Monthly Archives: January 2011

Federation celebrations, Sydney, 1901.

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Leonie Jones

This photograph, taken on 1 January, 1901 shows the inauguration of the Federation of Australia celebrations. Over 250,000 people lined the route of the parade,… More

Woman Inside a Settlers Hut

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Leonie Jones

Glass negative, full plate, ‘Woman Inside a Settlers Hut’, unattributed studio, Sydney, Australia, c. 1880-1923 This charming photograph of a woman inside a settlers hut,… More

Dancers

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Iwona Hetherington

This photograph was taken in February 2008 and features Chinese dancers performing during the opening of Shaanxi Province Folk Art Exhibition which was held at… More

Then and Now: Maitland Post Office

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Iwona Hetherington

The black and white photograph is from the Museum’s Tyrrell collection and was taken by Henry King. It features the post office building at 381… More

Bullocks

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Paula Bray

Bolong pastures

White cranes remixed

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Paula Bray

Our historic glass plate negative remixed

Diamond Ball

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph is part of a set of prints from the studio of New York celebrity milliner, Mr John. It shows a model in a… More

North Sydney Pool

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Paula Bray

Rudder and Grout designed pool

English field camera

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Paula Bray

Royal Favourite Camera Object No: H7594 Camera, 'Royal Favourite', wood / brass, made by Thornton Pickard Manufacturing Company, Altringham, Englan...

Imperial Perfecta

The Longchamp Racecourse, c.1930

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Iwona Hetherington

This photograph comes from the Museum’s Archive of Automatic Totalisators Limited (ATL), a company founded by Sir George Julius (1873 -1946), the inventor of the… 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.