Portrait photograph of Colborne businessmen, Cramahe Township, 1904

Description

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Image

Item Type

Photographs

Notes

This image was published in How Firm a Foundation: A History of the Township of Cramahe and the Village of Colborne in Cramahe's Digital Archives (3bk), p.143. The caption reads: “Colborne businessmen, 1904: Top, from left, C.A. Herington, art studio; E.P. Cox, tailor; E.G. Griffis, druggist; George Keys, (sic) found and proprietor Express; Joe Cochrane, postmaster; G.L. Shaffer, Hotel Brunswick; G.W. Davis, groceries. Second row: Robert Coyle, Jr., cooper; John Coyle, cooper; Thos. Brown, merchant; C.A. Outram, hardware; W.A. Willoughby, M.D.; Chas. H. Craig, barber; C. Larke, Standard Bank; W. Burleigh, livery; John Morrow, collector of customs. Third row; A. Mulhall, Hotel Bristol; D.H. Barton, saddler; W. Barton, saddler; V.G. Cornwell, tailor; M.J. Doyle, loan agent; R.Coxall, merchant; James Coyle, Hotel Windsor; Joe Harnden, butcher. Fourth row: H.J. Mayhew, jeweller; W.L. Bailey, manufacturer of Bailey Soap; George LaFlauer, barber; S.J. Tucker, undertaker; J.B. Jones, jeweller; A.D. Martin, baker, flour, and feed; John Rooney, blacksmith; A. Beatty, merchant; F.M. Brintnell, insurance. In the lower left corner the name cannot be made out. In lower right is Steve Edwards, cooper."

Argyris, Eileen. How Firm a Foundation: A History of the Township of Cramahe and the Village of Colborne. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2000.

Inscriptions

Impressed on front of photograph: "C.A. Herington" Handwritten on the front of photograph: "top C.A. Herington Art Studio"
Printed label on the back of the photograph: "The Property of James A. Coyle" Handwritten on the label: "This picture taken in 1904"

Date of Original

1904

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