Tag Archives: children

The fledgling photographer

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph of Sydney’s Waratah Festival parades and was created by David Mist for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book of photographs. Although the focus is on the… More

Trainspotting highly commended: People category

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Paula Bray

This image was selected for our Trainspotting 2012 photography competition and exhibition. This photograph, taken in Bangladesh, was highly commended in People category. The photographers… More

One of a kind

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

H6685 Daguerreotype in case, boy and girl, metal, glass, wood, leather, textile, photographer unknown, 1840-1850 (Interior)

This studio photograph of two children may be one of the earliest examples of photography in the museum’s collection. It is a daguerreotype, a unique… More

A young girl and her lamb

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Since there have been a couple of posts about sheep this week, I thought that I’d add this photograph from the Tyrrell Collection. In the days… More

Young apprentice in a papermaking workshop

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Craft work was often localised in certain areas of the city… Boys started their apprenticeship at an early age and, since the workers generally remained… More

Boy and Water Buffalo

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Iwona Hetherington

P3095-31 Glass lantern slide, "Boy & Water Buffalo", a boy on the buffalo, hand coloured glass / paper, Rev. Cannon, China, 1930

This is yet another image from the collection of hand coloured lantern slides donated to the Museum in 1978 by the Australia – China Society.… More

Happy holidays #4 Bondi Bay

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph of summer bathing at Bondi was taken by Henry King and is part of the museum’s Tyrrell collection of historical photographs. It shows… More

Happy holidays #1 Lake Conjola

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

94/63/140/3 Glass negative, quarter plate, girl waving to camera, Thomas Lennon, Lake Conjola, New South
Wales, Australia, 21 February 1937
The ne...

This photograph, from the Tom Lennon archive, was taken at Lake Conjola, New South Wales, on the 21st of February, 1937. The negative may be… More

Charlotte Rolfe

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Iwona Hetherington

We have chosen these two photographs from the archive of Dahl and Geoffrey Collings for this post. They were included on Christmas cards sent to… More

Street puppet theatre, Peking

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

Much of the life of Peking people took place in the streets. Most household essentials were hawked through the streets, each hawker with his distinctive… 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.