State Library of NSW: "Australia's sweetheart", Nellie Stewart, c. 1908 / Freeman Studio
State Library of NSW: Gladys Moncrieff rehearses, c. 1930s-40s / by Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: The Carandini ladies, one of Australia's first opera performing families, ca. 1875 / photographer Charles Hewitt (attributed)
State Library of NSW: Arrivals by "Monterey"; Marjorie Lawrence, 12 June 1939 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Peter Dawson singing with New South Wales Police, 1930s / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Nellie Melba, 1903 / Talma & Co.
State Library of NSW: Gladys Moncrieff with her Pekingese and Pomeranian dogs on her birthday, 13 April 1937, by Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Mozart opera, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, ca. 1940 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Carmen, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 1941 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Carmen, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 1941 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Gladys Moncrieff rides a poppy-laden float, donated by Holeproof Hosiery Company, 11 Nov 1927-1930 / by Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton reading Sid Nicholl's Fashion-plate Fanny in the children's section of The Sun newspaper with a small boy at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sydney, January 1925 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Grand organ, Town Hall, Sydney, between 1928-1932 / Samuel Wood
State Library of NSW: Mr & Mrs Lawrence Tibbett arrive in Sydney, 1938 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Corner and front facade of W.C. Penfold, showing Eastern Trading Co's building (later headquarters of the Opera Australia), Surry Hills, Sydney, March 1937 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Women's dressing room, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 1930's / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Frank Leighton almost goes in the "drink" on a launch picnic for performers, Sydney, 4 April 1937 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Leo Franklin and Madge Aubrey in dress rehearsal for "The gay divorcee", Sydney, 1930's / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Marjorie Lawrence, Sydney Town Hall, September 1944 ? / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Florence Austral at home, Newcastle, NSW, 10 March 1953 / Sam Hood
State Library of NSW: Minnie Tittell Brune, as Kundry in the T. Hilhouse Taylor dramatic adaptation of the opera "Parsifal" / photographer R.A. Ruddle, Valley Studios, Brisbane, ca.1905-1908
State Library of NSW: Carlo Dani, Italian tenor in Sydney, 1902 / photograph by Talma
State Library of NSW: Adelina de Lara, concert pianist, Sydney, 1900 / photograph by Talma Studios
State Library of NSW: Adelina de Lara, concert pianist, Sydney, 1900 / photograph by Talma Studios
State Library of NSW: Mischa Elman, violinist, toured Australia, 1914 / photographer unknown
State Library of NSW: Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano, 1931 / photograph by Strauss Peyton
State Library of NSW: Maud Grantham as Marguerite in "Faust", Sydney, 1901 / photographer T. Humphrey & Co.
State Library of NSW: Jan Kubelik, Sydney, 1908 / photographer Talma & Co.
State Library of NSW: Nellie Kolle as a Swaggie, before 1924 / photographer unknown
State Library of NSW: Carrie Lanceley, soprano, 1911 / photographer, Swaine, London