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The Paris Tennis Club, 1901

Description

Comments (2)

Creators

Unknown, Photographer

Baird, A.H.

, Depicted

Media Type

Image

Text

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph, taken August 1st, 1901, depicts the Paris Tennis Club. The man at the far right of the image is A.H. Baird, founder of the Wincey Mill and at one time mayor of Paris. For a complete list of the persons depicted, consult the "Inscription" field.

This image was printed on the fourteenth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

Inscriptions

(On original matting)
PARIS TENNIS CLUB, JULY (struck through) 1901. August 1 File-Recreation Sports
Back Row...Mrs. Boultbee, Mrs. Balingal Brown, Mrs. Aitkin, Mrs. Dear, Miss Elizabeth Curtis,
Mrs. R. Thomson, Miss Kintrea, Bessie Thomson, Maggie Carnie, Dr.Mc.Pherson, Mrs. Whitby Jean Hall, Miss E.Armstrong, Miss Jane Capron, Margaret Hall, Gordon Smith, Mrs. Allan, Mrs. Baldwin, Maude Whitlaw, Capt.Peter Cox, Mrs.R.C. Macpherson,Mrs. Temple, Mr.Macpherson Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Foley, Mrs. Simpson, Madeline Acres, Mrs. Cockburn, 2unnamed house maids, Mrs. Whitlaw, Mrs. Baird, Janet Whitlaw, Mrs. Dr. Thomson, Andrew Baird.

Front Row..Frank Clark, Helen Jones, Lou Simpson, Allie Craig, Hilda Aitkin, Margaret Allan,Nora
Craig, J.M.Hall, Mame Simpson, Madeline Dewar, Milner Hall, Letty Allan,Lillian Wickson Miss.MacKinney, S.Nesbit Moffat, Walter Collins, Alan Foley, Campbell Tibbs, Ken Watson, Maude Mc.Kinnon, Tom J.Murray.
Children
in Front.......Hal Macpherson and Connie Foley

Date of Original

1 Aug. 1901

Dimensions

Width: 22.6 cm
Height: 17.7 cm

Subject(s)

Athletic clubs
Bridges
Children
Clubs
Flags
Men
Tennis
Tennis players
Tennis rackets
Women
Paris, Ontario

Local identifier

2001.0005.1209

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Recommended Citation

The Paris Tennis Club, 1901, D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 2001.0005.1209, Paris Museum and Historical Society

Terms of Use

The information and images provided are for personal research only and are not to be used for commercial purposes. Use of this information should include the credit “Paris Museum and Historical Society.”

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