RESEARCH NEWS – MOST PHOTOGRAPHED
In my last article, we saw a man who managed to get his face into three photos in the Holtermann Collection. You can see those images here. It got me […]
NEWS & RESEARCH
RESEARCH NEWS – BLANCHARD THE BUTCHER
This story has enough intrigue for a Netflix biopic, but don’t worry, Blanchard was an actual butcher and not a serial killer or blood-thirsty murderer. He was so nice, in […]
RESEARCH REQUEST – COLLINS & Co Bathurst
The Research Department received an interesting challenge this week: Could we locate a business named “A Collins & Co” of Bathurst in the Holtermann Collection? The business was known to […]
RESEARCH NEWS – ARRIVALS AT ANGOVE’S
Richard and Mary Angove had a hardware, grocery and wine store on Mayne Street, between the Bank of New South Wales and the Newmarket Sale Yards (where the Butcher Shop […]
RESEARCH NEWS – RAILWAY HOUSE
Research into the Holtermann Collection can be like trying to complete a very large jigsaw puzzle under nightmarish conditions: many pieces fall into place beautifully but as you approach the […]
RESEARCH NEWS – THIODON’S EXHIBITION
As Henry Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss made their way around the streets of Gulgong in 1872 – documenting the people and their homes and businesses – one mysterious figure […]
RESEARCH NEWS – GRIBBLE’S SHADES
Mrs Gribble was renting this property from George Anthony Tissington, a photographer and commission agent in Gulgong, while he was chasing gold in Queensland. On 14 August 1872 a fire […]
MUSEUM CONNECTIONS – About McLaughlin’s Bakery
David Sciffer wrote the following to GHM: This carte-de-visite is of the first premises of McLaughlin’s Bakery in High Street, Maitland. (Handwritten note on reverse says “business near Town Hall, […]
MUSEUM CONNECTIONS – About Mary McKillop’s Cottage
Trevor Williams wrote the following to the GHM: To the Wonderful Staff, I found the Holtermann photo of Mary Mackillop’s Cottage on the State Library web site. Photo and catalogue information […]
RESEARCH NEWS – Sun Tong Lee
When the great, great grandson of Sun Tong Lee visited the Gulgong Holtermann Museum he said, “Apparently Sun Tong Lee owned many stores in NSW and it is unlikely that […]