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Boys Playing at British vs. Boers on Hamilton Place Lawn, Paris, c. 1900

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Creators

Wickson, Paul, Photographer

Wickson, Norman

, Depicted

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph depicts a group of young boys playing at British vs. Boers c. 1900, at the time of the second Boer War. The photograph was taken at Hamilton Place, then the home of Paul Wickson and his family. The photograph was taken by Wickson, and the boy in the centre with the sword on his shoulder is his son Norman.

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

Inscriptions

(On original matting)

Boys playing at Hamilton Place about 1900

Date of Original

[ca. 1900]

Dimensions

Width: 8.5 cm
Height: 7.7 cm

Subject(s)

Children
Children playing with toys
Musical instruments
Toys
War toys
Paris, Ontario

Local identifier

2009.0062.01, Page 24, Photo 5

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.1962189366876 Longitude: -80.3845864534378

Copyright Statement

Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.

Recommended Citation

Boys Playing at British vs. Boers on Hamilton Place Lawn, Paris, [ca. 1900], D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 2009.0062.01, Page 24, Photo 5, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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