Local Studies Images

The Manly area has a rich pictoral history for you to discover, see for yourself.

Local Studies Image Collection

The  Manly Local Studies Image collection - a set of around 7000 images that document the history of the Manly area from the 1800s to the 1990s is available to view in two ways, by search interface or by exploring by title and decade. Choose websites below:

Local studies Image Tagging Project

Did you go to school on the Northern Beaches in the years before 1955? Please take a moment to see if you recognise yourself or anyone else in these school photos, ranging in date from 1897 to 1955.

If you have any information regarding the content of any of the images, you are able to pin the information to the image quickly and easily.

Historypin

Manly Library has a new resource to attach pictures from its collection to a worldwide map, allowing you to browse where pictures were taken, and in some instances compare views form yesteryear to today.