Market Street 1860

The swinging 60s, 1800s style. Retail mecca Market Street, as seen from Elizabeth.

Same spot a little later, in the roaring 90s, still swinging retail.

This one seems around the 1910s. The vacant corner block on the right remains so for years, but will become David Jones.

A little later still, those fabulous 50s, retail central.

And today. Still all retail, as above. But do you know how it got the name Market Street?

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PhilipCohenDec 2, 2021, 7:13:00 AM
"This one seems around the 1910s. The vacant corner block on the right remains so for years, but will become David Jones."

I see 1925 model motor cars in this photograph, so it's more likely the mid to late twenties …
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Welcome, this site is all about Sydney 'then and now'..

The pics: Do click to enlarge the old photos as I've restored most of them from their faded small originals, and the details you'll often see in them can give an awesome insight into how ordinary people, your and my ancestors, actually lived.

Then: Where nothing today remains of a 'Then' scene, the Google Street Views of the 'Now' location have been verified through old maps and the NSW government's SIXMaps.

Sources: Most of the old photos have been collected over many years through the now-defunct Picture Australia and the original sources lost, but almost all are now found through Trove; variously from the National Library, the State Libraries of NSW and Vic, and the National Archives. Some are also via Flickr, so if you know the source of any, do let me know and I will add the credit.

Me: I'm Ross, a major oldsydneyphile (that's a word, really - well, now it is anyway). I grew up here from the 60s. Originally, I made the site in 2006-2008, and restarted it in 2018 using the 'now' scenes supplied by Google Street View.