A dog's life in Gulgong “Sir - Could you tell me how it is that people in Gulgong seem so fond of taking their poodles and mongrels to places of worship? Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
What to do with a broken plate During the preservation and rehousing process of the Holtermann glass plate collection, the Collection Preservation team has occasionally come across a broken plate. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
The way they were One of the great things about the American and Australasian Photographic Company’s images of Hill End and Gulgong is that the people in the streets generally appear dressed as they were in their day-to-day lives. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
A Hill End mystery solved As well as the wet plate negatives taken by the American and Australasian Photographic Co, the Library has many original cartes-de-visite prints that were made from them in 1872-3. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Hand made homes The gold rush was a time of opportunism when people came from far and wide to stake their claim. Upon arrival the dreams of riches would give way to the reality of the harsh conditions on the goldfields and the necessity of housing. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Signs of the times Since we began digitising the Holtermann negatives to our new standard we have been able to view previously unclear details in the negatives. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
The panoramas emerge Apart from their well documented house front, store front and goldfield photography, Merlin and Bayliss they were also known for their landscape panoramas. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Gun cotton on glass All the Holtermann negatives were made by the wet-plate process. That is, the glass plates were hand coated with a solution of collodion which contained light sensitive silver salts. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project