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Metadata
Accession # |
A1996.121 |
Title |
Broadfoot family of West Garafraxa Township, photograph album, ca. 1895-1915. |
Date |
1895-1915 CIRCA |
Description |
Photo album from family of James Broadfoot of West Garafraxa Township, Ontario, containing family photographs, some of which are identified. The 1906 Historical Atlas of Wellington County shows the James Broadfoot farm at Lot 11, Concessions 6 and 7, immediately west of the village of Belwood. Album is 30 pages. At time of donation, some photos had been cropped, were missing, or had been cut out of the book. ph 12508a: Clockwise from top left: Small child sitting on the grass, labeled "Alex?" [Vallery?, who died before age 5]; Approach to Belwood bridge and railroad tracks seen from atop hill, labeled "the old home town"; Head of a boy, labeled "Jim Broadfoot"; Flag with word "Bellwood", [photo missing, labeled "Down on the Farm"], Man standing outdoors, labeled, "Cam". ph 12508b: Portrait of an elderly lady seated outdoors by a fence, and porch of house, ca. 1895. Labeled, "Grandmother 84 years". ph 12508c: View of several cut up album pages sitting on top of one another. Clockwise from top left: Small child sitting on the grass, labeled "Alex?"; partial view of bicycle; Group on the grass, 1911; Dr. Dow's car with passengers, 1911; man's pants, 1913. ph 12508d: Top: Woman identified as "Margaret Clark Norman" standing with young man/woman outside a house, ca. 1910. Bottom: Two young women sitting together on the grass infront of ahouse, labeled "Margaret & Silvey"; Two women and a man standing on snowshoes in the snow, labeled "out snowshoeing"; [photo missing, labeled "Miss Gibson"]. ph 12508e: Clockwise from top: Young boy driving toy car, ca. 1910, identified as "Alex"; Cropped photo of skirts and snowshoes, labeled "On the Grand river, 1911"; Woman dressed in a man's suit, standing outdoors with foot raised on a chair, labeled "Afternoon off, 1911"; Three ladies and a man standing in the snow otuside a brick house, ca. 1911, labeled "Winter in Belwood". ph 12508f: Clockwise from top: Cropped photo looking down an ice-laden bridge towards trees and hydro poles, labeled "[??] river, 1911"; Woman dressed as a man seated with book, labeled "? 1912"; Man standing with hands on hips at the corner of a brick building, labeled "Barrie, Norman 1912". Missing are photos labeled "Edna 1913" and "Bill 1913". ph 12508g: Three photos at left of a man with snoeshoes in an icy winter landscape, labeled "Norman 1912". Top: Two women and a man with a "Peoples" magazine, sitting on the grass by a brick house, labeled, "Aggie Cheyne The invalids June 1911"; Woman with snowshoes on her back, labeled "Out for a hike 1911". Bottom right: Man on snowshoes in the snow with trees behind, labeled "1912". Centre: Farm seen from atop a hill in winter, likely near Belwood. ph 12508h: Top l-r: Young woman standing outdoors, labeled "Edna 1912"; Two young people in formal wear standing on a roadway by a field, identified as "Margaret & Oscar 1912"; Young man leaning against a brick building and window, labeled "Art 1912", Man catching baseball in mitt beside a house, labeled "Norman 1913". Bottom l-r: Young man and woman pretending to dance in the garden, 1912; Five unidentified young women in white hats lying on the grass; [photo missing, labeled "1913"]. ph 12508i: Top: Group portrait of 18 young people posed indoors, labeled "Flashlight at Goodall's 1912 March". Bottom l-r: Man with his arm around several young women, sitting on a couch, boy sitting in front, labeled "At Broadfoots"; River and trees on shores, labeled "The Grand River above town". ph 12508j: Left side: two photos os young people standing outdoors, identified as "1913. Babbett". Right: Young woman with long flowing hair and light-toned shift reclined on the grass in front of a greenhouse, labeled "1913 Edna" [top right photo missing]. ph 12508k: Top l-r: Group of finely dressed people sitting in a horse-drawn hay wagon, with two men underneath, labeled "going to Simpson's Garden Party 1913"; Man by a body of water leaning on a post, labeled "Norman 1912"; Group of men standing on railroad tracks, labeled "Winnipeg". Bottom l-r: Five men in hats and suits standing in a field, labeled "Gleneo[?] Fred Johnson 1912"; Two women in long dresses standing on rocks in the Irvine River gorge with David Street bridge behind, labeled "Elora 1909"; two young women dressed as men and smoking, identified as "Aggie & Eva 1912". ph 12508l: Top l-r: Woman cradling an infant identified as "1913 Margaret Jupp, 3 days old"; Children Jim Broadfoot and Margaret Jupp playing in the river, 1914, labeled "In the Grand River". Bottom l-r: Two women and a little Margaret Jupp wading in the Grand River, labeled "1914"; Jim Broadfoot and Margaret Jupp perched on rocks beside the Grand River, with house and farm behind, 1914. ph 12508m: Top l-r: Little Margaret Jupp sitting, smiling in the Grand River, labeled "Margaret 16 months 1914"; Margaret Jupp and Jim Broadfoot wading and playing in the Grand River, 1914. Bottom: Man and ladies playing tennis in a back yard, labeled "1914 Belwood". ph 12508n: A man standing and gesticulating over five women who are bending with arms crossed over tennis raquets, Belwood, 1914. ph 12508o: Four women and two men (some of whom appear in the photo above) posed sitting on the grass, Belwood, 1914. ph 12508p: Top: Boy standing ankle-deep in a river, labeled "Jim Broadfoot 1915". Bottom: Woman sitting side-saddle on a horse, labeled "1915". [Two photos at right missing, labeled "Broadfoot family 1915"]. ph 12508q: Four women and two men posed outdooors with tennis raquets, Belwood, labeled "1914". ph 12508r: Five women and a man posed on a tennis court with tennis raquets, Belwood, labeled "1914". ph 12508s: Four women and a man playing tennis, Belwood, labeled "1914". ph 12508t: L-r: Grand or Irvine river gorge, see from river, labeled "Elora 1913". Boy standing on north shore of Grand River, looking east towards the Elora Mill, labeled "The old Mill Elora 1912". ph 12508u: l-r: two photos of a woman climbing up rungs that have been nailed to a cedar tree over the Grand or Irvine rivers, labeled "unexpected" and "1913". ph 12508v: Left: Three women lying on the rocky shore beneath the gorge, labeled "Elora rocks 1913". Top right: Looking down the Irvine River gorge towards the David Street Bridge, labeled "Elora 1913". Bottom right: Two boys with their bicycles in front of a stone house, labeled "Jim & Hugh 1914" [the chicken riding one of the bikes is unidentified]. ph 12508w: L-r: Young girl playing with a spruce tree, beside a frame house, identifed as "Margaret Jupp 1914". Woman placing little Margaret Jupp atop a fence post, with house visible behind, 1914. ph 12508x: Woman sitting on the grass with little Margaret Jupp, Riverdale Park, Toronto, 1915. ph 12508y: Woman (different from that above) sitting with little Margaret Jupp on the grass, labeled "Molly and Margaret 1915, Riverdale Park, Toronto". ph 12508z: Woman and man seated on the beach looking at little windblown Margaret Jupp, labeled "Kew Beach, Toronto, 1915". ph 12508AA: L-R: Two women on the a rocky shore, one holding the hand of little Margaret Jupp, labeled "Kew Beach, Toronto 1915". Two women seated outdoors on a ship's deck, labeled "on Crystal Beach boat, 1915". ph 12508BB: Four photos of northern Ontario scenes. Clockwise from top left: People standing on platform of train station in Barrie, labeled "Barrie depot"; Three quarter view of the exterior of Orillia's Carnegie Library, labeled "Orillia Library"; Two women and a man sitting on the front steps of a brick house, labeled "Alex's home Barrie, 1912"; Woman holding on to her hat by shore of a lake, labeled "on Lake Simcoe, 1912". ph 12508CC: Five photos taken in Ontario's cottage country. Clockwise from top left: Man and woman in canoe, labeled "on Gull Lake"; Woman and man in a canoe by shore, labeled "The shadows. Gull Lake"; Resort[?] or large house/cottage labeled "Summer home on Lake Simcoe"; Two women and a man seated on the grass, labeled "Midland"; A man and woman in a canoe, labeled "Muskoka Lake". ph 12508CC.1 Lighthouse on Lake Muskoka, near-northern Ontario, labeled "Muskoka 1912". ph 12508DD: Two elderly men in suits standing in the grass, labeled "Father and Uncle Donald, 1915". ph 12508EE: Two loose photographs: Cropped photo of a young girl seated on the grass; Photo of a nurse standing beside a brick house (the missing photo of Miss Gibson from ph 12508d?) . |
Creator \ Maker |
Unknown [photographer] |
Item Name |
Album |
Person \ Organization |
Elora Mill Canadian Kiddie Kar Company Limited Broadfoot, James R. (Rev.) Broadfoot Cheyne Clark Dow Gibson Goodall Johnson Jupp McDonald MacDonald Norman Simpson Vallery |
Place |
West Garafraxa Twp. Belwood Barrie David Street Elora Elora Gorge Grand River Gull Lake Irvine River Lake Muskoka Lake Simcoe Midland Orillia Toronto Winnipeg |
Subject |
Agriculture Animals Architecture Children Family Life Gardening Interiors Railroad Social Sports Toys Transportation Weather Bridge Smoking |
Photo, Map # |
ph 12508 |
Year Range from |
1895 |
Year Range to |
1915 |
Accession # |
A1996.121 |
Containers |
STACKS |