PHOTOS FROM THE PAST

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I know that the heading is tautologous, because every photograph is a photo of the past, even if only from one minute ago, but you know what I mean.

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By the way:

The word photograph was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek phos, meaning "light," and graphê, meaning "drawing, writing," together meaning "drawing with light."

Sir John Herschell, 1835

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Vintage pics of Australian Children, 

from the collections of 

the State Library of New South Wales.

Part 1

Schoolchildren line up for free issue of soup and a slice of bread in the Depression, Belmore North Public School, Sydney, 2 August 1934

Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927

Uniformed Sydney Girl's High School girls singing near 2GB microphone, 1930s

Gaymour-Ackerman wedding at Penshurst, Sydney, 1936

Two young schoolboys wave their flags, 1934

On the see-saw at kindergarten, Alexandria, Sydney, 1934

School on Maidenhead Station - Bonshaw, NSW

Scrub School - Tenterfield area, NSW, 1923

Children's Day, Royal Easter Show, Sydney, 1935

Children's Day, free milk straight from the cow! Royal Easter Show, Sydney, c.1930s

Anzac Day, 25 April 1917, Belubula School

Views in Sydney and New South Wales, 1930-40

Boy with pigeons at Circular Quay, Sydney, 1935

Child performers, Sydney, c. 1930s

Child performers, Sydney Showground, c. 1920s-30s

Child performers, c. 1920s-30s

Patriotic concert, WW II

Cary Bay Zoo, Lake Macquarie, NSW, 1954

Adelaide Boys' Band at Koala Park, 15 January 1937

Cats' food didn't come out of a can and it was nothing but the best fish - Pt Perpendicular, c 1936

Bow Wow Parade (taken for Acme Theatres), 1946

Little cowboy on horse, 1935

Margaret Shaffhauser with bull terrier dog at the Canine Association Show, 3 Nov 1934

Study of a small girl with a prize Scottish terrier dog, c. 1935

Study of a girl with ringlets teaching her dog to sit up, 1930s