Tag Archives: interiors

Vicars Woollen Mills

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph shows women operating machinery at the The Vicars Woollen Mills in Marrickville. The mills were relocated from a Sydney factory to Victoria Road Marrickville… More

Glass-making studio of Philip Handel

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Philip Handel glass-making studio at Beacon Hill. Interior of studio showing swivel chair, easel, traymobile, kiln and laying-out workshop table.

The swivel chair, easel, traymobile, kiln and laying-out workshop table in this photograph have facilitated over 130 years of creative activity. They are shown here… 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

Staircase in unknown hotel, 1920 – 1959

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

2007/61/1-3/159 Two Photographic prints, black and white, staircase in unknown hotel, Milton Kent, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1920-1950s (...

This is a stunning photograph of a seemingly non-descript subject, taken by Milton Kent somewhere during the time period 1920-1959. The image is from the… More

Heady days at the Whisky à go go

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

96/44/1-5/4/119/2 Neg 5181 As used in book on page 118

David Mist shot this photograph whilst gathering images for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book of photographs. The late 1960s was a boom time for… More

Adolf Lazi self-portrait

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

Job number: 05-0148 Copywork of Hedda Morrison collection for Website

Date of photography: 31/08/2005

This photograph, a self-portrait by photographer Adolf Lazi, (1884-1955) was taken in his studio sometime between 1928 and 1932. The photographer probably set up his… More

George Street Markets, Sydney, NSW, No. 2

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Kathy Hackett

Sydney’s George Street Markets once stood on the site now occupied by the Queen Victoria building, (QVB). At the time that this photograph was taken,… 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.