Moving into the Large Glass Plate Negatives The time has come when with great anticipation I am starting to photograph the larger wet-collodion Glass plate negatives. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Holtermann's 'Great Remedy' A colleague recently catalogued an original ‘Holtermann’s Life Preserving Drops’ poster at the Library and I thought some additional information might be of interest. Original held at Mitchell Posters, Posters/Medicine/8 Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Moving Day! I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to pick up the Holtermann digitisation project where Lauren left off. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Merlin's Last Photographs During the early part of 1873, Beaufoy Merlin was occupied photographing west of the Blue Mountains for Holtermann’s proposed Gallery of Colonial Views and Products. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Prototype light table in action As we await the arrival of our custom built light table, the digitisation of the 10x12 inch [254x305mm] Holtermann glass plate negatives is continuing on our prototype light table. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
"An immense photographic directory of all Australia" One of our readers recently made mention of using Trove to find information about his ancestor. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Death of a sinner Even in the nineteenth century, photographic studios regularly copied photographs and artworks for their clients. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
A digitisation milestone For the last 9 months we have been steadily digitising and archiving the approx. 2,600 quarter plate sized (83x108mm) negatives that make up the majority of the Holtermann glass plate negative collection. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project