Old Melbourne

1953 44 photos

Frank Johnson, British lightweight boxing champion, backstage at the Tivoli, Melbourne, Vic, c. 1953Interior, bedroom, ninth floor flat of the Stanley Korman at Stanhill, 34 Queens Road, Melbourne, 1953Bailey Bridge over Albert Park Lake, c. 1953Bailey Bridge over Albert Park Lake, c. 1953Man and woman on stairs in glass walled stairwell at Chesebrough Corporation's head office, 1970 Dandenong Road, Clayton, c. 1953Naval Telegraphists David Hoar and Lionel Barrat at Williamstown rifle range, 1953?Staff tearoom dining tables and lockers and settee and kitchenette Mentone Store No. 182, 1953Exterior decorations and crowd at the Coles Coronation Party for Queen Elizabeth II Bourke Street Store No. 12, 1953Interior merchandise with dolls and Little Golden Books and Christmas decorations Mentone Store No. 181, 1953Interior view back to front-merchandise and Christmas decorations Mentone Store No. 182, 1953Shopfront window displays featuring women's clothing and cane baskets and decorated with Christmas greetings Mentone Store No. 181, 1953N. Fielding Melbourne team member of the Colesanco Table Tennis Club dining out during the Melbourne tour, 1953Staff tearoom dining tables lockers and settee Mentone Store No. 182, 1953Interior merchandise with dolls and Little Golden Books and Christmas decorations Mentone Store No. 181, 1953St. John Ambulance women giving first aid to people hurt in crush coronation of Elizabeth II Bourke Street Store No. 12, 1953Will Alma before Herald-Sun television, Showgrounds, Melbourne, 1953, c. 1953Victorian Railways country train at platform in station, Melbourne, Victoria, 1953Victorian Railways country train at platform in station, Melbourne, Victoria, 1953Preston Motors Holden and National Cash Register Co., Preston, 1953Streetscenes, Melbourne, Victoria, 1953Street scenes, Melbourne, Victoria, 1953Street scenes, Melbourne, Victoria, 1953Two churches, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1953Victorian Railways country train at platform in station, Melbourne, Victoria, 1953Manchester Unity Building, Melbourne and Town Hall, 1953Bears Lane, later renamed Penfold Place, Melbourne, 1953Bears Lane, later renamed Penfold Place, Melbourne, 1953Victorian Railways country train at platform in station, Melbourne, Victoria, 1953APA tower, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1953Streetscenes, Melbourne, Victoria, 1953Streetscenes, Melbourne, Victoria, 1953Construction of Stanvac Oil Refinery, Altona, 1953Cadet Midshipman J. R. Fallonn of Williamstown received a reward from his girlfriend Ruth Colquhoune after the Passing Out Parade at the Flinders Naval Col. [i.e. College], c. 1953"Construction of 36-mile oil pipeline, running underground from the Shell Refinery at Corio to the Company's Newport installation", 1953?Private Les Heppner of Prahran [Vic.], is in Korea, c. 1953Construction of Stanvac Oil Refinery, Altona, 1953P.O.W. arrives Essendon T.A.A, c. 1953Mother greets son at Essendon, c. 1953"Construction of 36-mile oil pipeline, running underground from the Shell Refinery at Corio to the Company's Newport installation", 1953?"Construction of 36-mile oil pipeline, running underground from the Shell Refinery at Corio to the Company's Newport installation", 1953?National Service Trainees at Spencer Street Station on their way to Flinders and Puckapunyal, c. 1953CORAL SEA MARCH IN MELBOURNE, 1953?Private "Snowy" P.A. Brook, of West Melbourne and L/Col. Tim Hume, breakfast in view of the "enemy lines.", c. 1953Senior Cadet Captain A. R. Cummins of Hampton (Melb.) with his sister Annette after the pass out parade, c. 1953

1954 16 photos

Royal Visit decorations, Melbourne Vic, c. 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954Royal Visit decorations, Melbourne Vic, c. 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954Royal Visit decorations, Melbourne Vic, c. 1954Preston indoor sports premiers, c. 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954Carlton Seconds football team photo, c. 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954Carlton Seconds football team photo, c. 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954Werndew, Toorak, Vic, 1954

2,568 historic photos of Melbourne from the 1950s, 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.