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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: 2924
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1940

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: 2590
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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: 3654
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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: 14024
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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: 3393
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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: 6834
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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: 18650
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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: 3606
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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: 3956
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1936

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: 16686
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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: 3797
Tags: locomotives trains working industry sydney australia steamtrains

1942

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: 4851
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1937

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: 13194
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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: 5364
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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: 4624
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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: 4261
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1941

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: 4763
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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: 28302
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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: 4629
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1900

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: 4647
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1912

Thelma Scott, Shakespeare Room, State Library of New South Wales, 1947

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Description: Thelma Scott in Shakespeare Room at The State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, August 1947, from original negative, ON 559/Box 6/nos. 155-168 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGqeOPn/jPJw8VWkk4bW7 Australian character actress and television director who started her career in the early 1930s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Scott
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 4824
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1947

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: 5282
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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: 4961
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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: 14779
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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: 5008
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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: 14499
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1951

Tableau-vivant, New South Wales, Australian and American Photographic Company, ca. 1872

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Description: Studio shot of six men in Tableau-vivant, New South Wales, Australian and American Photographic Company, ca. 1872, ON 4 Box 46 No [50] collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEG7oEKn
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 5059
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1872

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: 5545
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1912

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: 6009
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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: 6861
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1939

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: 4974
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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: 6239
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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: 9666
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1940

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: 6832
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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: 9099
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1932

Skull hole, Magic Carpet Golf, Key West, Florida (LOC)

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Description: Margolies, John,, photographer. Skull hole, Magic Carpet Golf, Key West, Florida 1985. 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: Miniature golf--1980-1990. United States--Florida--Key West. 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.03069 Call Number: LC-MA05- 3069
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 27399
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1985

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: 8029
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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: 8907
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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: 8918
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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: 15477
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1945

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: 9783
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1939

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: 9894
Tags: rats rodents plagues extermination sydney australia

1941

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
Views: 8605
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1946

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: 9528
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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
Views: 7814
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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
Views: 11259
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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: 8756
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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: 23447
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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: 11052
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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: 7655
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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: 13696
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1928

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
Views: 7179
Tags: zoos penguins feeding animals birds pho blackandwhitephotos

1945

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: 10765
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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
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1881

I’m Bert, p’raps you’ve heard of me?

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Description: W.J. Brennan of Market Street, Tramore may have been the dedicated follower of fashion in 1905, but in 2021 he seems the perfect caricature of “Burlington Bertie from Bow”! We know the date, the name, the place. So what more can we find out about W.J. “Bertie” Brennan? Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Collection, Waterford Date: Saturday, 8 July 1905 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 1476a 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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1905

Kate in pensive mood

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Description: On our bookshelves at home was a book, "Portrait of a Lady". I never got to read it but somehow this image of Katharine Tynan reminded me of it, and the regret that I never took the time. A really nice image, well posed and beautifully taken by Chancellor. Katharine’s hair style is surely one that many ladies would be happy to have now, after four months of no hair salons being open? Photographers: Chancellor, Dublin Collection: Irish Personalities Photographic Collection Date: ca. 1880-1887 (illustration of this photo in a book) NLI Ref: NPA PERS77 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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1900

Dulcie Deamer, 1 April 1950

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Description: Dulcie Deamer at her writing desk, novelist, poet, journalist, actor and founder and committee member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, 1 April 1950, photographed for People magazine, from original negative, ON 388/Box 066/Item 026 digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1950

Armour used by the Kelly Gang, worn by a police officer, 1941

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Description: Armour used by the Kelly Gang (possibly Steve Hart), worn by a police officer, Police Barracks, 7 April 1941, photograph by Newby, from original negative, State Library of New South Wales, 388/Box 054/Item 167 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wNrGw2n/wldPDBzxXONVB
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1941

The greatest Playboy of them all?

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Description: Arthur Shields as “The Playboy” must have been a wonderful theatrical experience? One of the great Abbey actors, playing one of the iconic roles from Irish Theatre, captured here. Photographer: Harry C. Phibbs Date: 1933 NLI Ref: AB9 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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1933

Gordon Gilmore street sweeping, Sydney, 29 August 1945

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Description: Gordon Gilmore street sweeping, Sydney, 29 August 1945, ON 388/Box 016/Item 006 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YdmWz4g9
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1945