Old Melbourne

1942 60 photos

Fire fighters from the Camberwell district on parade during World War II, c. 1942A.I.F. Signaller V. P. Williamson, recently arrived at Spencer Street Station reunited with his family, c. 1942Footscray Auxiliary Firemen inspecting hose carriage and trailer pump during World War II, c. 1942Mr. V. L. Solomons instructing members of the Brighton A.F.S. [i.e. Auxiliary Fire Service] on the workings of the mobile trailer pump, c. 1942Senior fireman E. J. Goodwin rescues Miss Valerie Milne from a phosphorous fire, Malvern A.F.S. [i.e. Auxiliary Fire Service], c. 1942Returned A.I.F. men meet their relatives at Caulfield [Racecourse, Victoria], c. 1942Gathering during Air Raid Precautions test at Myers, Melbourne, c. 1942Man lying on road hosing a 'incendiary bomb' in Brighton during A.R.P. tests, c. 1942Chief Fire Officer James Kent inspecting ranked Footscray Auxiliary Firemen during World War II, c. 1942Footscray Auxilliary [i.e. Auxiliary] Firemen's Display, c. 1942Staffing the telephones at the National Service Rooms in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, c. 1942A.I.F. at Balcombe. Waiting for a lift to Melbourne for weekend leave, c. 1942Roll call of the Northcote Auxiliary Fire Service under Station Officer E. J. Moore, c. 1942Members of the Nth. Fitzroy A.F.S. [i.e. Auxiliary Fire Service] moving of [i.e. off], c. 1942Miss Margaret McBrien, Sea Scout Hitchcock (H.E. victim) & W. Walsh, stretcher bearer, at sector 7C8 Nth Melb. [i.e. North Melbourne], c. 1942Middle East soldiers who returned to Melb. [i.e. Melbourne] yesterday, c. 1942A "badly burned" victim tied to a cradle in readiness for lowering from 1st floor of Chevron Guest House, St. Kilda Rd, c. 1942Knitting during Air Raid Precautions test at Myers, Melbourne, c. 1942First day of coupon system, women buying skeins of wool using ration books during World War II, Mantons Bourke Street, 1942First day of coupon system, women buying skeins of wool using ration books during World War II, Mantons Bourke Street, 1942Air raid alerts in Melbourne during World War II - group in an air raid trench, c. 1942V.A.D. Olive SWASBRICK taking the temperature of Sig. J. F. Peters at a Military Hospital [Heidelberg], c. 1942Bombadier Gibson with his sister, mother and brother in law in Melbourne on his arrival from [the] Middle East, c. 1942Filipino soldiers marching in Melbourne, Victoria, World War II, c. 1942Essendon - Moonee Ponds A.R.P. [i.e. Air Raid Precautions] exercises, c. 1942Suburban Housewives at Brighton take shelter in the backyard dug-out, c. 1942F.N. Bethune Pty Ltd, Melbourne, well drilling machine and pomona pump, c. 1942V.D.C Conference-Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, 1942F.N. Bethune Pty Ltd, Melbourne, well drilling machine and pomona pump, c. 1942Self Heidelberg '42, 1942Me [Joy Hester] '42 [1942] 26 Lit Collins St Melb [Melbourne]Tony Jackson 1942 Lit Collins St Melb [Melbourne]May Day Melb [Melbourne] 1942Self and John Reed Heidelberg 42, 1942Taken from Noel Counihan's studio about Jan 1942 Russell St MelbourneMalvern Town Hall, Melb 1942Both of us [Joy Hester and Albert Tucker] 42 [1942, 26 Lit Collins StMe [Joy Hester] in mirror 26 Lit Collins St Melb '42 [Melbourne, 1942]Albert Tucker in Fitzroy Gardens, Melb. 1942Joy Hester in Fitzroy Gardens, Melb '42, 1942Sid Nolan, S & J Reed, [Sunday and John Reed] Heidelberg Jan 42, 1942May Day, Melbourne 1942May day Melbourne 1942May Day, Melbourne 1942Self and 'Brother' Heidelberg 1942 [Joy Hester and a dog, Heidelberg]Me [Joy Hester] '42 Lit Collins St. Melb [Melbourne], 1942Ossie and Slvia Hall, Sth Yarra Melb [Melbourne] '42, 1942May Day, Melbourne 1942Bert 42 [1942] Lit Collins St Melb [Melbourne]Traffic was held up and ordered to detour when a huge crater was blown, theoretically, in Commercial Rd. Prahran, c. 1942Malvern Cricket Grd [ground] 1942 MelbourneRussell St Melb [Melbourne] from [Noel] Counihans window 1942Interstate conference of the Australian Comforts Fund at Melbourne Town Hall, c. 1942May Day, Melbourne 1942Joy Hester in Fitzroy Gardens, Melb '42, 1942Albert Tucker in Fitzroy Gardens, Melb. 1942Sun and John Reed with Hank, [dog] Heidelberg '42, 1942May Day, Melbourne 1942Joy Hester in Fitzroy Gardens, Melb '42, 1942Joy Hester in Fitzroy Gardens, Melb '42, 1942

4,991 historic photos of Melbourne from the 1940s, by year, then those the library dates to a span of years. All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.