Portrait of Dr. Elam Stimson, London, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white portrait of Dr. Elam Stimson.
- Notes
- Dr. Elam Stimson was born at Tolland, Connecticut on October 4, 1792. He practiced in Tolland for a short time before coming to Canada and settling in St. Catharines in 1823. In 1828 he moved to London where he lived briefly before moving to St. George in 1833. He died in St. George on January 1, 1869. (Sources: "The Medical Profession in Upper Canada, 1783-1850" by Wm. Canniff and "The March of Medicine in Western Ontario" by Edwin Seaborn)
Judging from his age in the photograph, this portrait may have been taken ca. 1850-1860.
There is a handwritten inscription in blue ink beneath the photograph.
The geographic location shown is for St. George, where Dr. Stimson would have been living at the time the photograph was taken. - Inscriptions
- Dr. Elam Stimson
- Date of Original
- ca. 1850-1860
- Dimensions
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Width: 12.7 cm
Height: 17.6 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 9.6cm
Image Height: 14.3cm
- Local identifier
- 32104033411176
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2501 Longitude: -80.24966
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Ivey Family London Room, London Public Library, London, Ontario, Canada
- Reproduction Notes
- London Room Photograph Archives - PG E104
- Contact
- London Public LibraryEmail:research.request@lpl.ca
Website:
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London, ON N6A 6H9
