Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
Palace Theatre, Sydney, lit at night, showing “Dracula” with Nat Madison, between 1927-1931 / photographer Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.
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The Elephant’s Tea Party by Sam Hood c.1939
Elephant’s tea party, Robur Tea Room, Sydney, 24 March 1939 / Sam Hood
Young male surfers (“The Pier Club Mob”) tease Alf “Bait” Gould about his backless swimsuit (a gift from his girlfriend), Bondi Beach, 10 October 1932, by Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.
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May Bradford welding part of the all Australian monoplane for the England-Australia air race, 1934 / photographed by Sam Hood (State Library of NSW Flickr collection).
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Hurdlers, Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 / photographer Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.
Pole vaulter Du Plessis, Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 / photographer Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.
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Empire Games rehearsal, c. 1938, by Sam Hood (from the State Library of New South Wales collection)
It takes a special sort of government mind to come up with ideas like this.
Unemployed match-seller’s sign: Please help me to “turn the corner”. 2 years out of work. Matches 1d per box. Poverty in the land of plenty. SOS! UAP, Sydney, ca. 1935 / Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.
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Capitol Theatre (Sydney), 17 November 1944, by Sam Hood
A PR stunt for the film ‘Ghost Catchers’ (1944)
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