Monthly Archives: July 2012

Boxing clowns

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Continuing with the boxing theme, this photograph, from the Jandaschewsky collection, shows Guillaume Jandaschewsky and Orlando ‘Averino’, part of the Do-Re-Mi trio, performing their boxing… More

The essential hat

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image shows a selection of hats from Powerhouse Museum’s collection along with hat boxes and display stands. These hats were made between 1900s and… More

Elcho Island

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Powerhouse Museum photographer Marinco Kojdanovski captured this beautiful view of sun and sea from Elcho Island, off the coast of north-east Arnhem Land, whilst on location gathering… More

Boxing in the bush, round 2

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph of two men boxing is from the Wong Ah Sat archive. The men may have been friends or neighbours of Amelia Eve Wong… More

Bird of paradise

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Iwona Hetherington

91/27-17 Photographic print, black and white, Alexandra Mackenzie showing a reel of fabric to a group of women, 'Strelitzia-Datura' Awarded Soderbe...

This is one of many photographs in the Museum collection related to Annan Fabrics – a textile design enterprise established by Anne Outlaw and… More

Violin maker Kitty Smith – a creative art

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This photograph from the 1940s shows violin maker Kitty Smith (1912-2005) hand carving the neck of violin. Kitty said: Violin construction is a creative art… More

Glass-making studio of Philip Handel

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Philip Handel glass-making studio at Beacon Hill. Interior of studio showing swivel chair, easel, traymobile, kiln and laying-out workshop table.

The swivel chair, easel, traymobile, kiln and laying-out workshop table in this photograph have facilitated over 130 years of creative activity. They are shown here… More

Flickr group highlight

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Paula Bray

This photograph was taken by one of the visitors to our Love Lace exhibition that we have currently on at the museum. This image has… More

The Marble Bar c.1969

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

96/44/1-5/4/129/2 Neg 4025 as used on page 126

This photograph, from the David Mist archive, shows the elegant Marble Bar in the Adams Hotel in Pitt Street, Sydney. In the late 1960s the times were changing rapidly,… More

Boxing in the bush

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph of two men boxing is from the Wong Ah Sat archive. The men may have been friends or neighbours of Amelia Eve Wong… 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.