Hyde Park 1928

I'm putting up this photo mainly because it's so beautiful (it enlarges magnificently). It's an evocative Hyde Park around 1928, possibly by Cazneaux by the look of it, with the silhouette of the David Jones department store behind, and the cupolas of the Trust Building on King Street beyond. The Archibald Fountain won't be constructed in front for a few more years.

You know, I remember when it was still common to see old men with nothing more to do than sit on park benches. A different world.

The same spot on Google (clickable), with probably the same Moreton Bay fig behind those people sitting in the middle.

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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.

Hyde Park 1928

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