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![ph 24537 Laura Templin at Belfountain[?] ca.1925](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_460/013/thumbs/ph24537.jpg)
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![ph 24618 GTR train [1870] ca.1920](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_460/013/thumbs/ph24618.jpg)
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Metadata
Accession # |
A2007.158 |
Title |
Templin family photographs and postcards, ca. 1870-1985. |
Date |
1870-1985 |
Description |
Photographs of the Templin family of Fergus, their friends, relatives, properties, trips, and scenes of Fergus and neighbouring communities, ca. 1870-1985. Also includes two miscellaneous documents: pages from the autograph album of Annie Forsyth of Eramosa Township 1884-1885, and Hugh Templin's notes re. making a photo enlargement, ca.1940. Many of these photographs and postcards were taken by or were in the possession of Hugh Templin, and were passed to his family after he passed away. Hugh Charles Templin was born 06 June 1896 in West Garafraxa Township to John Charles Templin (1869-1939) and his wife Annie Black (1871-1930). J.C. Templin ran the local newspaper, the Fergus News Record. Hugh and his younger sister Marian were raised in Fergus. On Valentine's Day, 1916, while a student in Toronto, Hugh Templin enlisted with the 9 Div. Cyclists, and exactly a year later, enlisted with the Divisional Signal Co. of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces. At the time of his second enlistment, he listed previous military experience including 5 weeks spent with the Div. Cyclists and six months spent with the C.O.T.C. A few years after the War, on 01 October 1921, Hugh married sweetheart Laura Jane Dow in York, Ontario. Laura had been born in Nichol Township on 10 Nov. 1894 to Robert Dow and Annie Forsyth. Together, Hugh and Laura raised a family and Hugh worked with his father at the Fergus News Record, eventually taking over from him. In about the 1930s, Templin Gardens was created by the Templins behind the Fergus News-Record office on St. Andrew Street, in the backyard backing onto the Grand River gorge. Hugh Templin passed away 11 October 1970. His wife Laura outlived him by five years, as she died 17 October 1975. Series 1: Templin Gardens, ca. 1935-1950; ca.1980. ph 24493 - ph 24521: Photographs of Templin Gardens, a terraced garden with stone walls created by the Templins in the 1930s and located behind the Fergus News Record office on St. Andrew Street, and fronting the Grand River. They show the Gardens in all seasons and date from ca. 1935-1950, and ca. 1980. These photos include views of flowers, trellises, stone walls, bird house, the Grand River, the Tower Street Bridge, and buildings along St. Andrew Street, Fergus. Many have written on back "Templin Gardens" or "Dad's Garden". Series 2: Laura Templin (nee Dow), ca. 1895-1975. ph 24522 - ph 24543: Photographs of Laura Dow (1894-1975) of Nichol Township, who married Hugh Templin of Fergus, as she appeared ca. 1895-1975. Photos show her in Fergus, Muskoka, Belfountain, and Huntsville. Series 3: Hugh Templin, ca. 1900-1970. ph 24544 - ph 24555: Photographs of Hugh Templin (1896-1970), ca. 1898-1970. He is seen on his own and with friends, collegues and Laura Dow. Series 4: Templin family and friends, ca. 1870-1932. ph 24556 - ph 24573: ph 24556: Tintype of unidentified man in full Highland Dress, ca. 1870. Photographer unknown. ph 24557: Portrait of a girl identified as "Doris" with her sister, Fergus, ca. 1870. Photo by J. Morton of Fergus. ph 24558: Portrait of Robert Wilson and friend at a table, drinking beer, ca. 1875. Photo by George Penny of Huntly. ph 24559: Portrait of a young boy, ca. 1890. Photo by Clement Read of Guelph. ph 24560: Interior of a Fergus Highschool classroom with unidentified students, ca. 1910. Hugh Templin[?] second from back in second row from the right. ph 24561: Young girl pushing a dolly-pram in winter, ca. 1915. ph 24562: Four young women forming a human chain, ca. 1917. Written on back, "1. Laura Templin / 2 / 3 / 4. Jean Dow?". ph 24563: Two young women on the deck of a ship, ca. 1918. Woman closest to photographer is Laura Dow Templin. Written on back, "L. Templin / M. Templin / on S.S. Ha[r]monic(?) / Sault Ste. Marie". ph 24564: The ship S.S. Hamonic being towed by a tug boat, likely at Sault Ste. Marie, ca. 1918. Written on back, "Har[m]onic being Towed". [The S.S. Hamonic was run by the Northern Navigation Co. and plied the Great Lakes. She burned in 1945 while docked at Point Edward, Ontario. Her sister ships were the S.S. Huronic, and the infamous S.S. Noronic which burned in 1949 while docked in Toronto, killing 122 people]. ph 24565: Postcard showing a man and woman pretending to pick coconuts on a make-believe beach, beside a stuffed aligator, 1923. Sign on stump reads "MIAMI / FLA. / 1923". Letter on back dated 09 Feb. 1923 from Fred to Margaret re. friends and weather in Florida. ph 24566: Two young women in graduation robes holding large bouquets of roses, 1929. Written on back, "Margaret MacDonald (Bayne) & Margaret T. on graduation Day '29 (I had 50 red roses from Family)". ph 24567: Students and teacher of Fergus Public School[?] posed in front of building, ca. 1930. Partial key to names written on back, "Back Row Left to Right: Ethel Saunders, Betty Beatty, Anna Johnston, Lucy Fry, Jean Main, Albert Hewitt, Peter Templin, Roy Cawthra, Robert Maude, Archie Robertson, John Howes, Irvin Fairman. Middle Row: Mary Miller, Florence Mitchell, Gladys Hall, Mildred Rachar, Beatrice Rathbun, John Mackenzie, Bruce Brown, Elmer Vrooman, Oswald Howes, Lloyd McArthur, Billy Eveligh, Austin Dix, Clark Colwill, Billy Hedrich. Bottom Row". ph 24568: Three elderly women posed outside with vases of tall flowers, ca. 1930. Written on back, "Taken on the 83 Birthday / Our Fergus ladies Mrs Alex Halls[?] / and Mrs James McGregor[?] / Enclosed in letter from / Mrs. G.C. Groves / John McNab 16 Edward Bldg". ph 24569: Young girl seated on the south bank of the Grand River at Fergus, ca. 1930. St. David Street bridge and buildings in background. ph 24570: Man posed on ice jam, 1938. On back in pencil, "King Millar on 1938 jam at Snakey". ph 24571: Boy (likely a Templin) standing in the centre of the Grand or Irvine River, likely at Elora or Salem, ca. 1932. ph 24572: Boy (likely a Templin) walking along the river's edge at base of gorge, likely the Grand or Irvine River at Elora or Salem, ca. 1932. ph 24573: John, Peter, and William Templin as boys, standing at the base of the concrete bridge over the Irvine River in Salem, Ontario, ca. 1932. Identified by Peter Templin on back, "Irvine River Bridge, Salem about 1932 / John, Peter, William Templin / PT 3/17/'93". Series 5: Black family of Fergus/West Garafraxa Township, ca. 1886-1951. Photographs found in envelope marked "Black family pictures" with key included. Key filed with ph 24574. ph 24574 - ph 24581 ph 24574: The Black family children in a horse-drawn cart in Fergus, ca. 1893. Mills [Wilson's / Monklands?] visible in background. Photo cropped at top. Written on back, "about 1893 / Margaret? Leslie / David Mabel". Note on key to names, "Fergus -- e. side of Briarlea c.1893-6 / Driver: Leslie Marcus Black b.1881 / Beside him: probably Joseph Albert B. / Behind driver: Mabel Jean B b.1884 / Beside her: David B.". ph 24575: Portrait of the Black family, ca. 1886. Photo by Miller of Fergus. Key to names identifies them as at back: Margaret Black who later married G. Glen. Woman at left is Shewan Elizabeth Black who married first Mr. Burk, and after, F. Armstrong. Held by her is little Mabel Jean Black who later married J. Milligan. The woman at right is Annie Black. The two children at front are Leslie Marcus Black (at left) who later married J. Vance, and David Black (at right) who never married. Note: at some point Margaret Black's head was cut out of this photo, and later replaced and taped at back. ph 24576: Margaret Glen (nee Black), in a hat and fur coat, posed in front of a brick building, ca. 1915. Written on back, "Margaret Glen b. 1878". Key to names notes taht "Margaret Black trained as nurse in N.Y. state around turn of the century. Picture taken then or at the college where she worked as a nurse". ph 24577: Portrait of Mabel Black as a young girl, ca. 1898. Written on back, "Aunt Mabel Black / c.1898". Key to names identifies her as "Mabel Jean Black c1898". ph 24578: People identified on back as Les Black, Marg Glen (nee Black), Dorothy Black, and Anna Nairn MacKay, posed outside David Black's "old cottage on the Irvine River" in West Garafraxa Township, 04 July 1937. Cottage is two-tone brick. ph 24579: Concrete bowstring bridge over the Irvine River at Living Springs, 04 July 1937. Key identifies it as "W. Garafraxa township near David Black's home"; Back of photo identifies it as "on the Irvine River / Living Springs". ph 24580: Emma Black (nee Mills) with Hubert J. Black, and Hubert's sister Margaret Glen (nee Black), at Aldergrove, B.C., August 1951. ph 24581: Postcard sent to Mr. Leslie Black of Fergus, 24 Dec. 1906. Obverse has Christmas and New Years greetings and is signed "Edith E.N.". A later hand has added under her name "(Nairn: dau of David Nairn)". Also has photo of women and children making merry on a wooden fence. Series 6: Landscapes and streetscapes in Fergus, Elora, and area, 1878-1985. ph 24582 - ph 24620. ph 24582: The flooded Grand River through Elora with mill, Islet Rock, and buildings along the south bank, 1878. Written on back, "This dark print best represents the actual scene. water looked dark, oily and terrible, under heavy rain clouds. Elora Falls, first high flood in september 1878". ph 24583: Looking west from Tower Street bridge, Fergus, past basket factory on right, towards house and [mill or factory?] with wall partially fallen away, ca. 1940. ph 24584: Looking west towards Tower Street Bridge and house from base of gorge, Fergus, ca. 1920. ph 24585: Looking east towards Tower Street Bridge, Fergus, ca. 1920. ph 24586: Looking northeast towards Tower Street Bridge, Fergus, ca. 1920. ph 24587: Looking west towards Tower Street Bridge around sunset, Fergus, ca. 1925. ph 24588: Looking west towards Tower Street Bridge from Templin Gardens, Fergus, ca. 1925. ph 24589: Looking southwest towards Tower Street Bridge and house, Fergus, ca. 1930. On back, "Looking down river". ph 24590: Looking west towards Tower Street Bridge, Fergus, ca. 1930. Postcard; text on front "Grand River / Fergus, Ont.". ph 24591: Looking west towards Tower Street Bridge, Fergus, dated on back: 14 August 1933. Flower boxes visible on bridge. Written on back, "The Evening wind. Fergus / aidlt[?]". ph 24592: Lookin west towards Tower Street Bridge from St. David Street Bridge, Fergus, ca. 1980. Melville Church at right. Written on back "Grand River" with a note to "Jane" from "A. Margaret" re. the Grand River in Fergus. Stamped "Fergus Photo Studio & Supplies". ph 24593: Looking east towards St. David Street Bridge, Fergus, ca. 1920. Building visible on both sides of the river. On back, "Grand River, Fergus". ph 24594: Looking east towards the St. David Street Bridge and Beatty dam, ca. 1980. Written on back, "7a Grand River, Fergus"; stampled "Fergus Photo Studio & Supplies". ph 24595: Looking southeast towards Beatty dam and St. David Street Bridge from base of gorge near Templin Gardens, Fergus, September 1985. On back, "East From Bottom of Steps". ph 24596: Shand Dam in West Garafraxa Township, 1947. Photo by Tomlen. Postcard sent to Elizabeth Morrison of Toronto from Peter [Templin?] 13 October 1950. Note re. busy schedule and meeting up. ph 24597: Shand Dam in West Garafraxa Township, 1947. Photo by Tomlen. Postcard sent to E.C. Morrison of Toronto from Ogden in 1950. Message is poem re. a girl named Liz who liked sandwiches. ph 24598: Close view of water rushing through the Shand Dam in West Garafraxa Township, ca. 1955. ph 24599: Photo of a painting of the Shand Dam, ca. 1955. Text on plaque on frame of painting reads, "Presented to / Hugh Templin / By The / Grand River Conservation Authority / For Outstanding Service to Conservation / Kitchener[?] Ont.[?], October 4, 1955." Written in red ink on image, "Painting 3 cos Fergus". ph 24600: Colour postcard of the Shand Dam in West Garafraxa Township, ca. 1980. Described on back as "Flood Gates at Bellwood Lake Dam, Fergus, Ontario". Photo by Fred A. Curylo of Kitchener. ph 24601: East facade of Melville United [was Presbyterian] Church, Fergus, ca. 1930; unused postcard. ph 24602: Facade and south side of the Fergus High School, ca. 1930; unused postcard. ph 24603: Groves Hospital in Fergus, ca. 1980; unused postcard. Identified on back as Fergus Community Memorial Hospital, Fergus, Ontario, Canada". Photo by L.F. Charter of R.R.4, Picton, Ontario. Postcard produced by Wilson of Dryden, Ontario. ph 24604: Bagpipers in Highland attire in Fergus, ca. 1980. Identified on back as, "Fergus, Ontario, Canada / Home of the Highland Games / 2nd Saturday in August". Photo by Barb Breugst of Fergus". Postcard sent to Dorothy J.M. Black of Bala from "Margaret" with note re. sending her mail to Ottawa. ph 24605: Mile stone from the Guelph/Fergus/Arthur area, likely from Highway 6 and dating to ca. 1830, as it appeared in 1985. Written on back "Mile '1' Stone still there Sep 85". ph 24606: Pair of large spruce/fir trees beside stone wall and house, likely in Fergus, ca. 1935. ph 24607: Landscape with river and homes, likely the Grand River near Fergus, ca. 1930. ph 24608: Railway trestle bridge at Aboyne, seen from the east looking down river, ca. 1930. ph 24609: Railway trestle bridge, likely in Wellington County, ca. 1915. ph 24610: Landscape with tree and river, possibly near Fergus or Salem, ca. 1920. ph 24611: Bridge over river, possibly near Fergus or Salem, ca. 1920. ph 24612: Landscape with stone bridge, ca. 1930. ph 24613: Landscape with winding river, possibly the Grand River, ca. 1920; tinted. Notations on back with numbers and the names "Allie" and "Hugh" with grocery list[?]. ph 24614: Sketch of river with treed bank, ca. 1930. Possibly by Hugh or Laura Templin. ph 24615: Sketch of the Tower Street Bridge in Fergus, ca. 1930. Possibly by Hugh or Laura Templin. ph 24616: The Grand River near Fergus; tinted postcard, 1907. Postcard sent to J.C. Templin, News Record, Fergus from Ada Elliott re. her visit to Fergus and return to Toronto [likely intended as a news item for publication in the Fergus News Record]. Postmarked 16 January 1907. ph 24617: Fergus High and Public Schools, ca. 1920; unused postcard. ph 24618: First G.T.R. Train to enter Fergus in 1870; unused postcard, ca. 1920. ph 24619: Aerial view of Fergus "looking west from Marshall's Block", ca. 1920; unused postcard. ph 24620: St. Andrew Street Fergus, looking northeast from Marshall's Block [ca. 1890]; unused postcard, ca. 1920. Series 7: World War I, ca. 1914-1918. ph 24621 - ph 24630. ph 24621: Soldiers and spectators by Grand Trunk Railway station in Fergus, seen looking north from top of a boxcar, ca. 1915. Stone house in background. Written on back, "Fergus contribution to 153rd Battalion". ph 24622: Lines of men standing, most wearing overcoats, some with rifles, ca. 1915. Soldier in uniform at left. Written on back, "Fergus Recruits for 18th Battal.". ph 24623: Three Cadet Corps Officers standing on a bridge[?] in Guelph[?], 1914. Hugh Templin at right[?]; woman visible in background. Written on back, "Property of Hugh Templin / 1914 - First Cadet Corps Officers". ph 24624: Soldiers with horse-drawn cannons on residential street in Toronto, January 1916. Written on back, "March Past, Jan. 1916 (Toronto)". ph 24625: Military officers with well-dressed civilian man in top hat; cavalry at right, likely in Toronto, ca. 1915-1918. Houses visible in background. [see also ph 24626] ph 24626: Military officers inspecting lines of soldiers and cavalry, likely in Toronto, ca. 1915-1918. [see also ph 24625]. ph 24627: Men, women, and children watching parade of soldiers in Toronto, 01 March 1916. Written on back, "4th Divisional / Cyclists / Toronto / March 1, 1916". Series 8: Moose Factory, Ontario, ca. 1917-1930. ph 24628 - ph 24630. ph 24628: View of Moose Factory from the Moose River, ca. 1917. Written on back, "The H.B. Co. [Hudson Bay Company] buildings at Moose Factory and the Anglican church". ph 24629: Buildings along the shore of Moose Factory, Ontario, ca. 1930. Written at bottom of image, "Moose Factory JBS". ph 24630: Man in hat and suit with a dog, standing on a porch by a door, Moose Factory, ca. 1930. Written on back, "Factor at Moose Factory". Series 9: Miscellaneous documents, ca. 1884; 1940. [MU 663] item 1: Pages from the autograph book ob Annie Forsyth, 1884-1885. Includes messages and signatures by Wm Luttrell (Guelph 23 Nov. 1884); A.R. Simpson (Nichol 11 Dec. 1885); and Miss A. J. [Annie] Forsyth of Eramosa ("Yes, this is my Album..."). 2 sheets; 7 x 10.5 cm. item 2: Torn photo envelope advertising the "Highest Quality Developing and Printing" offered by Fairley's Drug Store in Fergus, ca. 1940. Written on front, "Mr. Templin / 10 prints / 1 enlargement". Written on back in pencil, "This negative won an Eastman prise - Please make a medium size enlargement using your own judgement as to exact size -- glossy finish". [Note: found amongst postcards] |
Creator \ Maker |
Unknown [PHOTOGRAPHER] |
Creator \ Maker |
Templin, Hugh C. [PHOTOGRAPHER] Morton, James [PHOTOGRAPHER] Read, Clement L. [PHOTOGRAPHER] Curylo, Fred A. [PHOTOGRAPHER] Tomlen Photography [PHOTOGRAPHER] |
Item Name |
Autgraph Album Postcard Prints Record Group |
Person \ Organization |
18th Canadian Battalion 4 Division Cyclists 9 Division Cyclists Armstrong, Elizabeth Bayne, Margaret Beatty, Betty Black, Annie Black, David Black, Dorothy Black, Elizabeth Black, Emma Black, Hubert Black, Joseph Albert Black, Leslie Marcus Black, Mabel Jean Black, Margaret Black, Shewan Brown, Bruce Burk, Elizabeth Canadian Expeditionary Force Cawthra, Roy Colwill, Clark Divisional Signalman's Corps Dix, Austin Dow, Annie Forsyth Dow, Jean Dow, Laura J. Dow, Robert Eastman Kodak Company Elliott, Ada Elora Mill Eveleigh, Bill Fairley's Drug Store Fairman, Irvin Fergus Basket Factory Fergus High School Fergus Highland Games Fergus News Record Fergus Photo Studio and Supplies Fergus Public School Forsyth, Annie (Miss) Fry, Lucy Glen, Margaret Grand River Conservation Authority Grand Trunk Railway Groves Groves Memorial Community Hospital Women's Auxiliary Hall, Gladys Halls, Alex (Mrs.) Hedrich Hewitt, Albert Howes, John Howes, Oswald Hudson's Bay Company Johnston, Anna Luttrell, William MacDonald, Margaret MacKay, Anna MacKenzie, John Main, Jean Maude, Robert McArthur, Lloyd McGregor, James McNab, John Melville Church Millar, King Miller, Mary Milligan Mills, Emma Mitchell, Florence Monkland Mills Morrison, Elizabeth Mundell Furniture Company Nairn, Anna Nairn, David Nairn, Edith Northern Navigation Company Rachar, Mildred Rathbun, Beatrice Robertson, Archie Royal Canadian Army Cadets S. S. Hamonic S. S. Huronic S. S. Noronic Saunders, Ethel Simpson, A. Templin, Hugh Charles Templin, J. C. (Mr.) Templin, John Templin, John Charles Templin, Laura Dow Templin, Margaret Templin, Marian Isobel Templin, Peter Hugh Dow Templin, William Vance Vrooman, Elmer Wilson's Mill, Fergus Wilson, Robert |
Place |
Aboyne Belfountain Belwood Lake Briarlea British Columbia Elora Eramosa Twp. Fergus Florida Grand River Great Lakes Guelph Irvine River Living Springs Moose Factory Muskoka Nichol Twp. Sault Ste. Marie Scotland Shand Dam St. Andrew Street St. David Street St. Patrick Street Templin Gardens Toronto Tower Street West Garafraxa Twp. |
Subject |
Aerial View Animals Architecture Arts Birds Bridge Children Christmas Dam Education Flowers Gardening Landscape Military Mill Portrait Railroad Romance Streetscape Toys Transportation War World War I |
Photo, Map # |
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Year Range from |
1870 |
Year Range to |
1985 |
Accession # |
A2007.158 |
Containers |
STACKS |