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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: 3786
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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: 3585
Tags: fires firemen pyrmont sydney goldsborough

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: 3203
Tags: gold mining prospecting towns newsouthwales australia beaufoymerlin holtermann 1870s

1872

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: 23155
Tags: motorbikes motorcycle motocyclists wollongong night photos 1950s motorcycles

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: 4066
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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: 4025
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1950

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: 3979
Tags: goldmining chinatown chinese migration newsouthwales nsw tambaroora glassnegatives blackandwhite collodion

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: 5374
Tags: children 1949 1940s postwar sydney streetscapes buildings

1949

Frank Bickerton, Antarctica, 1915-1916

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Description: Frank Bickerton, surveying the scene from Land's End, Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1915-1916, by Frank Hurley, toned carbon print, c. 1919, State Library of New South Wales, PXD 159 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9ALkgGBY/7AAb4yXp7zob
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 5434
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1915

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: 5142
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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: 4879
Tags: australiantennis greats players statelibraryofnewsouthwales whitecity sydney sportsmen sparts kenrosewall

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: 4875
Tags: tugs ships ferries sydney harbour portjackson statelibraryofnewsouthwales

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: 6320
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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: 16750
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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: 6757
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1939

C.D. Gibson & wife (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. C.D. Gibson & wife [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.37686 Call Number: LC-B2- 6282-6
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 4083
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1900

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: 17965
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: 21498
Tags: motorbikes motor cycles bikes vintahe early sydney australia aerial summer

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: 6971
Tags: tophat hats stage performers jcwilliamson sydney theatre theatrical 1930s

1936

Air force parachuter, 1939

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Description: Air force parachuter, 15 April 1939, Ray Olsen, from film negative, ON 388/Box 077/Item 069, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2Wbrqn/DRbW0M2GZlmgb
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 19545
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1939

Patrick, Smith, Arnold (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Patrick, Smith, Arnold [no date recorded on caption card] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Photograph shows General Patrick with Lieutenant Smith and Lieutenant Arnold. 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.37529 Call Number: LC-B2- 6257-3
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 4029
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1900

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: 7183
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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: 18627
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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: 5454
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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: 21992
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1940

Hotel Vignon, Paris

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Description: Hotel Vignon in Paris, France. Room 33. Hotell Vignon i Paris, Frankrike. Rum 33. Location: Paris, France, Frankrike Photograph by: Berit Wallenberg Date: 18.06.1934 Format: Film negative Persistent URL: app.raa.se/open/arkivsok/document?uri=https:%2F%2Fpub.raa...
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
Views: 3120
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1934

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: 7629
Tags: cats kittens animals fun nprmanherfort statelibraryofnewsouthwales

1937

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: 6574
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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: 5747
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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: 5439
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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: 6757
Tags: fishing newsouthwales fishermen trucks vintage historic 1940s

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: 32817
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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: 6879
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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: 6671
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1947

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: 19386
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: 7337
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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: 6547
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1942

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: 6592
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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: 16307
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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: 6232
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1872

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: 4365
Tags: medieval town provence france frankrike

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: 6958
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1912

Wooden shoes for women 1942

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Description: Wooden shoes for women made in Australia, Norman Herfort, 29 December 1942, glass negative, ON 388/Box 022/Item 061https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZWwmoY/eoKRqJw0ddZM
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 13141
Tags: shoes fashion 1940s worldwartwo ww2 homefront australia

1942

[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Students in the library reading room] (LOC)

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Description: Parks, Gordon,, 1912-2006,, photographer. [Untitled photo, possibly related to: Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Students in the library reading room] 1943 Jan. 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller. Notes: Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USW3-014835-E www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017843202/ Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Subjects: United States--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach. Format: Nitrate negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2002708960 More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d24702 Call Number: LC-USW3- 014828-E
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 7651
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1943

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: 7457
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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: 7905
Tags: diving divingsuits experminetal oceans australia deepseadiving diver hardhatdiver divingsuit

1934

Dom St. Salvator zu Fulda, Germany

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Description: Fulda Cathedral in Germany. Katedralen i Fulda i Tyskland. Location: Fulda, Germany Photograph by: Berit Wallenberg Date: 03.07.1927 Format: Film negative Persistent URL: app.raa.se/open/arkivsok/document?uri=https://pub.raa.se/...
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
Views: 4651
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1927

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: 7311
Tags: wetweather rain rainy sydney streets streetscenes elizabethstreet stjames umbrellas people

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: 7384
Tags: shackleton hurley photos antarctica weddellsea exploration explorers ships disasters shipwrecks

1915

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: 6028
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1921

Mickey Rooney, actor, "Sugar Babies, NY (LOC)

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Description: Gotfryd, Bernard,, photographer. Mickey Rooney, actor, "Sugar Babies, NY [April 1979] 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format) Notes: Title from slide mount and other caption information provided by the photographer. Photo agency: Newsweek. Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation. Gift; Bernard Gotfryd; 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:032). Subjects: Actors--Personalities--Sugar Babies United States--New York (State)--New York. Format: Slides--Color--1970-1980. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Bernard Gotfryd," hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.592.gotf Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Part Of: Bernard Gotfryd photograph collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650142 Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/gtfy.03332 Call Number: LC-GB05- 3332
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 17042
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1979

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: 7325
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1946

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

Where?

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: 8040
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1953

Audience at a Jazz concert, Town Hall, Sydney, November 1948

Where?

Description: Audience at a Jazz concert, Town Hall, Sydney, November 1948, for Pix Magazine, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 006/Item 099 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNWEbjn/exMRv2eebBzy7
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 20164
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1948

Hiking fashion, 11 July 1932, Sun Newspaper

Where?

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: 10967
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1932

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

Where?

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: 9005
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1946

We could use some identification help! (LOC)

Where?

Description: [Interior view of a store] [1864] 1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format) Notes: Title devised by Library staff Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress. Subjects: Stores & shops--1860-1870. Interiors--1860-1870. Format: Stereographs--1860-1870. Photographic 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 Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s08781 Call Number: LOT 13696, no. 34
Owner: The Library of Congress
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1864

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

Where?

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: 10196
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1949

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

Where?

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: 9295
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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: 11148
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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: 8526
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1871

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

Where?

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: 19564
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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: 10913
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1941

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

Where?

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: 11420
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1945

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

Where?

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: 9604
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1946

When bedtime comes (LOC)

Where?

Description: Frees, Harry Whittier,, 1879-1953,, photographer. When bedtime comes c1914 June 24. 1 photographic print. Notes: Photograph shows a two puppies in a cradle. Title from item. Subjects: Animals in human situations--1910-1920. Bedtime--1910-1920. Cradles--1910-1920. Dogs--1910-1920. Baby animals--1910-1920. Format: Humorous pictures--1910-1920. Photographic prints--1910-1920. 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/ds.04057 Call Number: LOT 11513 [item]
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 7324
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1914

Judy Canty, schoolgirl Olympic representative, 27 May 1948

Where?

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: 9103
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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: 10779
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1935

Water polo series at Olympic pool, 19 January 1941

Where?

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: 8552
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1941