Photographs
A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, and you can learn so much from a historical photograph. The Richmond River Historical Society collection includes 16,000 photographs and portraits. Here is a tiny taste. If you wish to check them out further or order copies, please contact the Research Centre.
![Lismore flood](/wp-content/uploads/Lismore-flood-250x159.jpg)
Lismore flood
![Comino's Oyster Saloon, Molesworth Street, c.1911](/wp-content/uploads/Copy-of-Cominos-Oyster-Saloon-250x143.jpg)
Comino’s Oyster Saloon, Molesworth Street, c.1911
![Woodlark Street 1883](/wp-content/uploads/Woodlark-St.-4-c-1883-250x169.jpg)
Woodlark Street 1883
![Military parade](/wp-content/uploads/Military-parade-Molesworth-St-c.1921-250x157.jpg)
Military parade in Molesworth Street, Lismore, c. 1921
![Molesworth Street 1938-40](/wp-content/uploads/Molesworth-Street-c.-1938-40-250x146.jpg)
Molesworth Street c. 1938-40
![](/wp-content/uploads/2-7-Slab-hut-of-timber-workers-c.1890.-250x190.jpg)
Slab hut of timber workers c. 1890
![Drogher Aggie towing raft of pine logs, Richmond River](/wp-content/uploads/2-9-drogher-Aggie-raft-of-pine-logs-250x135.jpg)
Drogher Aggie towing raft of pine logs, Richmond River
![](/wp-content/uploads/2-11-s.s.-Susannah-Cuthbert-at-Wyrallah-Sawmill.-250x126.jpg)
SS Susannah Cuthbert at Wyrallah Sawmill
![S.S. Brundah at Lismore Wharf c. 1906-1914](/wp-content/uploads/Brundah-Lismore-Wharf-c.-1906-1914-250x157.jpg)
S.S. Brundah at Lismore Wharf c. 1906-1914
![](/wp-content/uploads/Molesworth-St-on-Carnival-day-01.02-Souvenir-2-250x184.jpg)
Molesworth Street on Carnival Day c.1920s
![Springhill dairy](/wp-content/uploads/Spring-Hill-250x124.jpg)
Springhill dairy
![](/wp-content/uploads/Agriculture-Sugarcane-40-1953-201-0-250x190.jpg)
Gathering sugarcane with bullocks, 1870s