Women and Boy with Farmhouse, c. 1902-1906
Description
- Mystery Question
- Where was this house located? Who were the people in this photo?[Please answer by clicking on the Comments tab]
- Creator
- Carter & Isaac, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This photograph was taken by local photographers Carter & Isaac in the early 20th century. The photo shows two women, an older woman and a younger woman, standing with a boy in front of what appears to be a farmhouse, its exterior covered in plaster. The group is well-dressed with the boy wearing a ruffled, striped shirt and knickers and the women wearing their clean, light dresses. The home has a small enclosed entryway with fish scale shingle detailing over the front door and two narrow windows on either side of the door. Fences are visible behind the house enclosing the back property.
The Carter & Isaac company specialized in outdoor photography, focusing on houses and farmsteads in rural Ontario. William Webster Carter was the photographer and traveled by horse and buggy through the countryside with his camera and other equipment. His wife, Bertha Isaac, processed the glass negatives and made prints for sale. Carter & Isaac took photographs in the St. Marys area between 1902 and 1906 and briefly again in 1908.
This image is a contact print made from the original glass plate negative. The contact identifier number can be seen in the bottom corner of the photograph where Carter & Isaac have scratched it into the emulsion. The number is 967. This photo is part of a collection of photos which appear to have been taken in the northern part of Oxford County. - Notes
- Condition: Good - Image is clear. Minute chip out of upper right corner of glass plate. Some scratching on emulsion surface, one in upper right corner (4.3cm) and four in lower left quadrant (roughly 6cm each). Several spots of emulsion damage. Damage along upper right edge (2.5cm x 1cm at largest point). Damage along left edge (13.5cm in length, 0.7cm at widest point). Bubbles in emulsion in lower half of negative; has led to emulsion loss - three small areas of damage. Oxidation along left edge (1.5cm at widest point).
- Dimensions
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Width: 21.5 cm
Height: 16.5 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 21.5cm
Image Height: 16.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- CI 967
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum Photo Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- Robert and Margaret Mountain, 1996
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "Women and Boy with Farmhouse, c. 1902-1906", St. Marys Museum, CI 967.
- Location of Original
- R. Lorne Eedy Archives
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal research or study; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction. High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
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