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Head Office - Interior alterations 1934-1959: Board room 1953 (copy b)

Head Office - Interior alterations 1934-1959: Board room 1953 (copy a)

Bank Board - Meeting - Sydney - August 1953

Staff - Commonwealth Bank Head Office - Groups - Economic Department - early 1950s

The Bank at Work - Head Office Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Staff Dining Room & Kitchen - Table service only - c. late 1950s

Staff - Social Functions - Head Office - Ivy Litchfield's farewell, with Marge Cowley, Jock Phillips, EB Richardson and Stan Bryson - 17 December 1956

Staff - Social Functions - Head Office - Ivy Litchfield's farewell, with Marge Cowley, Jock Phillips, Stan Bryson and EB Richardson - 17 December 1956

Staff - Social Functions - Head Office - Stan Bryson's Retirement Function, with L Hinde, B Ryan, L Polkinghorne, I Litchfield, M Cowley, M Wilson, A Hughes, H Longmuir, H Adamson, D Sampson, S Bryson, J Phillips, E Innes, D Sampson - October 1957

The Bank at Work - Head Office - Secretary's Department - Switchboard Operators - 1957

The Bank at Work - Head Office (to 1959) - Secretary's Department - HC Coombs with his private Secretary - Mrs May Grant - 1951

Oral History interview with Dr H.C. Coombs by Dr Boris Schedvin, Part 2 of 2 [audio recording]

Premises - Cnr Pitt Street and Martin Place - Exterior - Head Office of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia decorated and illuminated for the visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York - 1927

Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Premises - Head Office, Corner Pitt Street and Martin Place - Banking Chamber - Royal Tour of HRH The Queen Elizabeth II - June 1954

The Bank at Work - Commonwealth Bank Head Office - Banking Chamber - Ground Floor - Bank staff wearing face masks during the Influenza Epidemic of 1919 - 1919

Teleprinter - Head Office corner Pitt Street and Martin Place - c. 1950's

Switchboard - Head Office corner Pitt Street and Martin Place (view ii) - c. 1950's

Switchboard - Head Office corner Pitt Street and Martin Place (view i) - c. 1950's

Mail Room - Head Office corner Pitt Street and Martin Place - c. 1950's

Chief Cashier's Department - Head Office - Staff, 3rd floor - c. 1919

Banking Chamber, Head Office - view from rear of chamber to Pitt Street. entrance - 8 September 1916

Prince of Wales' Visit to Australia 1920 - Governor-General's Dinner held in the Luncheon Hall (Dining Room) of the Head Office of the Commonwealth Bank, Sydney - 16 June 1920 (copy a)

Head Office - Martin Place frontage late 1940's

Head Office - Exterior view - Late 1940's

Premises - Commonwealth Bank Head Office cnr Pitt Street & Martin Place - Exterior - Parade welcoming USA Sailors to Sydney - 20 March 1941

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