Tag Archives: 1900s

We are celebrating 25 years

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Paula Bray

This image, form our archives, shows the Ultimo power station photographed in 1905 and features four horizontal steam engine generator sets in the Engine Hall.… More

Hyde Park: take a tour

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Paula Bray

This is one of our images from the Tyrrell collection that we have shared in Flickr Commons and now in Historypin. The original photograph, taken… More

Three little dogs all in a row

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Paula Bray

This wonderful photograph comes from the Tyrrell glass plate negative collection and was photographed by Kerry and Co c. 1884-1917. We recently came across this… More

Dignity and impudence

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Paula Bray

This half plate negative was taken by Kerry and co sometime between 1884-1917 and features two rather differently sized dogs along with the caption ‘Dignity… 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.