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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: 3238
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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: 3104
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1948

Woman in a sports car with a dog, Sydney Harbour, 1940

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Description: Woman in a sports car with a dog, Sydney Harbour, Robert Rice, 20 December 1940, from film negative, ON 388/Box 025/Item 066 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0Kx6xm1/26Dv5Zl3kbZAd
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4438
Tags: sportscars vintage cars automobiles sydney australia statelibraryofnewsouthwales harbour sunny summer

1940

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: 4777
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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: 15149
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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: 4588
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1939

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: 11288
Tags: theatre sydney stageproductions statelibraryofnewsouthwales australia halloween

1928

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: 19628
Tags: motorbikes motor cycles bikes vintahe early sydney australia aerial summer

1940

Aussie Bear, toy koala manufactured by Thurlstane, ca. 1944-1945

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Description: Aussie Bear, toy koala manufactured by Thurlstane (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., ca. 1944-1945, Aussie Bear, toy koala manufactured by Thurlstane, ca. 1944-1945, from vintage gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 1517 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmNxrY/NgJ837W6qww6j
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4356
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1945

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: 5029
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1936

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: 5824
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1930

4'x4' Supersonic Pressure Tunnel Staff

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Description: Mary Jackson appears in this photo as the first person in the front row right side. Mary Jackson began at Langley in 1951 as a computer. She was later assigned to work at the 4-Foot by 4-Foot Supersonic Pressure Tunnel where she worked with Kazimierz "Kaz" Czarnecki, who encouraged her to become an engineer. To attend the university extension engineering classes held at the then all-white Hampton Hight School, Jackson was required to petition the courts, which she did successfully. She became an engineer in the late 1950s. Photo ID: LRC-1956-B701_P-95113 Date: August 15, 1956
Owner: NASA on The Commons
Views: 8669
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1956

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: 17327
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1911

Men working on NSWGR 36 Class locomotive 3667, 11 November 1942

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Description: Men working on NSWGR 36 Class locomotive 3667, 11 November 1942, Ray Olsen, from glass negative, ON 388/Box 022/Item 074 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoa3VZ1/6kJNMKgBD0XBq
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4355
Tags: locomotives trains working industry sydney australia steamtrains

1942

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: 20817
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1940

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: 4531
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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: 13877
Tags: aerialphotography sydney 1930s development woolloomooloo city domain miltonkent statelibraryofnewsouthwales

1925

Madame (Ada) Senyah, trapeze artist, c.1865

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Description: Madame (Ada) Senyah, trapeze artist, c.1865, unknown, from carte-de-visite, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 362 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QVj571 Madame (Ada) Senyah was one of the more famous trapeze artists from the mid nineteenth century. In a feature common with many in the business Madame Senyah did not use her real name. Many adopted Italian and foreign sounding names but in this instance, Ada used the device of spelling her real name Haynes backward. Following the lead of Jean Price who introduced long leaps using a trapeze bar Madame Senyah is often credited with being the first woman aerial flyer. She appeared with her husband, Samuel, who hung from a trapeze bar by his feet and caught his wife as she swung towards him after losing her hold of the stirrups.
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 6187
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1865

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 negativeHome and Away - 11503https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93Qpdao1/0AVl83Dl5axm13851
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 5290
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1947

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: 4754
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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: 4779
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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: 5462
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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: 31698
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1943

Carcass of a whale caught by the Davidson family in Eden, New South Wales, c. 1900

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Description: Carcass of a whale caught by the Davidson family in Eden, New South Wales, c. 1900, PXA 2044 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ84Okn/yj5dmJPVoBP06
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 5205
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1900

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: 17827
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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: 5957
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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: 5509
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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
Views: 15418
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1839

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: 5594
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1918

Microphone, AWA imported radio articles, Sydney, c. 1951, Max Dupain

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Description: Microphone, AWA imported radio articles, Sydney, c. 1951, Max Dupain, from vintage film negative, ON 559/Box 4/nos. 575-581https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92ebDzBY/qXL820OVNZx7K
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 15136
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1951

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: 3668
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1937

Webb & Bage, Southern Party, Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1912, Frank Hurley

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Description: The Australian Antarctic Expedition #AAE found using a sledge sail was a great help when traversing the weathered surface of the plateau 278 miles out from Cape Denison. Webb & Bage of the Southern Party of are seen returning to winter quarters. Bage is reading the milage meter. Frank Hurley 1912. State Library New South Wales ON 144/Q682 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQybyen
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 6102
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1912

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: 6464
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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: 6611
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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: 6372
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1939

Amalfi (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Amalfi [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.36938 Call Number: LC-B2- 6163-6A
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 13240
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1900

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: 6657
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1915

Home designs pg32

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Description: Creator: Queensland. Housing Commission. Home Designs (1950), digitised pages. Copyright status: Out of copyright. Description: Here are some common home designs in Queensland Australia. To assist the State Library can you identify and these designs Son the State Library of Queensland Corley Explorer explorer.corley.slq.qld.gov.au/ View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/f/mk930d/slq_alma21119.... Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/research-collections. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
Owner: State Library of Queensland, Australia
Views: 1103
Tags: corleyexplorer queensland housedesign homes plans architecture homedesigns floorplans

1950

A forest road near Geneva, Switzerland

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Description: Young woman on a forest road near Geneva. Ung kvinna på en skogsväg nära Genève. Location: Geneva, Switzerland, Suisse, Schweiz Photograph by: Berit Wallenberg Date: April 1921 Format: Film negative Persistent URL: pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/485a0983-54f8-4d27-a504-d3d...
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
Views: 5325
Tags: httpswwwflickrcomphotostagstheswedishnationalheritageboard httpswwwflickrcomphotostagsriksantikvariec3a4mbetet genève geneva switzerland suisse schweiz

1921

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: 6523
Tags: thefrenchpress offices services france sydney press samhood

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: 10161
Tags: children laughter fun summer aeriel motorbike motorcycle camping nationalpark statelibraryofnewsouthwales

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: 6504
Tags: firemen firebrigades fireengines newsouthwales statelibrary vintage old sydney

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: 7158
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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: 9650
Tags: hiking walking fashion sydney australia 1930s statelibraryofnewsouthwales

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: 8317
Tags: motocycles speedway lionelvanpraag riders sydney australia leathers bikes helmets 1940s

1946

Minerva Theatre, Max Dupain, June 1947

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Description: Exterior of Minerva Theatre at night time with a large advertisement for the production 'Clutterbuck', June 1947, Max Dupain, film negative, ON 609/Box 23/no. 132 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1bGWpbXY/QMe3kEEp2z6BZ
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 9215
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1947

New Fiat station wagon outside the Art Gallery, Sydney, 31 March 1949

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Description: New "Fiat" station wagon outside the Art Gallery, Sydney, 31 March 1949, by L. Shea for the Sun Newspaper, State Library of New South Wales, 9615793 ON 388/Box 053/Item 158 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/y3KBXJPPO8yr3
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 9319
Tags: cars vehicles vintage fiat stationwagon statelibraryofnewsouthwales

1949

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: 15958
Tags: patterns telephone exchange clothing fashion 1940s 1940 war years australia

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: 8555
Tags: antarctica australianantarcticexpedition waviermertz frankhurley 1912 capedenison exploration antarctic explorers goldenageofexploration

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: 10209
Tags: cinemas theatres movies sydney kingscross early demolished

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: 8009
Tags: glebe glebeisland sydney bridges vintage early 1870s transport roads statelibraryofnewsouthwales

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: 18942
Tags: influenza flu vaccine serum vaccinations 1950s medicine statelibraryofnewsouthwales

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: 10255
Tags: rats rodents plagues extermination sydney australia

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: 10439
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1945

JA Prestwich 'Jap' speedway bike, Sydney, 9 February 1946, by Ray Olson

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Description: JA Prestwich 'Jap' Speedway bike, Sydney, 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
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1946

Alcock (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Alcock [between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925] 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.36118 Call Number: LC-B2- 6029-5
Owner: The Library of Congress
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1920

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: 9918
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1935

Water polo series at Olympic pool, 19 January 1941

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Description: Water polo series at Olympic pool, Australia, 19 January 1941, by Ivan Ives for PIX magazine, State Library of New South Wales, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/7mAD0QrAZk6Gd
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1941

Cyclist Hubert Opperman poses next to an REO Speed Wagon truck advertising at Peters Ice Cream Factory, Redfern (taken for Bruce Small Ltd), Australia, 19 July 1938

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Description: Cyclist Hubert Opperman poses next to an REO Speed Wagon truck advertising at Peters Ice Cream Factory, Redfern (taken for Bruce Small Ltd), Australia, 19 July 1938, from nitrate film negative, Davis sporting collection part II, State Library of New South Wales, Home and Away - 17469 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yol8gPv9
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1938

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: 9074
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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
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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
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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: 7931
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1946

Penguins being fed at the zoo, 22 June 1945, by Alec Iverson

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Description: Penguins being fed at the zoo, 22 June 1945, by Alec Iverson, from ACP Magazines Ltd. photographic archive, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 018/Item 060 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/3a6Z37r3P7NDv
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1945

Balloon Ascent, Wonderland theme park, Tamarama Beach, Sydney, c. 1908

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Description: Balloon Ascent, Wonderland theme park, Tamarama Beach, Sydney, c. 1908. Possibly a record of the ascent, and unexpected descent, of Alphonse Stewart in January 1908. Witnessed by hundreds who had gathered for the event Stewart fell after only ascending 15 feet but on his second attempt rose to some 3000 feet before descending by parachutes from the balloon, Broadhurst collection of postcards, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 635 - 845 digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb... "BALLOON ACCIDENT AT WONDERLAND." Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) 18 January 1908: 9. Web. 16 Jun 2021 .
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1908

Mrs. Woods Plankinton & coach (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Mrs. Woods Plankinton & coach [between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925] 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.35896 Call Number: LC-B2- 5989-7
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 3119
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1920

Peggy Stout (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Peggy Stout [between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925] 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.35901 Call Number: LC-B2- 5990-15
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 3947
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1920

Boy fishing, Narrabeen camp war workers holiday, 26 January 1944, by Alec Iverson

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Description: Boy fishing, Narrabeen war workers holiday camp, 26 January 1944, by Alec Iverson for PIX magazine, from original negative, ON 388/Box 019/Item 001 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110588546
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 11206
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1944

Is that a "Pushme Pullyou" I see?

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Description: The Clonbrocks were out foreign again and took this interesting image while there. At first sight I thought the train was a case of a "Pushme Pullyou" as described in Dr. Doolittle but I was mistaken. The catalogue title makes note of the pump to the right and there is just so much to see in this lovely shot. Wouldn't it be lovely to see it colourised? Photographers: Dillon Family Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon Collection: Clonbrock Photographic Collection Date: 7 August 1901 NLI Ref: CLON682 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
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1901

The Rocks at the top of the hill.

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Description: A gentleman in Tweed jacket and breeches admires a Dolmen or Cromlech at the top of a very stony hill. This image from the Clonbrock Collection has a date, but no location. Somehow rural scenes in those days seemed more rugged with rocks more exposed, and I suspect that this scene is more overgrown today? Photographers: Dillon Family Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon Collection: Clonbrock Photographic Collection Date: Tuesday, 10 May 1881 NLI Ref: CLON359 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: 8397
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1881

"Rebecca, Charley, and Rosa, slave children from New Orleans" (LOC)

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Description: Kimball, M. H.,, active 1863-1865,, photographer. "Rebecca, Charley, and Rosa, slave children from New Orleans" [New York] : [Kimball, 477 Broadway], [1863] 1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 10 x 7 cm (carte de visite format) Notes: Photograph shows freed slaves Rebecca Huger, Charles Taylor, and Rosina Downs standing together. Title from item. Printed on verso: "The nett [sic] proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted exclusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj.-Gen. Banks." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Greg French, Early Photography, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, July 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Subjects: African Americans--Children--1860-1870. Girls--1860-1870. Boys--1860-1870. Freedmen--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Children. Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870. Cartes de visite--1860-1870. Albumen prints--1860-1870. 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: Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519 Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40173 Call Number: LOT 14043-2, no. 71
Owner: The Library of Congress
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1863

Strong man, Australia, 20 May 1938

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Description: Strong man, Australia, 20 May 1938, ACP Magazines Ltd., from original negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 032/Item 255 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/3j5DdN56b5jxw
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 9661
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1938