Perth Pioneer's Home
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Description
- Newspaper clipping of a Perth pioneer's homestead. Pictured is a large simple log home as it appeared in 1943.
Unfortunately the newspaper and date has not been provided. It is not the Journal Argus but may be the London Free Press or the Stratford Beacon Herald.
As the person submitting the comment has noted, this is the Motherwell home of John and Mary Caven who settled in the area in the 1850s. - Notes
- Condition: Fair. Faded, showing signs of use and age.
- Inscriptions
- PERTH PIONEER'S HOME (photo cutline)
A long-familiar landmark of Fullarton Township, Perth County - the house on the old Caven farm, near Motherwell, as it appeared in 1943, is typical of the pioneer homes of hewn logs that sheltered Perth's early settlers. - Dimensions
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Width: 10.5 cm
Height: 9.4 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 10.2cm
Image Height: 5.6cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 1036ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection.
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.3428193472709 Longitude: -81.1886983068848
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- Donor
- David White (possibly Nettie Fairbairn collection of clippings)
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "Perth Pioneer's Home." St. Marys Museum, 1036ph.
- 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
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