Agency:
Thomas R G Williams [Trg Williams] (Photographer)
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1878
End Date:
31 Dec 1963
Description:
Thomas R G Williams (b.1878) was a photographer who resided at Scottsdale. Many of his photographs appeared in the Tasmanian Mail and he often toured conducting lantern slide shows with his works. Trevor was the son of Mr Edward Thomas Williams, an early resident of Scottsdale. In Scottsdale he was a member of the Oddfellows, Loyal Scottsdale Order.;;TRG Williams imported the Thomas Edison 'Bioscope' projector from the United States. This projector was capable of screening lantern slides of 35mm early movie films. Rolls of film were projected by hand power with an acetylene light source (hoses passing into lamp house). This form of light source was replaced in about 1910 with an ARC-LIGHT with carbon rods each 10"long x 3/4"diameter.;;Williams left Tasmania c.1912-1915 and moved to Ararat in south-west Victoria. He was the mayor of Ringwood, Victoria from 1941 to 1943. He also spent time in New Zealand. He died in Melbourne, Victoria in 1963.
Information Sources:
Note with collection; North-Eastern Advertiser, 5/2/1926, p.2; Daily Telegraph, 11/2/1909, p.3
Series Created By Agency:
| NS787 Glass Plate Negatives and Lantern Slides collected or Produced by T.R.G Williams | 01 Jan 1880 |
| NS786 Photographs Taken by T R G Williams of Scottsdale and North Eastern Tasmania | 01 Jan 1890 | 31 Dec 1910 |
| NS1409 Photographs and Items related to T.R.G Williams | 01 Jan 1897 | 31 Dec 1988 |