Photography

Sylvia Evans reading in her bedroom at Alwyn, Arncliffe, around 1927 / Alan Evans

Alan Spearman Evans Collection

The Alan Spearman Evans Collection comprises over 2000 photographic images of houses, house interiors, garden landscapes and industrial workplaces in NSW

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Behind the scenes: How to read a ‘special’

Around the world, police forces followed established conventions when taking mugshots. But Sydney police in the 1920s did things differently

Black and white image from the 1920s of a man who looks to be in his 50s.
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Bosses

Sydney’s underworld bosses were tough, resolute and violent – mess with one and you would know you had been in a fight

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City of a million faces

The passing of years has given many street photographs greater significance than may have been anticipated when they were taken

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Close to the heart

Expressions of love and endearment have long been embodied in keepsakes or jewellery worn or held close to the body

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Conservation tip: rehousing glass plate negatives

As with many conservation techniques the expertise and dexterity of the practitioner is paramount to the success of the treatment

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Flappers

The flapper was an alluring vision of sophistication and freedom for young women globally

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Gangs

The lure of easy money from the illicit alcohol, drug and gambling trades encouraged the formation of new crime gangs

Mugshot of Lottie May Little, 1917

Gaol photographs

We have indexed and digitised this collection of photographs of men, women and children who were incarcerated in the NSW prison system c1870–c1930