Fonds consists primarily of photographs taken by Gordon F. Hogarth depicting the activities of the Hogarth family in Ontario circa 1898-1920. Included are portraits of Gordon Hogarth, his wife Margaret, his parents, and their children, Margaret and Gordon on vacation, at home and at leisure.
Fonds also includes photographs of: mainly unidentified persons including men in military uniforms, firefighters, and persons recreating; railway tracks, bridges, locomotives, railway construction scenes, and the Canadian Pacific Railway derailment at Spanish River (1910); scenes in Toronto, including High Park, Jarvis and Bathurst Streets, and the Boer War Veterans' Arch. Included also are school interiors, grounds, and gardens being tended by students in various Southern Ontario locations during the early 1930s.
Fonds also consists of three photographic exposure diaries documenting entries for individual exposures including information on the date, time, medium, exposure and subject. Some of the prints mentioned in these diaries are found in this fonds. Included also are postcards received or collected by the Hogarth family.
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Hogarth, Gordon F., fl. 1898-1935