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A.W. Barton fonds

  • ON00009 C 121
  • Fonds
  • [191-?]-[ca. 1918]

Fonds consists of 79 glass photographic negatives depicting numerous Toronto and area scenes.

Subjects in the fonds include Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers at the Canadian National Exhibition during World War One; numerous views of Toronto buildings and streets, including the Parliament Buildings at Queen's Park, the University of Toronto, the Old Mill, Howard Park Avenue Methodist Church, the Rushholme residence, the Dominion Bank on Danforth Avenue, a store front of Barton's Defender Photo Supply, and a race track (probably the old Woodbine race course).

A number of portraits are also included, some of which may be of members of Barton's family. The remainder of the collection covers miscellaneous subjects, including ships, the entrance to a special effects theatre (possibly at the C.N.E.), a convention of magpie enthusiasts, the Markham High School cadets, the Chevrolet Motor Company building (presumably in Oshawa), a wooden bridge over an unidentified river (possibly the Don River), and views of an early automobile and a child on a pull sleigh.

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Charles Macnamara fonds

  • ON00009 C 120
  • Fonds
  • 1894-[ca. 1940]

Fonds consists of glass and celluloid photographic negatives and one manuscript dealing with McLachlin Brothers lumbering operations.

Fonds includes 144 celluloid negatives, covering the period 1900-1925. Among the subjects depicted are the 1900 Ottawa fire; scenes from the Madawaska Valley, as well as of areas surrounding Arnprior, Ontario; scenes from King's Wharf in Quebec City; logging operations from McLachlin Brothers lumbering firm.

Also included are 162 glass negatives covering the period 1894-1938. Subjects include operations of the McLachlin Brothers lumber mill in area surrounding Arnprior, Ontario; various tugboats at Arnprior; the McLachlin family home; Arnprior street scenes.

Fonds also includes one typewritten manuscript entitled "Life in the Lumber Camps of McLachlin Brothers," written by Charles Macnamara. The volume contains 87 prints of lumbering operations produced from glass and celluloid negatives taken by Macnamara.

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John Lane fonds

  • ON00009 C 127
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900]-[ca. 1915]

Fonds consists of photographic negatives and prints depicting landscapes and street scenes of Toronto and other areas of Ontario.

Fonds includes 8 glass negatives [190-], which feature scenes of Toronto, including the Toronto fire of 1904, an interior view of what may be the Toronto Council Chamber, and a pre-1910 view of Queen's Park from the south.

Also included are 71 photographic prints [190- ca. 1915] which provide views of various locations within Ontario, including Toronto (Don Valley and Rosedale ravines); Burlington (dedication of King Edward VII memorial; Brant House; Bell Park); Muskoka and Acton West. As well, there are scenes from Niagara Falls, Eldorado Park in Burlington, and a number of undetermined Ontario locales.

The fonds also includes Series C 127-3, consisting of 69 35 mm negatives reproduced in 1971 by the Archives of Ontario from an album of John Lane photos. This segment of the fonds consists of photos taken [190-] of landscape and street scenes from various locales in and near Toronto, Ontario.

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Duncan Donovan fonds

  • ON00009 C 128
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1890]-1935

Fonds consists of photographs created by Duncan Donovan, including portraits of people and scenes from eastern Ontario, particularly of Glengarry County, as well as the counties of Vaudreil and Soulanges in Quebec.

Fonds includes glass plate negatives [ca. 1890-1929] depicting portraits of individuals from Glengarry County and western Quebec. Included are portraits of Roman Catholic clergy and nuns from the Glengarry area; sports teams, including lacrosse, hockey, and basketball teams, as well as an unidentified boxer; and military personnel. Also, there are scenes of streets, buildings, sleighs and machinery, as well as individuals and crowds at events such as St. Jean Baptiste day, parades, games and races.

A studio record book, covering the period 1895-1911, is included in the fonds, and was used to record visits to the studio by Donovan's clients.

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Douglas Kertland fonds

  • ON00009 C 13
  • Fonds
  • [192-?]-[196-?]

Fonds consists of the records of Toronto architect Douglas Kertland. Fonds includes ca. 800 architectural drawings of his various projects in Toronto. In addition, fonds contains Kertland's business correspondence arranged according to client or building.

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Charles A. McWilliams fonds

  • ON00009 C 129
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1888]

Fonds consists of 76 glass negatives depicting portraits of groups standing in front of churches, at congregational functions and at other locations. Churches depicted are unidentified, although St. Bartholomew's Roman Catholic church on Amherst Island, as well as the mission church of St. Linus in Bath, Ontario appear to be shown. As well, a number of unidentified views of houses and buildings are included, as are scenes along the Rideau Canal.

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Marsden Kemp fonds

  • ON00009 C 130
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1898]-[ca. 1930]

Fonds consists of black and white photographs that document Eastern Ontario communities, recreation, steamships, people and events in the early 20th century. The photographs are primarily glass plate negatives although nitrate negatives, glass lantern slides and prints are also included.

The photographs are the output of Kemp's amateur passion for photography; he was known to travel Eastern Ontario by bicycle capturing images from that era on photograph. The fonds consists of images primarily from Picton and Kingston as well as a number of portraits of Kemp, his family, and likely others with whom he associated although the nature of those associations or relationships has not been identified.

Whatever original order existed in this fonds has been lost. Sequential numbers were assigned to the negatives by George Miller, the antique dealer who found the negatives, but no rationale for this arrangement appears evident other than perhaps the order in which the photographs were found or described by Mr. Miller. Since the bulk of the photographs are undated a chronological arrangement could not be adopted. Instead, the photographs have been arranged into six series based upon subject matter.

The prints in this fonds were produced ca.1968 and have been included in the series descriptions only when they are the sole surviving images (i.e. the original negatives are not extant)

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R.J. Russell fonds

  • ON00009 C 146
  • Fonds
  • [188?]-1948

Fonds consists of glass negatives and film negatives taken by R.J. Russell and Charles E. Lee. They depict people and activities related to the two Ontario towns of Haileybury and Listowel.

The glass negatives in the fonds and 2 of the film negatives were taken by Charles E. Lee, father of Frank Lee in [188?]1948. These include studio portraits; depiction of Christ Church choir; football and baseball teams; Marlboro Old Boys football club; a high school class; and military units, including 8th Company, 28th Regiment. As well, street scenes, events and people relating to Listowel are part of the collection.

The remaining film negatives (many of which are cellulose nitrate) were taken by R.J. Russell between 1922-1948. Subjects include street and area scenes of Haileybury, as well as the aftermath of the 1922 Haileybury fire, (although several images may be of New Liskeard); pictures of a railway (perhaps Toronto and Northern Ontario railway); Lake Temiskaming; and other scenes of Listowel, including churches, residences, stores, factories, parades, vehicles, floods and fires.

Fonds has been arranged into 2 series.

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