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Duchess of York, Government House, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection

Duke and Duchess of York arrive at Farm Cove, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection

New gas-masks for the NSW Fire Brigade, Castlereagh Street headquarters, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection

Politicians lolling on the grass at Canberra [i.e. Lanyon House], 1927, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection

Smiling Duke and Duchess of York cheered by crowds at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection

The Duke of York, in captain's uniform, meets decorated officer of the Flying Corps, Geoffrey F. Hughes, Government House, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection

Two of the first female men's barbers, Miss Dolly House and her sister, c.1927 / photographed by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection

Man surveys his vegetable garden in the Narrabeen flood, April 1927, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection

Narrabeen flooding; duck-boards for access, April 1927, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection

HRH Duke and Duchess of York on dais of Parliament House, Canberra, 9 May 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in May 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection