Nettie Fairbairn
Description
- Creator
- Gray, St. Marys, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Nettie Fairbairn, the daughter of James Fairbairn and Mary McLeod Fairbairn, was descended from early settlers to this area and had a life-long interest in local history.
She kept useful notebooks with memories of pioneer life and many scrapbooks and boxes of clippings of topics that interested her. Her scrapbook of photos of local men who served in World War II is an excellent resource at the St. Marys Museum.
She never married but lived a full life, very involved in organizations such as the Womenès institute and the Patriotic Society and with her extended family.
In her home on Water Street South, she tutored a number of Italian immigrants in English as a Second Language in the 1940s and 50s and was fondly remembered by them for this service.
Nettie was active in collecting old articles during World War I.
She is pictured here looking off to the side wearing a beaded blouse and a necklace. - Notes
- Condition: Very good to excellent.
- Dimensions
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Width: 22.7 cm
Height: 13.9 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 7.3cm
Image Height: 10cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 1033ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection.
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2535908227918 Longitude: -81.1445413122559
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- Donor
- David White, her nephew
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "Nettie Fairbairn." St. Marys Museum, 1033ph.
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal study or research; 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
Website:
Agency street/mail address:177 Church Street South,
P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
