Kathy Hackett | Photo of the Day

A family photograph

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

66/212 Family photograph, on the front verandah

At first glance this photographs looks like any other group portrait in the front garden of a suburban house, however, a closer look at the… More

Woman in a sensuous pose

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

Document from the Powerhouse Museum Collection

This photograph, from an unattributed studio, may have been a publicity photograph for a theatre production or could be an example of the genre of tableau… More

Ladies costume in the ’80s

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

This unidentified young woman of the 1880s wears her hair with a fringe, a style that was fashionable from the early years of the decade.… More

Sam Babicci with saxophone

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph of saxophone player Sam Babicci is from the Tom Lennon photographic archive collection and was taken in 1933 when Lennon was the official photographer for… More

Two women in a garden

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

The back yard often doubled as an open air studio for many amateur photographers. Visible in the background of this portrait of two unidentified women… More

Stuttgart Folk Festival, 1931

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph, by Hedda Morrison, was taken at the Stuttgart folk festival in 1931. In this photograph, Morrison has adopted the conventions of the New Realism in the… More

Maurie Gilman’s Ginger Jar Orchestra

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

In the Sydney of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, The Ginger Jar cafe was one of two places that a good girl shouldn’t go, according… More

Newsroom, c. 1928

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

92/293-29 Mounted photograph, showing newsroom,labeled `1'

The photo shows the Chief of staff surrounded by journalists, whose duty is to ‘write up’ the news handed to them by the Chief.… More

Florence in feathers

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

Feather fans from the music hall stage used by performers such as Mistinguett at the Moulin Rouge and the Ziegfield Follies dancers were a source… More

Vicars Woollen Mills

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph shows women operating machinery at the The Vicars Woollen Mills in Marrickville. The mills were relocated from a Sydney factory to Victoria Road Marrickville… 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.