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Item is a carte-de-visite album with an ornate brown cover. Gold trim pages. Includes 47 photographs, albumen cartes-de-visite, tintypes and gelatin silver prints.
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Item is a carte-de-visite album with an ornate brown cover. Gold trim pages. Includes 47 photographs, albumen cartes-de-visite, tintypes and gelatin silver prints.
Portrait of a young man in Highland dress
Item consists of a grey card with green letterpress at bottom, "Henderson,/ Artist/ LINCOLN AVE,./ YORK, NEB." Photograph is a full length portrait of a young man in suit jacket with high starched collar wearing a kilt and tartan sask and holding a flute.
Henderson
Item consists of a white cabinet card with gold letterpress at bottom edge with small half-sun design border. "Henderson,/ Artist/ LINCOLN AVE.,/ YORK, NEB." Handwriting in blue ink partially obscuring lettering at bottom of card, "O.S. Higby". Photograph is a vignetted portrait of a man with moustache and wide silk tie.
Henderson
Item is a green cabinet card with white embossed design of wreath and ribbon at bottom, with text "BROWN/ STERLING, ILL." and a design at centre with the letters "E" "B" and "C" intertwined. Photograph is a portrait of a man with wide silk tie and a high collar pressed back into "wings". On verso, handwritten in blue ink, "John Helms".
Brown
Portrait of William Morgan Higby
Item is a portrait of a young man in starched white collar and patterend tie with wool jacket. On verso, handwritten in blue ink, "Wm Morgan Higby" and in black ink, "1920/ F. G. High Graduate".
Postcard with portrait of two women and a man
Item is a photograph of two seated women in white blouses and plain, dark skirts. The one on the right has a wrap skirt with buttons at the seam near the waistband and holds a book loosely in her right hand. A young man stands between them, wearing a suit and tie of a dark colour. On verso, printed in black ink, "POST CARD/ CORRESPONDENCE/ ADDRESS ONLY".
Portrait of a man and woman in outdoor coats in front of a landscape backdrop
Item is a photograph with a white border area. Depicts a man and woman wearing heavy overcoats and hats, the woman wearing gloves posed in front of a painted landscape backdrop with trees and leaves. Embossed into photo at lower right, "J. W. Smith,/ SILSDEN." On verso, printed in black ink, "POST CARD/ CORRESPONDENCE/ ADDRESS ONLY".
Portrait of a young man in velvet and lace suit
Item is a white carte-de-visite featuring a full length portrait photograph of a young man dressed in velvet suit jacket trimmed in lace with matching trousers that cut above the knee and have been extended down with a long lace frill. Black stockings complete what was typically a child's dress costume known as a Fauntleroy suit. He stands in front of a studio backdrop showing a doorway, and at his feet the base of a headrest is visible behind him. On verso, an elaborate lithographed design in green with the text "DORION & DELORME/ PHOTOGRAPHERS/ D & D/ 140 SPARKS ST./ OTTAWA./ ONTARIO." Someone has drawn through the image with blue pen in a zig-zag.
Dorion & Delorme
Item is a cream coloured carte-de-visite featuruing a full length portrait of two young girls, the youngest seated on a high chair wearing a flared dress of light fabric with embroidered patterns around skirt and at centre on chest. Her older sister wears a dress with similar embroidery around the bottom of the skirt.
Item is a cream coloured cabinet card with gold letterpress at bottom edge, "Dixon/ Cor. King & Yonge Sts./ TORONTO." Photograph is a full length portrait of three children, with the youngest wearing a velvet coat, tartan skirt and matching socks and seated on a bannister on the left. A girl is seated in a rustic tree branch chair on the right. The boy in the centre wears a sack coat with only the top button fastened. On verso, a lithographed design in gold with the text "ELECTRIC LIGHT PHOTO GALLERY." followed by the image of the front and back of a medal for the Industrial Exhibition Association of Toronto Opened Setp 5th 1879. Beneath that, "Highest Award at Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton./ S. J. Dixon,/ MEMBER OF THE/ Photographers'. Association. of. America./ All Photos made with the New Process./ NO CHANGE OF EXPRESSION./ The Exposure is but One Second./ GALLERY,/ Cor. King and Yonge Sts./ TORONTO./ Not Connected with any other Gallery of the/ Same Name."
Dixon, Samuel J.
Portrait of a woman with checkered skirt
Item consists of a photograph printed with a large white border, mounted flush with a post card backing. Photograph depicts a woman seated sideways on a stool, with her hands on her knees. She wears a white blouse, checkered skirt and thick black leather watch. There is a piece of a mantel with flowers and leaves on the painted backdrop. On verso, the words "POST CARD" are printed sideways with a dividing line for address and correspondence. A small design at upper right indicates where to place postage.
Item is a photograph of a boy approximately 10 years old wearing a suit jacket, short tie pinned to a plain white shirt and shorts. He sits on the edge of a table. The photo is mounted on a postcard backing with the text "POST CARD" and a line delineating space for "CORRESPONDENCE" on the left and "ADDRESS ONLY" on the right. At the far left, printed sideways, "Hall & Siggers, Keighley." Handwritten in brown ink across the postcard, "December 31/ 1916/ To Cousin Annie & Maurice/ With Love & Best Wishes/ for/ The New Year".
Hall & Siggers
Item is a light grey card with photograph of a man holding a piece of paper(?) and standing outdoors. Image is vignetted and trees are blurred in background. Man has a suit jacket and starched white collar, and white mutton chops.
Item is a cream coloured card with vignetted portrait of a young man with a plaid tie. At bottom edge, in blue letterpress, "Williams & Williams PHOTOGRAPHERS." On verso, elaborate lithographed design with woman standing on a globe holding an upside down cornucopia out of which spill circular portraits. The photographer's stamp gives 7 locations in the UK. "Williams & Williams" "67, THE TRIANGLE, BRISTOL/ 53, QUEEN STREET, CARDIFF/ ARCADE STUDIO NEWPORT/ 208a HIGH STREET, SWANSEA/ 90 TAFF ST, PONTYPRIDD/ 56 ELGIN STREET, HEREFORD/ 48 HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY." At the bottom left, printed "No." and handwritten in pencil beside that, "33023". Text follows, "NEGATIVES ARE/ PRESERVED COPIES/ OR ENGLARGEMENTS CAN/ BE MADE FROM THIS OR ANY/ OTHER PHOTOGRAPH." Also written in pencil at the very bottom, "Dudjer(?)".
Williams & Williams Arcade Studio
Item is a light pink card with gold edging and a portrait of a young woman outdoors, in front of trees and a river?, wearing a wide puffed sleeved dress with large lace front, a flat hat and holding an umbrella. On verso, handwritten in pencil, "3-".
Item is a cream card with red letterpress at bottom, "JOHN BULL. PETERBOROUGH." Photograph shows a woman in tight fitting polonaise style dress with no bustle fullness at the back, a style popular briefly at the end of the 1870s. She wears a feathered hat and beaded necklace with a small chain looped from a button near her waist to her left pocket. She stands in front of a painted backdrop with outdoor scene, resting her left hand against a low stick fence. On verso, lithographed in brown, "ART/ Photographer/ John Bull/ CITY ROAD/ PETERBOROUGH."
John Bull
Portrait of a woman with lace collar
Item is a white card with raised oval photograph of a woman with a lace collar. On verso, photographer's stamp lithographed in gold, "W. NOTMAN" with the Royal Crest at the centre and a ribbon wrapping that which reads "PHOTOGRAPHER TO/ HER MAJESTY" followed by the locations of studios in "MONTREAL/ OTTAWA/ TORONTO/ &/ HALIFAX". At four corners of the design are images of medals, which read clockwise from top left, "LONDON" "1862/ LONDINE/ HONORIS/ CAUSA/ 1862" "1867" and "NAPOLEON III EMPEROR/ PARIS". Handwritten lightly at top edge, "71127".
Notman, William
Item is a cream cabinet card with gold letterpress at bottom edge, "Thompson & Son/ 75 KING ST. EAST/ TORONTO". Photograph is a portrait of an older woman seated by a small table. Her plain dark dress with lace collar has a tassled, perhaps leather(?) collar which hangs down to her waist in the front. On verso, two sets of stamped gold borders and a third of a floral pattern surround the text "THOMPSON/ & SON/ Photographers/ 75 King St. E./ TORONTO, ONT./ DUPLICATES CAN BE HAD AT ANY TIME/ BY SENDING NAME IN FULL." Handwritten in black ink at top left, "Aunt Nancy/ Mrs. Maguire".
Thompson & Son
Portrait of Mrs. W. E. Haskell
Item consists of a grey card with oval photograph of a woman in white dress with large bouquet of roses pinned to the right side of the chest. She wears a several feathers in her hair from which falls a long veil. On verso, a design lithographed in brown with square corners, arches, cherubs and decorative interlace with the text "MOPLEY/ PHOTOGRAPHER BY APPOINTMENT TO/ HIS EXCELLENCY/ THE MARQUIS OF LORNE/ AND/ Her Royal Highness/ THE PRINCESS LOUISE./ 132 SPARKS ST./ OTTAWA". Handwritten in black ink at the top edge, "Mrs. W. E. Haskell/ Feb 9 1900". At very top right, in pencil, "79081".
Item is a white cabinet card with gold letterpress at bottom edge. On the left, a design with a shield and the letters "L" "C" and "O" intertwined. On the right, "Owens Ground floor Studio/ S. MILL ST./ NEW CASTLE, PA." Photograph is a vignetted portrait of two children about 2 and 4 years old, with white blouses and large white ties done in bows around their necks.
Owens Ground floor Studio
Item consists of a green card with thin beige border and photograph of a young soldier in uniform. At bottom right of card, embossed in silver, "BURGESS/ MITCHELL ONT."
Burgess, W.W.
Letter, P. J(?). Reid to relative
Thin 8 1/2x11 paper with the logo "REID BROS.,/ ARTISTS AND PHOTO ENGLARGERS" at the top of the page. The address is given as 33 Roeland Street, Cape Town and addressed to a relative in Canada. The letter expresses regret that over the death of a young woman named Jessie.
Portrait of two women on fallen tree
Item consists of a light grey card with photograph of two women, one seated and one standing, on a fallen tree that has had wooden railings attached to it to make it serve as a bridge. Handwritten in pencil on the back of the card, "$10.00".
Portrait of a boy in fancy shepherd's suit
Item consists of a grey card with photograph of a boy in white suit with matching tricorn hat and a holding a shepherd's staff. He is seated on a low stone wall with an outdoor scene painted on the backdrop behind him.
Portrait of an old man in fur coat
Item is a black cabinet card with gold letterpress at bottom edge, "Peppiatt FERGUS". Image shows an old man in a long fur coat and fur hat standing behind a twig fence with a blurred backdrop. On verso, handwritten in pencil, "2.00".
Peppiatt
Item consists of a cream coloured card with photograph of a man in plain suit with paisley tie in profile. Handwritten in pencil at the bottom right edge of the image, "Nussbaumer/ 98." On verso, also in pencil, "$10.00".
Item consists of a photograph of a man holding a pair of glasses. At the bottom left, signature reads "Karsh" and at lower right in ink, "I wish(?) every good wish/ for success/ J Gordon Fogo". On verso, handwritten lightly in pencil at the top edge, "J G Fogo." and stamped near the lower left, "No.11/ Copyright Karsh Ottawa".
Karsh, Yousuf
Portrait of Crawford Gordon Jr.
Item consists of a photograph mounted on cream card with decoratively frayed edges. Portrait of a man. There is a embossed stamp at the bottom right of card with the letters "NFB" above a version of the Canadian shield and the text "CANADA" below. Handwritten in red ink at the lower right of image, "To Alf Martin/ With sincere best/ wishes/ Crawford Gordon/ Dec. 5/45".
Item consists of a photograph mounted on cream card with decoratively frayed edges. Image of a man in checkered suit jacket and glasses. There is a embossed stamp at the bottom centre of card with the letters "NFB" above a version of the Canadian shield and the text "CANADA" below. Handwritten in white ink at the lower right of image, "To my good friend/ and valued associate/ Alf Martin,/ With kindest regards/ G. K. Shiels(?)/ Oct 1, 1945".
Item is a studio portrait of man wearing white jacket and dark pants, no tie. Possible copy print of existing print. Recto inscription on negative or original print: "To a swell 580 member, fondly, Sinatra." Verso ink stamp: "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."
A. Gilbert Studios
[Portrait of an unidentified moustachioed entertainer]
Item is a studio headshot of an unidentified entertainer with slicked hair and large moustache. Verso ink stamp: "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."
A. Gilbert Studios
Item is a brown card with photograph of a man in uniform, possibly a British private.
Item is a cream card with photograph of a well dressed black man. On verso, a long text in black letterpress followed by a purple stamp at the bottom reading "C.A. Stacey, Artist./ Over 56 Main Street,/ Medina, New York." The text is a brief biography of Richard Gordineer, a slave born to a Mohawk Dutchman and a black woman, who was freed in 1825 along with all the slaves in New York state. He was an excellent baker, and was regularly employed as a whitewasher until he lost all his savings in 1862. Gordineer died on December 11, 1884.
Portrait of sailor stationed at H.M.S. Vivid
Item is a grey cabinet card with silver letterpress at bottom, "Warner Gothard/ 166 YORKSHIRE ST,/ ROCHDALE". Photograph shows a boy seated on a tree stump in front of a studio backdrop, wearing a sailor's uniform and holding a cap which reads "H.M.S. VIVID".
Warner Gothard
Portrait of Mrs. Day, Singh, India
Item is a pink carte de visite with note handwritten in black ink at bottom, "Mrs Day, Singh, India 1443". Photograph shows an Indian woman in sari seated in a wicker chair holding a sleeping baby in ruffled, Western-style dress. On verso, in pencil, "Bible woman/ Balbia(?)." In a different hand, "1.00". and again, different and at bottom of card "1443".
Portrait of men in winter scene
Item is a cream carte de visite with photograph of two men, facing each other as if in conversation, but the right one looks at the camera. A painted winter backdrop with skaters on a rink is behind them. The men wear ice skates. On verso, in black letterpress "MILNE,/ Photographers,/ HAMILTON, ONT." At top, in pencil, "1.00".
Milne Studios Limited
Item is a cream carte de visite with gold border and portrait of a man in suit and bowtie, with a thick beard. On verso, in black letterpress, "EREKSON & LEE,/ PHOTOGRAPHERS,/ 285 MAIN STREET,/ BRIDGEPORT, CT./ Duplicates may be had at any time." A 2 cent US stamp is stuck on the back.
Erekson & Lee
Item is a brown folded card card with brown letterpress at upper left. "PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ FREDERICK/ WILLIAM/ LYONDE/ AND/ HIS/ SONS/ YONGE/ STREET/ AT/ QUEEN/ TORONTO/ CANADA." Inside a photograph of a young man with glasses and graduate hood (bachelors?).
Frederick W. Lyonde & Sons
Item is a photograph of a man in wool frock coat resting an arm on a medieval style chair, in front of a studio backdrop. On verso, barely legible, "John Scott Nov 22nd/ [illegible] 1842." A piece of paper found with the card is also dated 1842.
Item is a white cabinet card with gold letterpress at bottom, "C.A. FANGOY/ COLLINGWOOD, ONT." Image of a woman in flower-patterened dress standing next to seated man in dark, striped trousers and a fitted jacket with elastics at the elbows. Man wears a flowered hat.
C.A. Fangoy
Item is a cream carte de visite with gold border and handwritten in ink at bottom "C Y(?) Walker." On verso, in black letterpress, "R.D. PALMER/ PHOTOGRAPHER,/ AND Portrait Painter,/ Huron Street, East of Cook's Hotel,/ ANN ARBOR, MICH./ Negatives preserved, Copies enlarged/ in India Ink or Oil." Photograph shows a man with bowtie and white-flecked beard.
R.D. Palmer
Item is a cream carte de visite with gold border and handwritten in ink at bottom "James Humphrey." On verso, in black letterpress, "R.D. PALMER/ PHOTOGRAPHER,/ AND Portrait Painter,/ Huron Street, East of Cook's Hotel,/ ANN ARBOR, MICH./ Negatives preserved, Copies enlarged/ in India Ink or Oil." Photograph shows a man with high collar and bowtie. Sitter is oriented sideways.
R.D. Palmer
Item is a cream coloured card with gold border and portrait of a man (side view) with sideburns and checkered tie. On verso, handwritten in blue ink at top, "Yours fraternally/ A. M. Harriso-". In purple letterpress at centre, "REVENAUGH & CO.,/ (Successor to Geo. C. Gillet,)/ Photographer & Art Studio,/ Kelley's Block, East Huron St.,/ ANN ARBOR,/ Mich." At bottom, "Negatives preserved./ Old Pictures enlarged to any size desired,/ and finished in Ink, Oil or Watercolors/ in a superior manner." Decorative border in yellow.
Revenaugh & Co.
Item is a cream carte de visite with gold border and portrait of a man with beard. At bottom, written in black ink "Charles(?) A. Kent." On verso, in black letterpress, "R.D. PALMER,/ PHOTOGRAPHER,/ And Portrait Painter,/ Huron Street, East of Cook's Hotel,/ ANN ARBOR, MICH." At bottom, "Negatives preserved, Copies enlarged/ in India Ink or Oil."
R.D. Palmer
Portrait of a medical faculty member, University of Michigan
Item is a cream carte de visite with portrait of a man, (who appears cross-eyed). On verso, in black letterpress (printed sideways), "Hall's/ Photographic Studio,/ 217 WEST MADISON ST,/ CHICAGO."
Hall's Photographic Studio
Item is a carte-de-visite portrait of a woman.
Notman & Fraser
Item consists of a photograph of a group of 7 young men acting out a duel outdoors.
Portrait of a man who looks like Abraham Lincoln
Portrait of a man resembling Abraham Lincoln.
Hinds, B.W.
[Portrait of Cressie & Billy Leonard]
Item is a publicity photograph of two men in tuxedos and top hats holding canes. Identified to be Cressie Leonard (1887-unknown) and Billy Leonard (1891-1974), both Irish-born English variety theatre entertainers, musical comedy actors and singers. Here they are photographed for the 1916 and 1917 touring revue, "A la Carte".
Dobson Studios
[Publicity portrait of unitendified performer]
Item is a signed publicity head shot of an unidentified female entertainer.
Outdoor theatre troup around hammock
Item consists of a brown card with textured surface. Photograph of a group of 5 men and 5 women gathered around a hammock outdoors. A man and woman, dressed alike, sit in the hammock (the man holding a knife at his knee). Others in the group wear straw hats or hold cattails.
Outdoor theatre troup around fallen tree
Item consists of a grey card with textured surface. Photograph of a group of 5 men and 5 women gathered around and climbing on a fallen tree. Two on the right holding a saw and an axe, pretending to cut the tree. In the background, tents and trees. On verso, handwritten in pencil, "20".
Item consists of a group photo outdoors in front of a building with three lines of workers seated on the grass and two standing. Handwritten at the bottom centre of the image (probably on the negative), "'Georgetown Coated Paper'/ Staff/ -1936-"
Mr. Mahan and crew in railyard
Item consists of a group portrait of workers on the railway line. A blue "X" inked over one of the heads of the workers probably refers to Mr. Mahan, whose name is handwritten on the verso.
Item consists of a grey card with photograph affixed. Image of an army regiment at attention, standing ont he sidewalk of a city street with a building advertising "THE/ T.S. FORD C-/ LIMITED/ DEPARTMENT/ STORE" behind the troops. Handwritten in blue ink are the names of many of the soldiers, with arrows pointing to the respective persons.
Item consists of a photograph mounted on a light beige card with brown borders and an art deco motif. Image is of a group of soldiers with two rows seated and four rows standing, in front of a large residential-looking porch. A man with a bugle lies at the front of the first row.
Item consists of photographs taken at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. McClure in 1925. Subjects include various group photos, a large boat, a Ford Model A, horse carriages, a large drum with the Prince of Wales on it, canoes, and dog carriages.
Item consists of photographs taken of Mr. and Mrs. JE McKane at a wedding.
Lorne Shields Historical Photograph Collection
The collection consists of a large number of studio portrait photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in carte-de-visite or cabinet card formats. There is a large collection of landscape and industrial imagery dating from the Victorian era to the 1960s. The collection also comprises many vernacular photographic albums, good examples of glass and metal photographic processes including cased daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes. The fonds is comprised of the following 8 series: Portraits (sub-series for Groups and Celebrities), Vernacular Photography (amateur snapshots), Landscapes and Industry (sub-series for Slides), Albums, the A.T. Orr collection and a Miscellaneous group of images which were generally created in mixed media.
Shields, Lorne