Lynne McNairn | Photo of the Day

Wet homecoming for the New South Wales Contingent 19 June 1885

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

This image taken by Henry King shows the return of the New South Wales Contingent in June 1885 after their deployment to Sudan to support… More

Rusty blend at Kent Brewery

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

86/4409-1 Tooths Collection: B/W Photograph, employee checking gauges in cold storage cellars

This image came to the Museum with the Tooth Collection, a large collection of material acquired from the Tooth and Co Brewery in the 1980s.… More

The troop ships depart Sydney for Sudan 1885

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

This is another image in a series of photographs by the Sydney based photographer Henry King, that document the parade of the New South Wales… More

Colonial pride Oxford Street Sydney 1885

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

This is another image taken by the Sydney based photographer Henry King of the New South Wales Contingent parading through Sydney on their departure for… More

Departure of the New South Wales Contingent to Sudan 1885

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

This is another image taken by the Sydney based photographer Henry King of the parade of the New South Wales Contingent through Sydney on their… More

Private dining room 1936

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

2007/61/1-3/57 Photographic print, black and white, interior of Henson Park Hotel, Private apartment Dining .

This image is from the Sidney Warden Design archive of hotel architecture. Hand written on the back of the photograph is the inscription ‘Henson Park… More

Public Holiday in 1885

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

This image was taken by the Sydney based photographer Henry King. It is one of a series of images that documents the parade of the… More

Dress circle at the St James Theatre

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

Photographic print, black & white, St James Theatre auditorium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 24 May 1960

This image is a photographic print from the Bob Lucas archive of Australian cinema. It shows the now demolished St James Theatre which was located… More

Lighting up or lighting down at St James Theatre

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

2007/191/1-1/70 Photographic print, black & white, auditorium of St James Theatre undergoing restoration, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1930s?

This image is a photographic print from the Bob Lucas archive of Australian cinema. It shows the now demolished St James Theatre which was located… More

Dead fish

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

93/178/11 Photograph, 'Study of fish', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Adolf Lazi, Stuttgart, Germany, 1950

The image is another black and white silver gelatin print, by Adolf Lazi. It shows two fish placed on a reflective service to look a… 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.