William Bland's famous daguerreotype and the Deemer headstone
Welcome to "TweenXmas", a name given by me to that time between Christmas and the New Year! For this blog I have some additional information about a rather remarkable man I dedicated a blog to on 28th March this year. Today’s blog will be referenced as WILLIAM BLAND with enhancements! Take a look at the original blog by clicking on his name in the labels area at the end of this blog. Dr William Bland - Parliament of NSW A few months ago, the State Library of NSW opened a new ground floor area devoted to its vast collection of photographs. Its inaugural exhibition "Shot" displays 400 photographs taken by 200 photographers over 3 centuries and is displayed as a series of galleries. It displays people going about their general business at the time, in sadness or at play and shows scenes from past pivotal events in our history. The images are displayed on various mediums from daguerreotypes and glass negatives through many changing technologies to what we...