Monthly Archives: February 2010

Rousel studios archive added to the Commons

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Paula Bray

Artist Stan Denford painting a portrait of Hollywood film star Ruth Chatterton, originally uploaded by Powerhouse Museum Collection. We have just added several images from… More

No sound except the wind whistling by…

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph of pilot and architect Sally McCosker was taken at Camden airfield by Powerhouse Museum photographer Sue Stafford as part of the Women with… More

Inner city suburb

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Paula Bray

Neg 1160 As used in book on page90 The image shows wooden houses in Balmain.

This image, showing a backstreet in the inner suburbs of Sydney, comes from the David Mist photographic archive. This particular shot, from a 35mm black… More

Mrs Millicent Bryant

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph, from the Powerhouse Museum publication Women with Wings shows Mrs Millicent Bryant in 1927, the year she became the first woman to achieve… More

Visitor photography: Flickr group highlight

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Paula Bray

Van der Graaf generator, originally uploaded by kiwikeith. This is another great example of a photograph that has been shot by one of our visitors… More

Creating sand mandalas

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Paula Bray

This photo was taken by one of our previous photographers, Sue Stafford, back in 2004 when Gyuto monks of Tibet were visiting the Powerhouse Museum.… More

American Arch

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Paula Bray

The Federation ‘American Arch’ was on Pitt Street near the intersection of Hunter Street. The American president had been asked to provide troops to the… More

Trainspotting

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Paula Bray

Trainspotting is a colloquial term for the hobby of observing and recording the numbers of railway locomotives. Our new photography competition has been given this… 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.