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Brighton in the 1940s

60 photos

1850s 1 1860s 7 1870s 4 1880s 10 1890s 32 1900s 41 1910s 22 1920s 33 1930s 48 1940s 60 1950s 16 1960s 3
De Marco residence, 325 St. Kilda Street, Brighton - exterior, 1940?1940?De Marco residence, 325 St. Kilda Street, Brighton - exterior, c. 1940c. 1940De Marco residence, 325 St. Kilda Street, Brighton - exterior, 1940?1940?De Marco residence, 325 St. Kilda Street, Brighton - exterior, c. 1940c. 1940Dendy Theatre, Church Street, Middle Brighton, designed by Cowper, Murphy & Appleford, 1940?1940?Dendy Theatre, Church Street, Middle Brighton, designed by Cowper, Murphy & Appleford, c. 1940c. 1940Dendy Theatre, Church Street, Middle Brighton, designed by Cowper, Murphy & Appleford, c. 1940c. 1940Dendy Theatre, Church Street, Middle Brighton, designed by Cowper, Murphy & Appleford, 1940?1940?Dendy Brighton, c. 1940c. 1940Control Room of Brighton A.R.P. [i.e. Air Raid Precautions] System, c. 1941c. 1941Miss. L. FORECAST & Mrs. L. HUMPHREY check out patients at Brighton No. 1 First Aid post, c. 1941c. 1941Young Anthony Phillips could tell the A.R.P. [i.e. Air Raid Precautions] man engaged in tests at Brighton on Saturday a lot, c. 1941c. 1941Decontamination squad in Meek St. Brighton during A.R.P. tests, c. 1942c. 1942Brighton Technical School Boys crouch under their desks, c. 1942c. 1942Fireman R. Kinsey of the Auxiliary Fire Service (Brighton) training in rescue, c. 1942c. 1942Last home of Adam Lindsay Gordon Lewis Street Brighton, 1942?1942?Adam Lindsay Gordon's hitching post at the Marine Hotel, Brighton, 1942?1942?Last home of Adam Lindsay Gordon Lewis Street Brighton, 1942?1942?Last home of Adam Lindsay Gordon Lewis Street Brighton, 19421942Signal class under Leut [i.e. Lieutenant] D. S. Kemsley Brighton Gram [i.e. Grammar], c. 1942c. 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. 1942c. 1942Man lying on road hosing a 'incendiary bomb' in Brighton during A.R.P. tests, c. 1942c. 1942Suburban Housewives at Brighton take shelter in the backyard dug-out, c. 1942c. 1942Two Auxiliary Fire Service (Brighton) members in rescue training using a winch, c. 1942c. 1942Brighton Tech boys take cover under their desks, c. 1942c. 1942Lolly counter, possibly Dendy, Brighton, c. 1943c. 1943Church Street, Brighton, 1940–461940–46Church Street, Brighton, 1940–461940–46Interior of Hoyts Centre, Bay Street Brighton, c. 1943c. 1943Interior of Hoyts Centre, Bay Street Brighton, 1940–461940–46Interior of Hoyts Centre, Bay Street Brighton, c. 1943c. 1943Dendy Theatre, Church Street, Middle Brighton, c. 1943c. 1943F/O. M. E. Collard of Brighton, Vic. and LAC D. W. Sinclair of West End, Q'ld, working in the drawing office of a RAAF survey unit at Aitape, c. 1944c. 1944Aerial view of Brighton Baths, pier and surrounds, 1940–501940–50OPENING OF SOMERS HOUSE.AUSTRALIAN RED X-CLUB FOR REPATRIATED P.O.W.s AT BRIGHTON BY LADY SOMERS, c. 1945c. 1945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 19451945Opening of Somers House Australian Red Cross Club for repatriated P.O.W.S at Brighton by Lady Somers, 1945?1945?Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 19451945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 19451945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 19451945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 19451945Men of the R.A.A.F. on their return to Melbourne, 19451945Substation "NB" - Point Nepean Road, North Brighton, 19461946[Middle Brighton. (Old No. P.295), 1945–541945–54[Middle Brighton] (Old No. P.293), 1945–541945–54[Middle Brighton. (Old No. P.303), 1945–541945–54Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Harbison's Timber Yard, 166 Bay Street, Brighton, [Vic.], c. 1949c. 1949"Morningside" 47 Cochrane St., Brighton, [Vic.], c. 1949c. 1949"Farleigh", 6 Farleigh Grove, Brighton, [Vic.], c. 1949c. 1949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949Kamesburgh Brighton, Vic, 19491949

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