Tag Archives: USA

Trainspotting highly commended:railway infrastructure

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Paula Bray

This image was selected for our Trainspotting 2012 photography competition and exhibition. This photograph, taken in Los Angeles, California, was highly commended in the railway… More

Fritzi Scheff demonstrating Magnavox for Fifth Liberty loan in New York City

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Paula Bray

This black and white photographic print, labelled ‘FRITZI SCHEFF DEMONSTRATING MAGNAVOX FOR/FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN IN NEW YORK CITY.’ unites two great voices – actress Fritzi… More

Wild weather: Flickr group highlight

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Paula Bray

This great image was taken by one of the contributing members to our Wild weather group on Flickr. The photographer’s cation on Flickr reads: Storm… 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.