Tag Archives: cities

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

View from the Bridge, 1969

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Neg 3156 Not used in book Shows South Pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge taken from the Bridge.

This photograph by David Mist was taken whilst the photographer was gathering images for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book of photographs. It’s unusual to… More

Shanghai Bund, c. 1930

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

P3095-96 Lantern slide, China, "Shanghai Bund", street scene

This beautiful hand-coloured glass lantern slide showing The Bund in Shanghai is part of a collection of images that depict aspects of China in the… More

A city on the move

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Kathy Hackett

96/44/1-5/4/67/1 Neg 24 Asused in book on pge 71

This photograph was created by David Mist for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book of photographs. His caption for this image in the book reads:… 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.