Tag Archives: postcards

Woman in a sensuous pose

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

Document from the Powerhouse Museum Collection

This photograph, from an unattributed studio, may have been a publicity photograph for a theatre production or could be an example of the genre of tableau… More

Postcard of Hawesbury River Railway Bridge in 1907

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Lynne McNairn

This postcard shows the railway bridge crossing the Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn on the Northern outskirts of Sydney in 1907. The railway bridge was opened… More

Miss Tittell Brune and Mr Douglas Gerrard

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Iwona Hetherington

This is one of a large collection of postcards received by the Hall family of West Maitland between 1905 and 1925 and donated to… More

Postcard from the glory days of Department Stores

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

Postcard, Anthony Hordern & Sons New Palace Emporium, Sydney, Australia, 1909

Today many analysts are predicting the demise of the department store due largely to competition from online retailers. However in 1905 the retail emporium was… More

Postcard from Cairo, April, 1915

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

2000/9/26-32 Postcards from Egypt, England, France 1914-18

This photograph from the Boddington Family Collection shows Clot Bey Street, Cairo, in the early years of the 20th century. The image of a bustling… More

A Basket of Cats, Postcard 1910

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Geoff Barker

Although many people have quoted the obsessive attention which cats have been given on the internet we shouldn’t imagine this is a new human trait.… More

The U.S.S Vermont in Sydney Harbour 1908

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Geoff Barker

This photograph is of the U.S.S. Vermont which became a part of the American naval fleet in 1907. After a ‘shake-down’ voyage she joined a… More

Tennis Players, Laurieton, Postcard 1906

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Geoff Barker

This postcard is part of a collection of over 750 postcards made by two sisters, Amy and Lindy Hall, between 1905 and 1925. They, and… More

A Fair Australian

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This hand-coloured photographic postcard from the Kerry studio, part of a series called Fair Australians, is post-marked Bombala, (photographer Charles Kerry’s birthplace) February, 1907. It… More

Digger

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Iwona Hetherington

This postcard is from the Museum collection and it drew my attention because it pictures an old boxer dog, looking very much like mine. As… 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.