Paula Bray | Photo of the Day – Powerhouse Museum

Flickr group highlight: visitor photography

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Paula Bray

This photograph was taken by one of our visitors and features the tricycle that hangs in our transport gallery. This is collection item A10782 a… More

I have just come for a snapshot

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Paula Bray

This postcard taken by an unknown travelling photographer is part of a collection made by Amy and Lindy Hall of West Maitland, New South Wales,… More

Native Rose Hotel, Chippendale

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Paula Bray

This photograph was taken between 1923-1924 and shows the Native Rose Hotel located in Chippendale on the corner of Cleveland Street and Shepard Street. This… More

Technical staff of the Public Works Department, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Paula Bray

This photograph taken in 1932 features the technical staff of the Public Works Department and our collection database reveals who is in this photograph: Back… More

Frank’s Kangaroo Tour: overexposed

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Paula Bray

This is a photograph of Frank Burge on the training field at Harrogate in Yorkshire during the 1921 Kangaroo tour. Playing football was not the… More

Rustic Bridge Domain

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Paula Bray

The image above comes from our Tyrrell photographic collection and shows an old rustic bridge in the Domain, Sydney. Our collection database states: The… More

Photo booth series #12: are you what you wear?

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Paula Bray

This photograph was taken in our exhibition Faith, fashion, fusion: Muslim women’s style in Australia where faith, fashion and Muslim identity are explored through the… More

Frank’s Kangaroo tour: hard men

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Paula Bray

After their visit to Kingston Upon Hull in late September 1921, Frank Burge and the Australian Rugby League team moved on to west Yorkshire,… More

This postcard featuring an Australian native flower, the waratah, is a photo-mechanical print. The following statement comes from our collection records online-Geoff Barker, Curatorial, December,… More

North pivot bearing for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1927

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Paula Bray

This photography, taken in 1927, shows a north pivot bearing of the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction. There is a workman using a guage… 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.