: 1949
- Date uploaded: 2023-01-25
- Tags: children, 1949, 1940s, postwar, sydney, streetscapes, buildings
- Visibility: public
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Dancers at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, September 1942
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 40 favorites
- 11,088 views
- Date taken: 1942-09
- Date uploaded: 2022-08-04
- Tags: tivoli, theatre, dancing, fun, sydney, 1940s, ww2, worldwartwo, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, filmnegatives
- Visibility: public
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Beer kegs in a pub wrapped-up to keep them cool, Kalgoorlie 1949
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 24 favorites
- 10,692 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-11-10
- Tags: pubs, hotels, beer, kalgoorlie, westernaustralia, 1949, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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Thelma Scott, Shakespeare Room, State Library of New South Wales, 1947
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 57 favorites
- 10,675 views
- Date taken: 1947-08
- Date uploaded: 2022-06-28
- Tags: thelmascott, australianactors, 1930s, 1940s
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The Boyd brothers on a truck, Northern New South Wales, 1942
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 65 favorites
- 10,575 views
- Date taken: 1942
- Date uploaded: 2022-07-13
- Tags: fishing, newsouthwales, fishermen, trucks, vintage, historic, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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Pigeon racers with timing clocks, 1945, by Alec Iverson
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 19 comments
- 156 favorites
- 10,571 views
- Date taken: 2018-02-28 06:36:13
- Date uploaded: 2025-04-08
- Tags: pigeon, racing, australia, 1940s, timers, clocks
- Visibility: public
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Woman with BSA motorbike, Sydney, 1943
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 104 favorites
- 10,253 views
- Date uploaded: 2024-04-10
- Tags: motorcycle, motobikes, bsa, 1940s, balmain, nsw
- Visibility: public
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Cars on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1937
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 6 comments
- 105 favorites
- 10,135 views
- Date taken: 1937
- Date uploaded: 2024-03-24
- Tags: sydneyharbourbridge, cars, autos, vintage, old, sydney, australia, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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Water ballet, January 1940, by S. Farnell and Ivan Ives
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 65 favorites
- 9,697 views
- Date taken: 1940-01
- Date uploaded: 2023-03-01
- Tags: swimsuits, swimming, underwaterballet, ballet, performers, australia, 1940s
- Visibility: public
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Member of the Ardinis acrobatic troupe, Sydney, Australia, March 1948
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 71 favorites
- 9,471 views
- Date uploaded: 2023-05-05
- Tags: acrobats, performers, sydney, 1940s, australia, pix, magazines
- Visibility: public
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Kings Cross, 1947
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 3 comments
- 63 favorites
- 9,422 views
- Date taken: 2018-02-15 14:54:31
- Date uploaded: 2023-10-31
- Tags: kingscross, 1940s, sydney, telephone, phone, call
- Visibility: public
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