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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Vintage houses
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| Daceyville, garden suburb, from Randwick Road, August 1915 |
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| Edgewater flats, Elizabeth Bay, 1937 |
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| Brick house, ca. 1940 |
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| "Queenslander" house and car, ca. 1930 |
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| Pechey family, Craigend, Darlinghurst, ca. 1882-1885 |
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| Edmund Webb, his wife and two daughter and their home, Hathrop, Bathurst, ca. 1875 |
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| Pearce family, Blenheim House, Randwick, Sydney, N.S.W., ca. 1885 |
Plague in Sydney 1900
When bubonic plague struck Sydney in 1900, George McCredie was appointed by the Government to take charge of all quarantine activities in the Sydney area, beginning work on March 23, 1900. At the time of his appointment, McCredie was an architect and consulting engineer with offices in the Mutual Life of New York Building in Martin Place. McCredie's appointment was much criticised in Parliament, though it was agreed later that his work was successful.
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| Kent-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900 |
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| Cleansing the streets from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900 |
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| Lane at side of 72 Sussex-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900 |
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| Batson's Lane, off Sussex-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900 |
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| No. 7 West-street, off Oxford-street (rear) from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900 |
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Bunny Yeager Beach Babes
Three recently-acquired vintage postcards from Bunny Yeager's 1950s and 60s heyday as a cheesecake photo pinup photographer.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Little Lulu Says...
Lookie! Two 1940s Kleenex ads featuring Lulu, who also had a neon billboard in Times Square during this decade.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
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