Old Melbourne

Sometime around the 1950s 60 photos

The library dates these to a span of years that takes in this decade. Each shows its span.

Arch of boomerangs, topped with a crown, spanning Bourke Street Melbourne, looking towards Spring Street and Parliamentary Buildings, 1930–501930–50Melbourne goods division, traffic, average tonnage per day - inwards & outwards, 1930–501930–50View of a stained glass window, Scots Church, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Country train control graph [between Melbourne and Geelong], 1930–501930–50Melbourne Yard proposed re-arrangement, 1930–501930–50Arch bearing a coat-of-arms spanning Swanston Street, Melbourne, near Flinders Street, 1930–501930–50Flinders Street Station, 1930–501930–50[Aerial view of Collins and Flinders Streets, Melbourne], 1930–501930–50Flinders St. & Princes Bridge Stations - proposed square, buildings & bridges over tracks, 1930–501930–50Aerial view showing Bryant & May factory in Richmond, Vic, 1930–501930–50[Aerial view of Melbourne], 1930–501930–50Maribyrnong viaduct, 1930–501930–50Melbourne Yard. Proposed re-arrangement, 1930–501930–50Melbourne electrified system. Diagram of [train] passenger lines illustrating Transport Committee's proposals, 1930–501930–50Melbourne Yard, 1930–501930–50Ascot Timber & Hardware Supply, 347 Mt. Alexander Rd, Ascot Vale, 1930–501930–50[Unidentified young man seated on moon seat, Luna Park?, St. Kilda], 1930–501930–50Elevated view over Melbourne at night, 1930–501930–50Elevated view of Melbourne at night, looking south west, 1930–501930–50Night photograph of the former Masonic Hall, 25-35 Collins Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Flinders Street Station at night, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Stanford Fountain at night, Gordon Reserve, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50View across the Yarra River at night, 1930–501930–50Elevated view across the Yarra River showing Melbourne skyline at night, 1930–501930–50Men in tropical uniforms marching down a Melbourne street, 1930–501930–50Night photograph of the T & G building, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Statue of Adam Lindsay Gordon silhouetted against floodlit fountain, Gordon Reserve, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Princes Bridge at night, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50View looking east along Yarra River at night, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Elevated view of Collins Street at night, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50View of men in tropical uniforms marching down a Melbourne street, 1930–501930–50Night photographs of a floodlit Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Night photographs of a floodlit Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50View looking north west across the Yarra River showing Princes Bridge at night, 1930–501930–50View looking north west across the Yarra River showing Princes Bridge at night, 1930–501930–50Night photographs of a floodlit Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Night photographs of a floodlit Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Exterior, Camberwell Inn, 1930–501930–50Letter from Thos Lithgow dated 11th May 1931, to Webb Bros. Pty. Ltd., 286-290 City Road, South Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Exterior Reid House, 347 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Elevated exterior view of Marfleet and Weight factory, Flockhart Street, Abbotsford, 1930–501930–50Little Flinders Street, Flinders Way arcade, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50Collection of negatives and photograph of Essendon Aerodrome, 1930–501930–50View along Swanston Street, looking south from the Town Hall portico, 1930–501930–50Port Authority building, 29-31 Market Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Port Authority building, 29-31 Market Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Port Authority building, 29-31 Market Street, Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Cricket match being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1930–501930–50Plan of Melbourne and its suburbs, 1930–501930–50"G.Y." Truck components being loaded by gantry at Melbourne goods, 1930–501930–50Early Melbourne, 1930–501930–50Elevated view of Deva House Bourke Street housing Coles Variety Store adjoining store of T. Mackenzie Kirkwood and Royal Arcade, 1930–501930–50Signals at Flinders St Station yard, 1930–501930–50Spencer Street rail yard, 1930–501930–50Flinders Street Station, 1930–501930–50Flinders St. Station Platforms & Tracks, 1930–501930–50

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.