Monthly Archives: February 2010

Elbeo Stockings advertisement, Wolfgang Sievers, Berlin 1938

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Iwona Hetherington

These two advertising photographs for Elbeo Stockings were taken by Wolfgang Sievers at the Berlin’s Contempora School of Applied Arts in 1938, the same year… More

The Fountain, Botanical Gardens, Sydney

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Kathy Hackett

Every street in Sydney should have its drinking-fountain. It should be at least as easy to obtain a drink of pure water as a glass… More

Melbourne Arch

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Paula Bray

On 1 January Sydney celebrated Australia becoming a Federation by hosting a grand procession through its streets. The Federation ‘Melbourne Arch’ (also known as the… More

Water

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Iwona Hetherington

This photograph is a one of many water images taken by the Museum’s photographer Jean-Francois Lanzarone, when working on the Modern Times exhibition. Whilst most… More

Meeting the mailman

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Kathy Hackett

The writing and posting of messages on Saint Valentine’s Day has a long history. On February 14 girls in ancient Rome would place their names… More

Celebrating the Chinese New Year, an age old tradition

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Paula Bray

This is another fascinating image taken by Hedda Morrison in the 1930-40s in China, showing a Chinese new year painting and calligraphy stall in Haiwang… More

Visitor photography: Flickr group highlight

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Paula Bray

Light Experiment, originally uploaded by Erik K Veland. This is another great image that we are highlighting on Photo of the Day that has been… More

Discharging wool at Bourke: river transport linked with rail

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Paula Bray

00g01998 85/1284-753 Glass negative, full plate, 'Discharging Wool at Bourke', Kerry and Co, Sydney, Australia, c. 1884-1917.

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Paddle-steamers once worked their way up and down more than 6500km of the Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee rivers. They carried wool, allowing settlements to expand… More

Trainspotting competition

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Paula Bray

Our Trainspotting competition has been attracting many great photos in our new group on Flickr dedicated to photography competitions. There are six categories that you… More

Military and Naval Review of Troops’

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Paula Bray

On Friday 4 January 1901, the ‘Military and Naval Review of Troops’ was held in the grounds of Centennial Park. The activities began at 10.30… More

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.