Monthly Archives: January 2012

Boy and Water Buffalo

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Iwona Hetherington

P3095-31 Glass lantern slide, "Boy & Water Buffalo", a boy on the buffalo, hand coloured glass / paper, Rev. Cannon, China, 1930

This is yet another image from the collection of hand coloured lantern slides donated to the Museum in 1978 by the Australia – China Society.… More

The Hall of Gods, Hualin Temple, 1872

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Geoff Barker

The Temple of the 500 Gods, photographer John Thomson, 1872

This photograph was taken by the British photographer John Thomson around 140 years ago during his travels through China. It shows an interior view of… More

Shanghai Bund, c. 1930

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

P3095-96 Lantern slide, China, "Shanghai Bund", street scene

This beautiful hand-coloured glass lantern slide showing The Bund in Shanghai is part of a collection of images that depict aspects of China in the… More

Chief Priest, Hualin Buddhist Temple, 1872

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Geoff Barker

The Abbot, Hualin Temple, photographer John Thomson, 1872

This photograph of the Chief Priest of the Hualin Temple was taken by John Thomson sometime around 1872. He first met this Priest some three… More

Bride and groom

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

P3095-79 Lantern slide, China, "Bride & Bridegroom"

This beautiful hand-coloured glass lantern slide is part of a collection of images that depict aspects of China in the early 20th century, including historical… More

Tea House, Guangzhou, 1872

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Geoff Barker

Tea House, Guangzhou, photographer John Thomson, 1872

In 1872, when Thomson visited Gaungzhou (Canton), most of the tea-firing houses were situated next to a river or creek. In this photograph we can… More

A Chinese bow

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This beautiful hand-coloured glass lantern slide is part of a collection of images that depict aspects of China in the early 20th century, including historical… More

2012 Year of the Dragon

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Paula Bray

P3095-19 Glass lantern slide, "Bronze Dragon", bronze dragon and phoenix statues in front of Hall of Audience, hand coloured glass / paper, Rev. Ca...

Happy Chinese New Year. This is the Year of the Dragon, one of the most powerful and lucky signs in the Chinese New Year zodiac.… More

One Armed Bandits

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Iwona Hetherington

96/44/1-5/4/132/2 Neg4117 as used on page 128

Poker machines are very much in the news at the moment with the controversy surrounding the proposal for ‘pre-commitment technology’ in Australia. This image is… More

Section of a Roman diptych from the collection of the Vicomte de Genze

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Geoff Barker

Photograph of a section of a Roman diptych carved from ivory at the beginning of the 6th century from the Collection of the Vicomte de… 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.