Series 4: Holtermann family miscellaneous photographs, ephemera and realia, ca.1858-1885

PXE 1373
R 2019

series

ca.1858-1885

Graphic Materials, Objects, Ephemera, Photographs, Medals

1012225

41 photographs - albumen, cabinet card, stereoscopic and silver gelatin - 10.5 x 15.5 cm. or smaller
3 medals - bronze, silver, white metal - 7.6 cm. diameter or smaller
6 Waterhouse stops - brass? - external dimensions 6.9 x 4.8 cm.; apertures between approx. 11 mm. and 43 mm.
1 lens case - leather - approx. 5.5 x 8 cm.
1 die - brass? - 4.8 cm. diameter
1 microscope tube - brass - casing diameter (max) 2 cm., length 9 cm.
1 seal - brass?, with wooden handle - Total length 9.6 cm., diameter of seal 2 cm.<br>

PXE 1373

11 albumen print views of Tonga and studio portraits of male and female Tongans? in traditional dress. Approx. 6 x 9.5 cm.

4 stereoscopic views of Holtermann family at St Leonards Lodge, Crows Nest. View of family on verandah at St Leonards Lodge is held at ON 4 Box 37 No 21, attributed to American & Australasian Photographic Company. With 3 silver gelatin copy prints by W. & F. Pascoe, July 1982 (35 mm. negs at FM1/5758-5760).

6 stereoscopic views in the “Views of the Great West from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean” series by C. R. Savage, Salt Lake City, Utah. Print of “Utah series. Baptism of 130 Indians of the Shebit nation at St. George, by the Mormons”, is inscribed on verso “This is B. O. Holterman [sic]. Bathing the people”.

2 stereoscopic views of Crystal Grotto and Prospect Point by Geo. E. Curtis, Niagara Falls, New York

Stereoscopic photograph of unidentified female dancer performing a high kick

Stereoscopic photograph of tennis match by William A. Nicholas, Bundanoon; inscribed in pencil on verso “N.S.W.”

Cabinet card print of Hawkesbury River railway bridge, photographer not identified

Men of mark in New South Wales. Cabinet card print by William Sargent, Sydney; printed key on verso

Men of mark [on the Pacific Coast]. Cabinet card print by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco; printed key on verso

Ephemera items: approx. 75 embossed paper labels, probably for Life Preserving Drops: uncoloured, embossed figure of Holtermann standing beside nugget, above “Sydney, N.S.W. Australia” in uncoloured embossed letters; overprinted in lilac, orange, green, or brown. On ellipse 4 x 3.6 cm.

R 2019

a. Die for embossing paper labels for Life Preserving Drops; brass?, 4.8 cm. diameter
b. Brass wax seal stamp with painted wooden handle: Text “B. O. Holtermann Sydney” around figure of Holtermann standing beside nugget. Total length 9.6 cm., diameter of seal 2 cm.
c. 1862 International Exhibition silver medal, “New South Wales / To the Prize Exhibitors 1862”
d. 1876 Philadelphia International Exhibition bronze medal. No recipient identified
e. 1876 Philadelphia International Exhibition medal, white metal. No recipient identified
f. Six Waterhouse stops
g. Leather case for Waterhouse stops. Gilt stamped “J. H. Dallmeyer, optician, London”
h. Brass compound microscope (body tube and objectives), by Cary, London, c. 1840

Access via appointment - Applies to realia

Out of copyright: Applies to photographs
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Forms part of Holtermann family - papers, 1874-1911, 1956 (MLMSS 4579), together with PXA 365 and PXD 352.
Item at R 2019h was previously described as "Brass lens with adjustment wheel and bar. Engraved "Cary London". Casing diameter (max) 2cm, length 9 cm." Description was updated by Research and Discovery Branch, State Library, January 2022.