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Brisbane Courier 23 Feb 1932 p3

Posters, ghost signs and billboards

"We are not going to try to have this announcement placed on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, feeling that even a 'CAPSTAN' advertsiement would be somewhat out of harmony with the dignity and impressiveness of this mangnificent structure", Brisbane Courier 23…

BirdsEyeView SRNSW

The Sydney Harbour Bridge turns 85!

View from pulley-wheels of north side creeper-crane looking into box section of south side arch, Sydney Harbour Bridge May 1930 by Ted Hood, Courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (hood_02964 / Home and Away 2964) Last Sunday was the 85th…