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Anthony Hordern & Sons store guides, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Empire Games Competitor, 1938, Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Interior of women's corset shop, Snow's (Pitt St, Sydney), featuring Berlei foundations, 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

St Patrick's Day sports at the Showground, 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

St Patrick's Day sports at the Showground, by Sam Hood, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Woonona Camp (2nd camp)
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Aborigines day of mourning, Sydney, 26 January 1938
Taken 26 Jan 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Spectators of the Australian Sesquicentenary parade stand on trams for a better view, George Street, Sydney, 26 January 1938 / photographer Donald Charles Boulton Maclurcan
Taken 26 Jan 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Decima Norman, Jean Coleman and Eileen Wearne win gold, silver and bronze medals for Australia in the 220 yard sprint, Empire Games, Sydney, 11 February 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

High jumper Metcalfe, Empire Games in Sydney for Sesquicentenary, 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Manavadar State Men's Hockey Team, Sydney, June 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Pole vaulter Du Plessis, Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Showground physical education display, Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Royal Easter Show, April 1938, Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Royal Easter Show, April 1938, Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Safety device for children crossing the road, Newtown Public School, 5 August 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken 5 Aug 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Opening night, "Hollywood Hotel Revue" (taken for Fuller's Theatres Ltd), Theatre Royal, Sydney, 23 September 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 23 Sep 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Helena Rubinstein and her husband Prince Gurielli-Tchkonia in Sydney, Australia, 31 October 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 31 Oct 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection

Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, Sydney, 11 November 1938 / photograph by Sam Hood
Taken 11 Nov 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection