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Portrait of boy and girl in outdoor scene

Item is a cream cabinet card with gold letterpress at bottom, "Thom Winnipeg." Photograph shows two children in front of a painted backdrop, depicting a lake and trees. The boy holds a straw hat and the girl is seated on a wooden chair made of twigs. Another straw hat leans against the chair.

Thom

The Duke and Duchess of York & Infant Prince

Item is a cabinet card of a man and woman leaning over infant. Text below photograph reads, 'T.R.H. The Duke & Duchess of York & Infant Prince. Gunn & Stuart Photographers to H.M. The Queen. Richmond, Surrey.' Inscription on verso reads, '7 [ill.] LONDON AUGUST 14th 1894.

Gunn & Stuart Photographers to H.M. The Queen

Cottage album

Black textured soft cover. Black pages with photographs hand cut and mounted with glue. Many of the last pages are blank.
Photographs are amateur family snapshots taken at various locations including houses and a log cabin. There are landscapes and pictures of the family and children participating in various activities, including fishing, canoeing, horseback riding, and other cottage types of activities. There are also images taken in a photobooth, and photos of the family dog.

Shields, Lorne

British Columbia album

Black cover embossed with "photographs" in gold, bound with black string. Black pages. Notations in white ink. Photographs mounted using black photo corners. A few loose photographs. Many photographs missing.

Sites include: St. Mary's River, the Rockies, Kicking Horse River, Arrow Lakes, Harrison Lake, Stanley Park, Vancouver Tennis Clubhouse in Shaugnessy Heights, Rose Gardens in the Empress Hotel Grounds, Canadian National Park Wainwright, Saskatchewan wheat fields,

Locations include: Calgary, Field, Nakusp, Vancouver, the Malahat,

Themes include: portraits, scenic landscapes and waterscapes, gardening, early cars, animals, early tractors, rural farm life, wheat harvesting, houses, churches, early ferries.

Notable: President Harding in Stanley Park, 1923.

Social album

Brown paper cover, bound with brown string, embossed with word "photographs" in gold. Cover flaking. Black pages.

Themes include family and social snapshots. Many photographs are loose. Also includes some loose postcards. Some loose photographs and postcards have notations or messages with dates on their verso. Also contains a loose newspaper clipping, feature article titled: "A Half Forgotten Legend of the Genesee: How an Indian maid and her French lover leaped to their death in River's Bosom".

Dates include: January 1949, December 1952.

Family album

Reddish-brown leather cover with gold embossing that reads Photographs. Notations in black ink. Black construction paper-like pages. Many of the last pages are left blank. Some photographs are missing or have been removed. Many images significantly faded. Cover and pages are warped - almost as if they were wet and dried.

Notation on inside end page reads "Miss M. E. Thompson / August [?]th 1901 / Baby's Photos".

Photographs depict primarily family and mothers with children. Some also show plays being put on in a yard by the family, farms, and archery. They are all family snapshots taken mostly around the home.
Themes include: archery, dogs, cows, drama, family and children's portraits.

Family album

Black cloth cover with black pages. Minimal handwritten notations.
Locations include: Alberta, Ontario.
Themes: family portraits, rural farm life, military group portraits, S.S. Keewahdin (later Keewatin), T.A. Cairns Sarnia & Forest.

Commercial portraits or children

File contains commercial images of children attending birthday parties, wearing costumes, at weddings and with family. Some have captions enclosed, such as an image of children wearing fake moustaches with a caption that reads "If you want pictures in which children aren't looking directly at the camera and your subjects aren't cooperating, have them pretend that your camera is a "monster" that will get them if they look at it."

Kodak Canada Inc.

Commercial portraits of children and photography

File includes commercial prints of children blowing bubbles, sitting on stairs, and flushing the toilet. Some have captions enclosed, such as one of a young girl observing a photograph that reads "Watching her own picture develop before her eyes will delight and fascinate your child and help make her an interested model as well."

Kodak Canada Inc.

Commercial portraits of children

File contains promotional group portraits of children participating in outdoor activities, including sleighing, camping, tree climbing and Easter egg hunting. Many are enclosed with captions that feature photography technique pointers, such as a print of a row of toddlers sitting outside on a bench with a caption that reads: "The photographer saw this fascinating line-up and was quick to get their picture before the children noticed."

Kodak Canada Inc.

Children in Halloween costumes

File contains photographs of children in Halloween costumes. One caption reads: "When your little girl is about to dress up in her first Halloween costume, be sure your camera is handy to catch her reaction. This particular shot won its taker an award in the 1979 Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Awards."

Kodak Canada Inc.

Children promotional portraits

File consists of photographs featuring images of children. Many are promotional images, and feature children at the beach, pumpkin picking, with grandparents, professional portraits, Easter egg hunting, eating lollipops, applying clown make-up, eating donuts, being sprayed by a hose, dressed in costume and more. Some have captions enclosed, such as an image of a girl holding up a maple leaf with a caption that reads: "The essence of late fall is captured bin this one golden leaf. With it, the wily photographer has also obtained a charming unselconscious portrait of the little girl." Some duplicates.

Kodak Canada Inc.

Easter

File contains photographs featuring images of children decorating and searching for Easter eggs. Each is housed with a typed caption. One caption reads: While he is absorbed in deciding whether his egg has reached exactly the right shade of purple, you have an opportunity for some wonderful candid photography.

Kodak Canada Inc.

Composition

Item is a photograph of an infant from behind a ledge. Enclosed caption reads: There are times when a partial view of a cute baby is even better than a full face shot. Add piecemeal portraiture to your repetoire.

Kodak Canada Inc.

Post Cards : [photographs]

Photographic album containing images of a family including snapshots of recreational activities in various locations throughout Southern Ontario. Noted locations include: Uxbridge (Victory Day), Centre Island, High Park, and Oakville. Several images portray soldiers and one image has the caption "Victory Day, Uxbridge, Ont."

Kodak Canada Inc.

Dufferin Children's Car Rally award

Item is a piece of pressed paper hung on a black background behind red and blue mats in a black frame. The pressing reads: "[Dufferin Children's Fund Car Rally logo] / oomanac / Corporate Challenge". A brass plaque mounted to the base of the blue mat is engraved with the words: "CORPORATE CHALLENGE WINNER / 2ND ANNUAL / DUFFFERIN CHILDREN'S CAR RALLY / SEPTEMBER 21, 1996 / ORANGEVILLE ON".

Kodak Canada Inc.

Children's wish foundation of canada

Item is a painted black brass plaque, mounted on a brass plaque, mounted on wood. A blue, red and gold version of the Children's Wish Foundation logo is mounted above gold text that reads: "Inrecognition of the support / and encouragement afforded / The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada / This plaque of appreciation is presented to / KODAK CANADA INC. / whose contribution towards realizing / the wishes of children suffereing from / high risk life-threatening illnesses / is greatfully acknowledged."

Kodak Canada Inc.

"Want to see a family? _ look at these snapshots!" : Kodak Verichrome film - a Canadian product

Four photographs of adults and children engaged in various activities: playing on the beach, petting a horse, and a portrait of a kitten, and an illustration of a Verichrome film box. Text contains captions for each photograph and consumer information.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

"We'll have the time of our lives! bring your Kodak" : Kodak Verichrome film - a Canadian product

Four photographs of adults and children engaged in various activities, sitting on rocks, playing at the beach, and playing with a dog, and an illustration of a Verichrome film box. Text contains captions for each photograph and consumer information.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

"We never let a week-end go by without Snapshots!" : Kodak Verichrome film - a Canadian product

Four photographs of adults and children engaged in various activities, swimming in a pool and a lake, and a dog standing on top of a rock, and an illustration of a Verichrome film box. Text contains captions for each photograph and consumer information.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

"We never let a week-end go by without Snapshots!" : Kodak Verichrome film - a Canadian product

Four photographs of adults and children engaged in various activities, swimming in a pool and a lake, and a dog standing on top of a rock, and an illustration of a Verichrome film box. Text contains captions for each photograph and consumer information.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

"I'm making lots more snaps on this vacation!" : Kodak Verichrome film - a Canadian product

Four photographs showing adults and children at various leisure activities: riding a bicycle, a baby in a playpen, adults at the beach, and a man and boy petting a cow, with illustration of Verichrome film box. Text contains captions for each photograph and consumer information.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

"I'm making lots more snaps on this vacation!" : Kodak Verichrome film - a Canadian product

Four photographs showing adults and children at various leisure activities: riding a bicycle, a baby in a playpen, adults at the beach, and a man and boy petting a cow, with illustration of Verichrome film box. Text contains captions for each photograph and consumer information.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

"...and did we have a picnic! _ well, look at the snapshots" : Kodak Verichrome film - a Canadian product

Four photographs of adults and children walking in a field, posing with a tree branch, eating at a picnic table, and posing with a dog, and illustration of Verichrome film box. Text contains captions for each photograph and consumer information.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

"Wait till you see our picnic snaps _ they're marvellous!" : Kodak Verichrome film - a Canadian product

Three photographs of snapshots with adults and children in a canoe, playing baseball, and holding a net, and one photograph of a kitten, with illustration of Verichrome film box. Text contains captions for each photograph and consumer information.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

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