Hood Collection part II : [Royal Agricultural Society Showground: Easter Shows, Sheep Shows, Highland gatherings, etc. (and including other agricultural industry scenes)]

Sam Hood : photographic collection, 1916-ca.1955

1. [Massed pattern (made up of people in the shape of the Crown and "EIIR" for the visit of the Queen, 1954) in the Cricket Ground]
2. [Grand parade, Easter Show]
3. [Speedway cyclist]
4. [People at the "Show"]
5. [Grand parade], Easter Show, 1952
6-12. [Grand parades, ca.1910-1950]
13. [Unidenitified country or suburban show]
14-25. [People at the Show (?)]
26. [William H. Hood second and third prize-winning entries for portraiture in the WA Show]
27. [Elizabeth Rabett, Alison Adams, Dorothy Warwall and Margot Spicer with Peter Adams the dog, 1937-38]
28-30. [Views of the Showground, pavilions and crowds]
31-37. [Massed displays (made up of people) and floats]
38. [Chariot race]
39. ["Toy soldiers" march]
40. [Governor Wakehurst and Premier Mair, their wives and party, Sydney Showground]
41. [Governor-General arrives at the Showground in Daimler]
42-50. [Officials, judges and prize winners at the Show ?]
51. Arrival of Monterey (first boat after strike), March 1937;  show exhibits [2 American cowboys and one cowgirl]
52-58. [Highland gatherings]
59-83. [District exhibits (agricultural produce) ca.1929-1949, including Junior Farmers' Clubs]
84. Stan Parish [woodchopper] from Wauchope 
85. Winner of Teams Cup [1951], Preston & Lavis [woodchoppers]
86-129. [Woodchoppers and woodchopping, mainly ca.1950-1952]
130. [Girls on a merry-go-round]
131-133. [Congorilla sideshow exhibit with elephants, donkies, a competition with a prize of a pony, and, a film of "darkest Africa" which was shown at the Plaza]
134-166. [Exhibits, stalls and interiors of exhibition halls, pavilions at the Show and other Showground events]
167. [Items from bridge of the 1st HMAS Sydney on display, 1938]
168. [Strawberries and passionfruit on sale at the fruit market]
169. [Lindemans float on a Federal vintage truck outside the Queen Victoria Building]
170-235. [Sheep shows, sheep and wool industry]
236. Judging ... grand merino ram, 1932 Sydney Sheep Show
237. Group of South African students inspect prize stud ram of Mr Merriman (right)
238. [Wool buyers from Melbourne S.Houston, J.Bradley, E.Norwood, H.Denison for James Elliott & Co.]
239. [Judging sheep for the Stonehaven Cup]
240. Mr A.W. Austin and his daughter, Miss Austin
241-303. [Cattle at Easter and local shows, some cattle industry]
304. Celia Smith
305. 1st prize Jersey bull Kabuka Lucky Boy
306. Illawarra bull of S.J. Alexander of Kiama
307. Bull King Perfection
308. Cattle from New Zealand arrive on the Awatea, May 1937
309. Unloading Aberdeen Angus cattle from RMS Orestes 14 January 1935
310. "Downton Opal" admired as cattle arrive on the liner Coptic
311-332. [Horses, horse-riding, polo, the hunt and showjumping]
333. St. Ives Show and Gymkhana
334. Ladies hunt: 1st. Liberty (Miss Marcia McKenny), 2nd. Castlereagh (Miss Donoghue), 3rd. Lady Radium (Miss Emily Roche)
335. [Ladies hunt]
336. [Goats]
337. [Dog and cat with wire fence between them]
338. [Bird in a cage]
339. [Horse-racing]

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