50 photos
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Library confusion, 23/12/1952, by Sam Hood
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 6 comments
- 119 favorites
- 75,378 views
- Date taken: 2006-05-29 13:36:52
- Date uploaded: 2011-05-23
- Tags: two, women, library, librarians, books, standing, 1950s, fifties, fashion, libraries, librariesacrossthecommons, samhood, nswpubliclibraries
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Tattooed lady Betty Broadbent, 4 April 1938
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- 0 comments
- 304 favorites
- 60,914 views
- Date taken: 1938-04-04 16:08:34
- Date uploaded: 2019-04-02
- Tags: tattoo, tattooing, venus, women, betty, broadbent, 1938, pix, magazine, state, library, new, south, wales, atto
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Queens Hall, State Library of Victoria, after 1866 / photographer unknown
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- 7 comments
- 47 favorites
- 49,657 views
- Date taken: 1880
- Date uploaded: 2011-02-15
- Tags: library, readingroom, gasolier, neoclassical, melbourne, libraries, librariesacrossthecommons, clerestory
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Civic library, Newcastle, 18/9/1957, Hood collection
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- 5 comments
- 106 favorites
- 44,811 views
- Date taken: 1957-09-08 14:17:36
- Date uploaded: 2011-06-29
- Tags: women, books, 1950s, fifties, 1957, library, desk, patrons, three, brains, sexy, libraries, librariesacrossthecommons, librarians
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Skeleton series, 1938, Ray Olson
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 4 comments
- 171 favorites
- 43,721 views
- Date taken: 1938-04-04 16:59:34
- Date uploaded: 2018-10-31
- Tags: skeleton, ray, olsen, pix, magazine, halloween, 1938, australia, photographers, photography, australian, bones, scary, funny, library, cup, tea
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St. Ives Dog Show
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 7 comments
- 225 favorites
- 39,923 views
- Date taken: 1950-03-18 14:19:20
- Date uploaded: 2019-10-02
- Tags: dogs, pets, shows, sydney, animals, australia, state, library, new, pix, magazine, south, wales, littledoglaughednoiret
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Tattooed lady Betty Broadbent, 4 April 1938
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- 2 comments
- 253 favorites
- 39,530 views
- Date taken: 1938-04-04 16:07:42
- Date uploaded: 2019-04-02
- Tags: tattoo, tattooing, venus, women, betty, broadbent, 1938, pix, magazine, state, library, new, south, wales
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Free Public Library, corner of Bent & Macquarie Sts, Sydney, 1877 / New South Wales Government Printing Office
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 4 comments
- 54 favorites
- 38,115 views
- Date taken: 1941
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, horse, cart, wheel, freepubliclibrary, library, building, vine, window, road, sidewalk, victorian, architecture, palladian, albumenphotoprint, 1877, printing, sydney, australia, carriage
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Model in New Look fashion on steps of the Public Library of New South Wales, 1950 / silver gelatin photoprint by Rob Hillier
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- 3 comments
- 42 favorites
- 35,100 views
- Date taken: 1950
- Date uploaded: 2012-08-15
- Tags: newlook, suit, model, columns, library, bronze, sandstone, pose, woman, 1950, fifties, mitchelllibrary, publiclibraryofnewsouthwales, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Lake Library, 30 June 1955, Hood collection
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- 6 comments
- 27 favorites
- 33,987 views
- Date taken: 2006-06-21 09:54:47
- Date uploaded: 2011-06-29
- Tags: man, woman, standing, library, catalog, drawer, smiles, 1955, 1950s, fifties, lakemacquarie, libraries, librariesacrossthecommons, librarians
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Lake Macquarie Shire mobile library, 20 October 1950, by Sam Hood
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 7 comments
- 59 favorites
- 29,360 views
- Date taken: 1950-10-20 11:49:50
- Date uploaded: 2010-03-18
- Tags: bus, bookmobile, library, reading, books, 1950, austin, lakemacquarieshire, mobilelibrary, librarian, children, publiclibrary, lakemacquarie, nsw
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Macquarie Street South [1859] [Taken from corner of Hunter & Macquarie Streets, looking south. St. Stephens Presbyterian Iron Church on left]
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- 2 comments
- 24 favorites
- 26,614 views
- Date taken: 1860
- Date uploaded: 2015-07-03
- Tags: sydney, state, library, nsw
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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
- Visibility: public
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Conservatorium of Music, The Botanical Gardens, State Library of New South Wales Sydney from the air, 1920, by Frank Hurley
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- 3 comments
- 14 favorites
- 23,907 views
- Date taken: 1920
- Date uploaded: 2014-04-08
- Tags: conservatoriumofmusic, thedomain, train, tunnels, sydney, circleline, track, excavations, aerial, photography, state, library, new, south, wales
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Men and women at the beach, filming with a hand wound camera, New South Wales, ca. 1935, Sam Hood
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 75 favorites
- 22,758 views
- Date taken: 1935
- Date uploaded: 2019-11-27
- Tags: cinema, movie, classic, vintage, sydney, australia, state, library, new, south, wales, sam, hood, photographer, professional
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Mitchell Library, opening ceremony, 8th March, 1910, by unknown photographer
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 16 favorites
- 20,825 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2010-03-08
- Tags: foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty551938, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, mitchelllibrary, libraries, collection, library, events
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Theatrical poster and display artists, Sydney, ca. 1935, Sam Hood, c. 1935
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- 1 comment
- 42 favorites
- 19,371 views
- Date uploaded: 2019-12-05
- Tags: cinema, movie, promotions, 1929, classic, vintage, sydney, australia, state, library, new, south, wales, sam, hood, photographer, display, artists
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Tattooed lady Betty Broadbent, 4 April 1938
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 0 comments
- 59 favorites
- 19,116 views
- Date taken: 1937-04-04 16:06:52
- Date uploaded: 2019-04-02
- Tags: tattoo, tattooing, venus, women, betty, broadbent, 1938, pix, magazine, state, library, new, south, wales
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Public Library of New South Wales, 1948, by unknown photographer
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- 0 comments
- 5 favorites
- 18,493 views
- Date taken: 1941
- Date uploaded: 2010-03-08
- Tags: foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty551938, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, mitchelllibrary, libraries, librariesacrossthecommons, library, steps, outside
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Routine duties under "gas alert" conditions, Killara, Sydney, 21 March 1944, N. Herfort
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- 1 comment
- 52 favorites
- 17,483 views
- Date taken: 1944-03-21 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2019-11-13
- Tags: pix, gasmasks, emrgency, ww2, worldwartwo, 1944, australianwomensarmyservice, awas, state, library, new, south, wales, stdney, killara, north
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Painting conservators, Mitchell Building, State Library of New South Wales, 29.10.1943, Pix Magazine
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- 0 comments
- 41 favorites
- 16,038 views
- Date taken: 1943-10-29 11:52:43
- Date uploaded: 2019-02-28
- Tags: library, conservators, frame, conservation, world, war, two, state, new, south, wales, mitchell, building, ww2, painting
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Man on stilts for promotion of the film "Street Scene", King Vidor, Sydney, ca. 1931, Sam Hood
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- 1 comment
- 21 favorites
- 15,222 views
- Date taken: 1931
- Date uploaded: 2019-12-02
- Tags: cinema, movie, promotions, 1929, classic, vintage, sydney, australia, state, library, new, south, wales, sam, hood, photographer, professional, streetscene, kingvidor
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Cummings and Wilson movie projector, Sydney, ca. 1930, Sam Hood
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- 0 comments
- 35 favorites
- 14,895 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2019-12-03
- Tags: cinema, movie, classic, vintage, sydney, australia, state, library, new, south, wales, sam, hood, photographer, projector, equipment, cummingsandwilson
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Yachts on Port Jackson, Sydney, 2 January 1941
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- 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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Metal shoe cover worn by speedway cyclist, 9 February 1946, photo by Ray Olson
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- 2 comments
- 21 favorites
- 14,623 views
- Date taken: 1946-02-09 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2019-12-18
- Tags: sydney, speedway, vintage, classic, bikes, dirt, ray, olsen, pix, state, library, new, south, wales, people, photoadd, cliffparkinson, rayolson
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"Freckles " trained pig at Tivoli, 5 June 1940
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- 4 comments
- 40 favorites
- 14,589 views
- Date taken: 2018-04-11 14:00:01
- Date uploaded: 2019-02-06
- Tags: state, library, new, south, wales
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Major General EW Chaytor with staff and Model T Ford Utility, Palestine, 1917, James Allan Chauvel, State Library of New South Wales,
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- 0 comments
- 42 favorites
- 14,565 views
- Date taken: 1917
- Date uploaded: 2020-08-21
- Tags: world, war, one, ww1, chauvel, james, aif, australian, force, palestine, transport, corps, car, early, vintage, cars, state, library, new, south, wales, panoramas, chaytor, modelt, ford
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Smoke bombs demonstration, Australian troops, attrib. Palestine, ca. 1916-1917, James Allan Chauvel
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- 0 comments
- 45 favorites
- 14,394 views
- Date taken: 1917
- Date uploaded: 2020-08-24
- Tags: world, war, one, ww1, chauvel, james, aif, australian, force, palestine, vintage, state, library, new, south, wales, panoramas
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Henry James O'Farrell after his assassination attempt on the Duke of Edinburgh in Sydney, ca.1868
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- 2 comments
- 14 favorites
- 13,904 views
- Date taken: 1868
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-13
- Tags: henry, james, ofarrell, duke, edinburgh, state, library, new, south, wales, sydney, assassination, attempts, australia, british, royalty
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Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer
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- 2 comments
- 4 favorites
- 13,520 views
- Date taken: 1888
- Date uploaded: 2011-05-31
- Tags: library
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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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Francis De Groot dragged off his horse after illegally cutting the opening ribbon, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19 March 1932
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- 0 comments
- 41 favorites
- 13,086 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-03-23
- Tags: sydney, harbour, bridge, scandals, australian, opening, rightwing, political, movements, state, library, new, south, wales, de, groot
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Person being weighed, 6 December 1937
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- 1 comment
- 43 favorites
- 13,051 views
- Date taken: 1937-12-06 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-03-18
- Tags: street, photographyvendorsbusiness1930sfashionsstate, library, new, south, wales
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Outline of a tattoo of a woman's head being applied by Fred Harris, Sydney, 23 February 1939
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 36 favorites
- 12,744 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-11-02
- Tags: tattooing, tattoos, fredharris, state, library, new, south, wales
- Visibility: public
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Midnight sun, over the Ross Sea, Antarctic, December 1910
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- 0 comments
- 50 favorites
- 12,365 views
- Date taken: 1910-12
- Date uploaded: 2021-02-16
- Tags: antarctic, antarctica, rosssea, robertfalconscott, scott, griffith, taylorgeologyexpeditionsterra, nova, expeditionstate, library, new, south, wales
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Norco fire, 379 Sussex Street, Sydney, July 1928 by Sam Hood
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- 1 comment
- 33 favorites
- 11,637 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-02-24
- Tags: norco, fires, buildingfires, sydney, architecture, old, sydneystate, library, new, south, wales
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Newcastle County Council electricity supply truck with ladder and body by Oldin, ca. 1940
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 1 comment
- 63 favorites
- 11,629 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-04-19
- Tags: oldin, newcastlecountycouncil, trucks, automobiles, infrastructure, electricity, vintage, old, sydney, australia, state, library, new, south, wales, 1919
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Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd, York Street, Sydney, c. February 1939, Arthur Ernest Foster
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 2 comments
- 37 favorites
- 11,483 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-19
- Tags: amalgamated, wireless, australasia, modernisn, art, deco, sydney, york, street, state, library, new, south, wales, arthur, foster, 1938, construction, architecture, buildings, heritage
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Road construction, Hunter Street, Sydney, 1925
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- 5 comments
- 51 favorites
- 10,866 views
- Date taken: 1925
- Date uploaded: 2023-01-15
- Tags: hunterstreet, construction, sydney, early, architecture, vintage, state, library, new, south, wales, arthurernestfoster
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The construction of the AWA Building and Tower 17 November 1938 by Arthur Foster
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- 0 comments
- 37 favorites
- 10,429 views
- Date taken: 1938-11-17 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-17
- Tags: amalgamated, wireless, australasia, modernisn, art, deco, sydney, york, street, state, library, new, south, wales, arthur, foster, 1938, construction, architecture, buildings, heritage
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St. Ives Dog Show
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- 0 comments
- 7 favorites
- 7,904 views
- Date taken: 1950-03-18 14:29:59
- Date uploaded: 2019-03-27
- Tags: dogs, pets, shows, sydney, animals, australia, state, library, new, pix, magazine, south, wales
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St. Ives Dog Show
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- 0 comments
- 8 favorites
- 7,636 views
- Date taken: 1950-03-18 14:26:19
- Date uploaded: 2019-03-27
- Tags: dogs, pets, shows, sydney, animals, australia, state, library, new, pix, magazine, south, wales
- Visibility: public
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Access ladders to the base of Appin Falls 1905-1907
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- 0 comments
- 4 favorites
- 5,054 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2016-02-11
- Tags: state, library, nsw
- Visibility: public
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perier_34627r
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- 0 comments
- 4 favorites
- 4,913 views
- Date taken: 1901
- Date uploaded: 2016-02-11
- Tags: state, library, nsw
- Visibility: public