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288. Sydney from Lavender Bay, North Shore

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Description: Likely to have been taken during the 1880s or 1890s
Owner: Royal Australian Historical Society
Views: 1286
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1900

["The Fens," Lorenzo Easton Woodhouse house, Huntting Lane, East Hampton, New York. (LOC)

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Description: Johnston, Frances Benjamin,, 1864-1952,, photographer. ["The Fens," Lorenzo Easton Woodhouse house, Huntting Lane, East Hampton, New York. Flower garden] [1914] 1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in. Notes: Site History. House Architecture: Joseph Greenleaf Thorp, by 1903. Landscape: Maurice Collins, gardner. Associated Name: Mary Kennedy (Mrs. Lorenzo E.) Woodhouse. Today: House and garden not extant. On slide: Blank label pasted on top of older label with a blue(?) star sticker. Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards Hewitt worked together. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16878 Call Number: LC-J717-X109- 73
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 4016
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1915

Pam Clemson modelling AWA headset, Sydney, ca. 1950

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Description: Pam Clemson modelling AWA headset in studio, Sydney, Australia, ca. 1950, from vintage negative, Max Dupain and Associates records and negative archive, State Library of New South Wales, ON 559/Box 4/nos. 233-237 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/M67M2VyqdJgDL
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4072
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1951

Firemen on the site of Goldsborough Mort's wool store, Pyrmont, Sydney, 1935

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Description: Firemen on the site of Goldsborough Mort's wool store, Pyrmont, Sydney, 26 September 1935, from film negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 063/Item 222, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQW4AOn/mN43qwBmvw25 The fire which destroyed the six story wool store at Pyrmont was the worst in Sydney since 1921. 230 firemen worked to stop it spreading to nearby buildings. 20,000 bales of wool lost.
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 3759
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1935

Family tent & water wagon, gold mining town, New South Wales, c. 1872

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Description: Family tent & water wagon, gold mining town, New South Wales, c. 1872, American & Australasian Photographic Company [attrib.] collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yol855N9
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 3337
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1872

Lt. Com. Byrd and aircraft (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Lt. Com. Byrd and aircraft [no date recorded on caption card] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Photograph shows Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr. (1888-1957), an American naval officer and explorer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.38060 Call Number: LC-B2- 6358-3
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 3150
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1900

Fire in Tokyo, 1925 (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Fire in Tokyo, 1925 1925 (date created or published later by Bain) 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.38088 Call Number: LC-B2- 6360-9
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 9933
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1925

Motorcyclists, Wollongong City, 1950

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Description: Motorcyclists, Wollongong City, Australia, June 1950, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 004/Item 108 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlBOK3n/8polXKMlJOvKJ
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 23279
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1950

Fort Phillip, Flagstaff Hill, Sydney, ca. 1841

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Description: Fort Phillip, Flagstaff Hill, Sydney, ca. 1841, by Peter MacPherson, drawing, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 7187/Item 2 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqGK03Y/ADj0Gwm4orO6a
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4149
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1841

Ken Hall, Australian film producer and director, Sydney, 1950

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Description: Portrait of Ken Hall, Australian film producer and director, Cinesound, Sydney, 3 May 1950, from film negative, Australian Consolidated Press archive, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 068/Item 234
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4169
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1950

Agnes O'Neill & Chas. [Tamme] (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Agnes O'Neill & Chas. [Tamme] [no date recorded on caption card] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.37978 Call Number: LC-B2- 6349-10
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 3696
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1900

Chinese temple in the gold mining town of Tambaroora, New South Wales, ca. 1872

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Description: Chinese temple in the gold mining town of Tambaroora, New South Wales, American and Australasian Photographic Company, ca. 1872, glass negativeON 4 Box 12 No 80012https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezERpK9
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4093
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1872

Two children, Little Riley Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, 1949, by Ted Hood

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Description: Two children, Little Riley Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, 1949, by Ted Hood, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 584/10 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88DRMvn
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 5480
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1949

Portrait of Te Hapuku, 1877

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Description: Portrait of Te Hapuku Te Ikanui o te Moana, September 1877, Gottfried. Lindauer, oil on canvas. State Library of New South Wales collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjRly59 SG 302 purchased from K. R. Stewart, January 1960
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 5181
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1877

Ken Rosewall, Sydney, 1948

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Description: Ken Rosewall, Junior Tennis Player, White City, Sydney, 18 December 1952, by Robert Donaldson, from film negative, ON 388/Box 008/Item 021 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arW7AXn/ylZzjaz3jV0ZA
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4940
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1948

Tug 'Pluvius' carrying ferry passengers due to Sydney ferry strike, 1910

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Description: Tug 'Pluvius' carrying ferry passengers due to Sydney ferry strike, 1910, John Powell, State Library of New South Wales, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGm5KXn/a6lLQQ83yg5wA
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4905
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1913

Lough Gartan on a misty day?

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Description: Stony walls, a ruined cabin, scrubby trees, hard-won fields, and the lake make this image of Gartan Lake timeless and yet ancient at the one time. It looks like there is a cemetery on the bottom left corner. What does it look like now? Photographer: Thomas H. Mason Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: circa 1900 NLI Ref: M21/41/13 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 6371
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1900

Pest exterminators, Sydney, 1937

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Description: Houghton & Byrne, pest exterminators, with collection of dead rats from a ship and holding a packet of Calcid poison briquettes, Sydney, 9 July, 1937, Sam Hood, 35mm copy print from original nitrate negative, State Library of New South Wales, Home and Away - 8455/NCY28/731 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlDMGgn
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 16793
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1937

Sono Osato, 'Ballet Russe' dancer, 1939-1940

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Description: Sono Osato, ballet dancer and first dancer of Japanese descent, and the first American, to join Ballet Russe, Colonel de Basil's "Original Ballet Russe", 1939-1940, copied from earlier studio photograph by Sam Hood, ON 204 Box 14/20-103 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK54z2Gn/RJyoXwkgKy0l
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 6813
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1939

Brilon (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Brilon [no date recorded on caption card] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.37652 Call Number: LC-B2- 6277-5
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 4717
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1900

Countess M. Karolyi (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Countess M. Karolyi [no date recorded on caption card] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.37654 Call Number: LC-B2- 6277-11
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 4364
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1900

Romanoff and daughter (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Romanoff and daughter [no date recorded on caption card] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.37664 Call Number: LC-B2- 6279-10
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 4824
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1900

Conservation treatment of banner

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Description: Conservation treatment of banner at Pieta's textile conservation institute at The Swedish National Heritage Board, Sweden. Konserveringsarbete av fana hos Pietas textilkonserveringsateljé, Riksantikvarieämbetet, Sverige. Location: Stockholm, Sverige, Sweden Photographer: Unknown Date: 1961
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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1961

Skeleton dancers and band on theatre stage, Sydney, c. 1928

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Description: Skeleton dancers and band on stage, Capitol or State Theatre, Sydney, c. 1928, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 1219 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAd3451/Vw2d7VowEEbDg
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 18098
Tags: theatre sydney stageproductions statelibraryofnewsouthwales australia halloween

1928

Three Little Pig's straw house three-quarter view, Storybook Land Park, Aberdeen, South Dakota (LOC)

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Description: Margolies, John,, photographer. Three Little Pig's straw house three-quarter view, Storybook Land Park, Aberdeen, South Dakota 1987. 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format). Notes: Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation. Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008). Subjects: Amusement parks--1980-1990. Houses--1980-1990. United States--South Dakota--Aberdeen. Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110 General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.03598 Call Number: LC-MA05- 3598
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 3031
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1987

Ariel motorbike at National Park, Sydney, 1940

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Description: Man sitting on his Ariel motorbike, motor cycle camp at National Park, Sydney, 18 January 1940, by Fred Grimes from original film negative, ON 388/Box 027/Item 030 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npANwAb1/8KzJXBb4vzyNd
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 21581
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1940

Man in a top hat JC Williamson Ltd, July 1936

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Description: Man in a top hat with men dancing on a stage, Sydney, July 1936, photo by Sam Hood and commissioned by JC Williamson Ltd. NCY59/483, gelatin silver copy print of original nitrate negative, Home and Away - 31495 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlDlL3n
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7028
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1936

Miss Moulton & Lennox String Quartet (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Miss Moulton & Lennox String Quartet [no date recorded on caption card] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.37611 Call Number: LC-B2- 6270-9
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 4594
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1900

Patient Emergency Fund Auction

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Description: Collection: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) Alternate Title(s): Auction Contributor(s): National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Medical Arts and Photography Branch. Publication: [Bethesda, Md. : Medical Arts and Photography Branch, National Institutes of Health], 1985 Language(s): English Format: Still image Subject(s): Charities, Patients Genre(s): Posters Abstract: Blue poster showing a light purple gavel moving through the air. The poster gives information for the live and silent auctions to be held on April 10, 1985. Extent: 1 photomechanical print (poster) : 62 x 39 cm. Technique: color NLM Unique ID: 101454270 NLM Image ID: C00895 Permanent Link: resource.nlm.nih.gov/101454270
Owner: History of Medicine Division - NLM - NIH
Views: 1767
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2004

Wicker chairs, interior of Avro 618 Ten airplane, Australia, c. 1930

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Description: Wicker chairs, interior of Avro 618 Ten airplane, Australia, c. 1930, by Milton Kent, Charles T.P. Ulm collection of historical aviation photographs, from gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales, PXE 1122 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVl0oY/a4KLBV2j02O82
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7231
Tags: aircraft airplane design passenger seating avro australia aviation airlines airliners

1930

Mount Erebus, showing Fang of Lower Crater from the West, January 1911

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Description: Mount Erebus, showing Fang of Lower Crater from the West, January 1911, photograph album of the Scott expedition to Antarctica, 1910-1913, annotated by T. Griffith Taylor, vintage silver gelatin print, PXA 157 search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1cvjue2/ADLIB110339803
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 18657
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1911

Wallace Kirkland, 'Life' magazine photographer, Australia, 1940

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Description: Wallace Kirkland, 'Life' magazine photographer, Australia, 1940, by Max Dupain, vintage gelatin silver print, Damien Parer papers and photographic material 1930-1964, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 28, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oVMPMn/xXemd0JEbL33e
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 22017
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1940

Kitten, on wire mesh door, 19 March 1937, by Norman Herfort

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Description: Kitten, on wire mesh door, 19 March 1937, by Norman Herfort, from vintage negative, ACP Magazines Ltd. photographic archive, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 079/Item 660 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/APZX6m64y7XlQ
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7738
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1937

Meeting of strikers at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, 18 April 1909

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Description: Meeting of strikers at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, 18 April 1909, part of: Frederick Hancock papers and pictorial material, 1899-1962, from gelatin silver print, State Library Of New South Wales SPF/3454, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNv7d7n
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 5617
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1909

Aerial view of Woolloomooloo, Sydney, c.1925

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Description: Aerial view of Woolloomooloo and the Botanical Gardens, Sydney, c.1925, Milton Kent, from original negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 447/Box 114 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6AVE9/z8Z865QZNbGgv
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 15383
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1925

Building a small wooden-framed station wagon body, 17 December 1947

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Description: Building a small wooden-framed station wagon body, 17 December 1947, Sam Hood, from nitrate film negative Home and Away - 11503 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93Qpdao1/0AVl83Dl5axm13851
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 6613
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1947

Joannet Island canoes, in the Louisiade Archipelago, ca. 1848, by Oswald W. B. Brierly

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Description: Joannet Island canoes, in the Louisiade Archipelago, southeast of New Guinea, ca. 1848. sketched while on board the H.M.S. Rattlesnake during the coastal survey of the passage between the Great Barrier Reef and the east coast of Australia, by Oswald W. B. Brierly.
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7561
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1848

Men working on locomotives in railway workshops, November 1941

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Description: Men working on locomotives in railway workshops, November 1941, Railway series, Ray Olsen, from glass negative, ON 388/Box 022/Item 074, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoa3VZ1/0OwmbwKNgede5
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 5783
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1941

“He had no doubt that his was one of the outstanding minds of the age...”

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Description: After all the great work on Dr. Wake the other day, we start this week with another doctor. This is a very fine Poole portrait from our Irish Personalities Collection. What is Arthur Lynch's story? Photographer: A.H. Poole Collection: Irish Personalities Photographic Collection Date: ca. 1918? NLI Ref: NPA PERS38 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 5484
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1918

The Boyd brothers on a truck, Northern New South Wales, 1942

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Description: Happy hunting ground for fishermen, The Boyd brothers, EH Turnor, 1942, from glass negative, ON 388/Box 022/Item 070 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7owk79/rJBeMKwzVjxW4 Reference museum.tweed.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/boyds-shed
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 6796
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1942

Allied airfield crew working on Lockheed P-38 fighter planes, New Guinea, c. 1944

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Description: Allied airfield crew working on Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter planes, New Guinea, c. 1944 PXA PXA 644 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezElR29/mbRvErzjoGx6B
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 32830
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1943

Shaving in Antarctic explorers hut, Cape Denison, 1912

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Description: Shaving in Antarctic explorers hut, Cape Denison. (l-r) Bage, Stillwell, McLean, Madigan, Hodgeman, Hunter, Hurley (doing the shaving), 1912, from silver gelatin photo, State Library of New South Wales, PXB 1698 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5QKjan/XB4eMv4QrO840
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 6939
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1912

Women with AWA refrigerator, Sydney, Max Dupain, c. 1946

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Description: Women with AWA refrigerator, Sydney, advertisement shoot, Max Dupain, c. 1946, from film negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 559/Box 2/nos. 595-602 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkRDj49/dv0N5KWlAR2wd
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 19431
Tags: refrigerator fridge appliances advertisement early vintage statelibraryofnewsouthwales

1946

Collins & Wylie with General Aircraft Monospar ST-11 (VH-USN), 1935

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Description: General Aircraft Monospar ST-11 (VH-USN), built by General Aircraft Ltd (GAL) with pilots Collins and Wylie after flight from UK to Australia, February 1935, Sam Hood, from vintage gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales, PPXE 789 (v.6) collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arqppXn/2RNBZoA7pDeky
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7369
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1935

Truck running on gas, Sydney, 1942

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Description: Truck running on gas, Clarence Street, Sydney, Sam Hood 18 August 1942, Home and Away - 25934 30915 NCY52/153 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4DZmpn/ON7QAmMgVVwrM One of 800 trucks converted to gas to beat wartime petrol rationing. The conversion came with warnings about exceeding 50 kilometres an hour as the bag might flap and tear.
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 6592
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1942

Tattooed man, Tahuata, Polynesia, 1839, James Addison

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Description: Tattooed man, Tahuata (Santa Christina), Polynesia, 29 July 1839, drawing by James Addison, from album of drawings, maps and coastal profiles of Pacific Islands, 1837-1840, State Library of New South Wales, DL PX 55 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4owD6n/JDz7QMZR2NBdo
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1839

Dempsey (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Dempsey [no date recorded on caption card] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.37133 Call Number: LC-B2- 6197-15
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 5033
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1900

German airplane crashed in the snow, ca. 1918

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Description: German airplane crashed in the snow, ca. 1918, unknown photographer, hand coloured and printed by Colart's Studios, Melbourne, ca. 1920 for 'The pictorial panorama of the Great War: embracing Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine, France, Belgium, Germany and the Navy', State Library of New South Wales, PXD 481 Item 124 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGmR57GY/ZPDargADdX4lJ
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 6639
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1918

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Provence, France

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Description: The medieval town of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in France Den medeltida staden Villeneuve les Avignon i Frankrike Location: Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Provence, France, Frankrike Photograph by: Berit Wallenberg Date: 07.07.1937 Format: Film negative Persistent URL: pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/0c9a2f9b-5718-4ab8-87a6-5eb...
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
Views: 4404
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1937

The Carroll family from Manchester on board the Georgic, 1949

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Description: British migrants Mr and Mrs Carroll with their eight children on board the Georgic, 1949, Norman Herfort, Pix Magazine, ON 388/Box 005/Item 002 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/g7WODXA8dQXMJ In 1949, the passenger ship Georgic arrived in Australia with the largest number of emigrants ever to arrive on Australian shores. She was the last ‘White Star’ liner built before a merger with the Cunard Line and in total there were 1,994 British migrants on board; many of whom were ex-servicemen who became interested in migrating after they returned from the War.
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7496
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1949

HR Locke attempting world diving record, Sydney Heads, 1934

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Description: HR Locke attempting world diving record in new suit designed by Austral Submarine Inventions, Sydney Heads, Port Jackson, Australia, 5 April 1934, ACP photographer, from film negative, ON 388/Box 063/Item 111 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88X8AJn/04bx26PQoBWJq
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7961
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1934

Wet weather, St James Station, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, 14 March 1939

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Description: Wet weather, St James Station, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, 14 March 1939, taken for the Sun newspaper, ON 388/Box 035/Item 177 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/Lg2jJbd3N47Gb
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7342
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1939

Sailing, Sydney Harbour with Hornby lighthouse in the background, 2 January 1939

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Description: Sailing, Sydney Harbour with Hornby lighthouse in the background, 2 January 1939, photographed by S. Farrell, Sun Newspaper, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 035/Item 150 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqG5dQY/reG2eWDlVMqGo
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 8309
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1939

Endurance encased in ice, Shackleton expedition, 1915, photo by Frank Hurley

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Description: The Endurance encased in ice, Ernest Shackleton expedition, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 1915, flash photograph by Frank Hurley, from an original gelatin silver photo printed by Hurley, State Library of New South Wales PXA 715 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/RDpgG7XDZ2DE3
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7405
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1915

Angus Brand, Aorangi’s third engineer and supervisor the refitting of ocean liner, 26 June 1947

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Description: Angus Brand, of Balmain (Sydney), third engineer and supervisor of the refitting of Canadian Australian ocean liner RMMS "Aorangi", 26 June 1947, by Pix Photographer from vintage film negative, ON 388/Box 036/Item 086 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YolgjdN9/3q7L5eZPEQRj7
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 5831
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1947

The French Press Service at 72 Pitt Street, Sydney, 1946

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Description: Interior view of the French Press Service, at 72 Pitt Street Sydney, 19 September 1946, by Sam Hood, copied from original nitrate negative, State Library of New South Wales, Home and Away - 11405 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YdmeabR9
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7372
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1946

Two young boys on an Ariel motorbike, National Park, Sydney, 1940

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Description: Two young boys on an Ariel motorbike at a motor cycle camp in the National Park, Sydney, 18 January 1940, by Frederick Stanley Grimes from vintage film negativeON 388/Box 027/Item 030https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npANwAb1/VvWeLWVk0WzMv
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 11345
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1940

Firemen and fire engine at brigade headquarters, Sydney, 17 March, 1941

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Description: Firemen and fire engine at brigade headquarters, Sydney, 17 March, 1941, Robert Donaldson, from original film negativeON 388/Box 029/Item 014 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGma57MY/4O4R4bqKkOAmK
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 7160
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1941

Australian Tennis magazine cover shot, March 1953, by Max Dupain & Associates

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Description: Australian Tennis magazine cover shot, March 1953, by Max Dupain & Associates, State Library of New South Wales, ON 558/Box 11/nos. 101-112 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/XVJBvZm64MPBz
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 8111
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1953

Hiking fashion, 11 July 1932, Sun Newspaper

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Description: Hiking fashion, 11 July 1932, Sun Newspaper, from film negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 033/Item 223, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YolgjK39/QlL2wrJP5Pk3X
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 10994
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1932

Lionel Van Praag and three other motorcycle speedway riders, 9 February 1946

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Description: Lionel Van Praag and three other motorcycle speedway riders, 9 February 1946, PIX Magazine negative collection, photographed by Ray Olson, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 014/Item 029, archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110587383
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 9017
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1946

Portrait of a man in checked cardigan, Sydney telephone exchange, August 1946

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Description: Portrait of a man in checked cardigan, Sydney telephone exchange, August 1946, ACP Magazines Ltd. photographic archive, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 022/Item 110 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/04kgXzAMwxNwB
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 17136
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1945

Xavier Mertz Bringing in a box of Ice through the Catacombs, Antarctica, 1912, by Frank Hurley

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Description: Xavier Mertz Bringing in a box of Ice through the Catacombs, Cape Denison, Antarctica, 1912, Frank Hurley, Australian Antarctic Expedition, State Library of New South Wales, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6mQj8Y
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 9318
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1912

King's Cross Theatre (night time), Darlinghurst Road, Sydney, c. 1939

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Description: King's Cross Theatre (night time) advertising ‘No Place to Go’ and ‘Clouds over Europe’, Darlinghurst Road, Sydney, c. 1939, Sunday Sun Newspaper photographer, from film negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 074/Item 330
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 11204
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1939

View of the North Richmond River bridge undergoing repairs, Sydney, ca. 1871, American and Australasian Photographic Company

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Description: View of the North Richmond River bridge undergoing repairs, Sydney, ca. 1871, American and Australasian Photographic Company, albumen print PXA 933 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZM7jzY/77dOQGrBOOq43420926
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 8536
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1871

Influenza serum series, Melbourne, April 1951, by Gordon F. De Lisle

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Description: Influenza serum series, Melbourne, April 1951, by Gordon F. De Lisle - ON 388/Box 006/Item 025 27 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YolgQrv9
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 19581
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1951

Rat exterminators searching wharves at night 24 October 1941

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Description: Rat exterminators searching wharves at night 24 October 1941, for Pix Magazine, from vintage film negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 023/Item 096 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7Lq69/GlJ474bMBGEmM112...
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 10930
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1941

Street fashion, Sydney woman, 10 October 1945, by Norman Herfort

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Description: Street fashion, Sydney woman, 10 October 1945, photographed by Norman Herfort, Pix magazine negatives, ACP Magazines Ltd. photographic archive, ON 388 / Box 016 / Item 039, archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110372691
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 11447
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1945

[Dog leaning out car window] (LOC)

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Description: Rizzuto, Angelo,, 1906-1967,, photographer. [Dog leaning out car window] [October 1960] 1 photograph : negative ; film width 35 mm (roll format) Notes: Title devised by Library staff. Date from caption information for contact sheet RZ-1960-10-26 or corresponding negative sleeve. Use digital image. Negatives are not served to researchers. Forms part of: Anthony Angel Collection (Library of Congress). Subjects: Dogs--New York (State)--New York--1960. Automobiles--New York (State)--New York--1960. United States--New York (State)--New York. Format: Film negatives--1960. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Anthony Angel Collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2009632532 Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.71299 Call Number: LC-RZ15-60-10-26-3, no. 9
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 6547
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1960

Judy Canty, schoolgirl Olympic representative, 27 May 1948

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Description: Judy Canty, schoolgirl Olympic representative for the long jump, 27 May 1948, by R. Donaldson, State Library of New South Wales, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/6N273VdxRoQZx
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 9157
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1948

Male Motorcycle rider on his Rudge racing bike, ca. 1935

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Description: Male Motorcycle rider on his Rudge racing bike, No. 45, city street setting, ca. 1935, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 044/Item 249 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110620631
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 10820
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1935

Linotype machines, Anthony Hordern and Sons department store, c. 1935

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Description: Linotype machines, Anthony Hordern and Sons department store, c. 1935, gelatin silver print, from Anthony Hordern and Sons pictorial collection, PXE 1103/Vol. 3/Boxes 1-3 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Na6DEWY/J8zyeDKjyXg47
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 9872
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1935

Tattooed man with bird, W. Silk of Paddington, Sydney, 24 April 1940

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Description: Tattooed man with bird, W. Silk of Paddington with model of a ship, 24 April 1940, by A. Grimes, from vintage negative, ACP Magazines Ltd. photographic archive, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 026/Item 026 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/yl085m4gKVMop
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 25062
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1940

Jean Lorraine, New South Wales, Australia, 1940, by Max Dupain

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Description: Jean Lorraine, New South Wales, Australia, 1940, by Max Dupain, from album of vintage gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 28, archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110332870
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 13211
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1940

Vestibule of Victory cinema George Street, 1946

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Description: Vestibule of Victory cinema, George Street, Sydney, with "Springtime" showing, 30.8.1946, taken for Mr Attwater by Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110007425 Notes from Lost Sydney - John Gleeson In 1939, The Empress was demolished and replaced by The Victory Theatre. An Art Deco building, it was designed by Crick and Furse, the firm responsible for designing many of the Art Deco theatres around Sydney. As The Victory, the cinema screened mostly action movies. This changed when renamed The Rapallo, though neither this nor objections from The National Trust prevented the demolition of the theatre in 1984.
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 8969
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1941

Trick cyclist and golfer Banner Forbutt, December 1946

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Description: Trick cyclist and golfer Banner Forbutt, December 1946, photographed by Ivan Ives, Pix magazine, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 014/Item 083 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/8Zl2vRLAwKWlP
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 8626
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1946

Sonny Clay jazz band, Sydney, 1928

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Description: Sonny Clay Jazz Band, Australia, 1928, Sam Hood, from vintage print, Hood Collection part II State Library of New South Wales, PXE 789 (v.8) 1. archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110095395
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 15785
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1928