Tag Archives: Flickr Commons

Koalas in tree at ‘Koala Park’, 1915

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Paula Bray

This is one of many postcards that we have been sharing in our Flickr Commons account. It comes from a collection consisting of over 750… More

Hornby Lighthouse

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Paula Bray

This reproduction from a glass plate negative was published by the Sydney firm Charles Kerry & Co. and is part of the Powerhouse Museum’s Tyrrell… More

A boy and his dog

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Paula Bray

The dog that is the “horse” to this young cowboy seems incredibly tolerant. His rider holds onto his collar, while the dog seems to wait… More

Wool drays and the curious case of the missing bodies

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Paula Bray

At first glance, this photo shows horse-drawn drays laden with wool bales, standing in a Sydney street near the waterfront. But look more closely and… More

Strongman Don Athaldo, 1936

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Paula Bray

This quarter plate glass negative paints a portrait of Australian strongman and physical fitness advocate Walter Joseph Lyons (189401965), who went by the rugged name… More

Sydney Town Hall’s grand organ

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Paula Bray

This Kerry photo shows the magnificent organ in Centennial Hall, the Sydney Town Hall’s major public space. The name of the hall refers to the… More

Gallipoli Legion of Anzacs Annual Dinner of 1939

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Paula Bray

This half plate glass negative shows the Gallipoli Legion of Anzacs Annual Dinner of 1939. The Gallipoli Legion of Anzacs (GLA) was formed in 1934,… More

Anniversary Day mystery solved

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Paula Bray

Due to some great investigative work by one of our Flickr members beachcomberaustralia the mystery of the image above has been solved. We originally posted… More

Knock-off time

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Paula Bray

This image has been added to the Commons on Flickr and it comes from the Clyde Engineering collection, most of which were photographed at the… More

Glass plate negative panorama

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Paula Bray

The image above was created using Photoshop to merge the three images you can see below. The three reproductions are from glass plate negatives originally… 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.