Tag Archives: architecture

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

Australian Pavilion at the New York World Fair in 1939

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

New Acquisition - Object No: 2008/100/1-1 Photograph (1 of 10), Australian Pavilion, New York World's Fair 1939, photographed by Robert E. Coates, ...

This image is one of a series of photographs taken of the displays in the Australian Pavilion at the New York World’s fair held in… More

The Point Piper home of aviation pioneer Lawrence Hargrave

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

P2903-9/130 Photograph, black & white, Hargrave's house in Wunulla Road, Woollahra Point, constructed in 1902

This photograph shows the house where aviation pioneer, Lawrence Hargrave lived with his family from 1902 until his death in 1915. The photograph was taken… More

Low rise Sydney – Scots Church in 1931

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

85/1286-878 Photograph of Scot's Church and Presbyterian Assembly Halls, 4 Margaret Street Sydney, about 1931.

This image shows Scots Presbyterian Church in about 1931, shortly after it had been completed. The church is located on the corner of Margaret and… More

Hotel Australia

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Paula Bray

This photograph showing the Hotel Australia was taken sometime between 1891-1917 by Charles Kerry and Co. It is one of the glass plate negatives from… More

Art Deco Drinking

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image from the Museum’s collection shows the public bar at the Rozelle Hotel in about 1938. The hotel was designed by Sidney Warden the… More

Circular Quay, 1920s

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Rousel Studios Photograph Album - Object No: 2001/105/1-1 Photograph Album containing black and white photographs(35) of advertising artwork produ...

This photograph from the Rousel Studios archive collection shows the view south from Sydney Harbour towards Circular Quay at some time during the 1920s. The photograph… 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

Adams’ Marble Bar

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This lavish interior depicted in this retouched black and white photograph is that of The Marble Bar in Tattersall’s Hotel, Pitt Street, Sydney. The hotel’s… More

City of the Future exhibition at Royal Agricultural Show, 1947

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This black and white photographic print of a photograph taken by Russell Roberts, shows the Atlantic Union Oil ‘City of the Future’ exhibition at Royal… 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.