New for 2014, What’s the bigger picture?, is a bit of a guessing / detective game using photographs from the State Records NSW collection.

Below a small section of this photograph is revealed while the rest is blocked out…. Scroll down for a larger version of the revealed section.

Can you guess where we are? Or what the bigger picture might be?

Let’s see what response we get and whether we need to unveil another section of the image to provide another clue to the bigger picture!

Swimming lessons, sports carnivals and team sports.

Whether you loved it or hated it sport was a perennial companion at school and had a great impact on your school experience.

Here are some sporting highlights from NRS 15051 Photographic Collection from the History Unit of the Department of School Education.

Do these images bring back any memories?

Feel free to reminisce and share your own school sporting stories!

Caption: Cambridge School, Hunters Hill – hockey
Digital ID: 15051_a047_002249.jpg
Date: year only 31/12/1908

Caption: Broken Hill Public School – Junior Technical School Cricket Team
Digital ID: 15051_a047_001859.jpg
Date: c. 31/12/1922

Caption: Broken Hill Public School – Junior Technical School Teams. Souvenir of Unley visit, 1922.
Digital ID: 15051_a047_001858.jpg
Date: year only 31/12/1922

Caption: Bective Public School – sports
Digital ID: 15051_a047_000912.jpg
Date: year only 31/12/1939

Caption: Bathurst Public School – swimming lessons
Digital ID: 15051_a047_000804.jpg
Date: c. 31/12/1924

Caption: Armidale High School Football Team 1922
Digital ID: 15051_a047_000231.jpg
Date: year only 31/12/1922

Before we begin, a big thank you for your patience while we resolved our issue last week. The blog has been fully restored and hopefully there will be no further technical glitches- we are back in business!

We recently digitised NRS 20024 Photos of metropolitan, country roads ferries etc., and miscellaneous operations, NSW 1926-1946.

These images were taken by the Department of Main Roads to show roads before and after roadwork had been done.

While at first glance these images may seem mundane, the interest in the images lies in the detail. Zoom in and the bustle of daily life is revealed. It’s like google street view c. 1930!

Here are details taken from a few images in NRS 20224. Click on the images for a larger version or click the link below each image to see the original photograph in our catalogue.

242 Corner Botany and Henderson Roads. (Undated)

Digital ID: 20224_a038_000148

Great Western Highway – Parramatta. After reconstruction of widened section. (08/12/1936)

Digital ID: 20224_a038_000843

Cooks River Road, St Peters – Finished work. (12/09/1929)

Digital ID: 20224_a038_001073

New South Head Road Paddington – showing completed concrete with sand covering – Tar Macadam strip between Concrete and Tramway. Taken from Nield St. looking West. (Undated)

Digital ID: 20224_a038_000011

Pacific Highway S.H.10 [State Highway] Lane Cove Rd, North Sydney, near Mount Street. (04/05/1931)

Digital ID: 20224_a038_001290

Pennant Hills Rd, Baulkham Hills. Prior to reconstruction. (19/11/1934)

Digital ID: 20224_a038_000714