Family with their Farm House, c. 1902-1906
Description
- Mystery Question
- Where was this house/farm located? Who were the people in this photo?[Please answer by clicking on the Comments tab]
- Creator
- Carter & Isaac, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This photograph was taken by local photographers Carter & Isaac in the early 20th century. A family of seven is posing for a portrait outside of their small wooden farm house. Most of the family is well-dressed, with the girls wearing belts cinching their waists and two of the boys wearing their good vests with their pocket watch chains visible. A dog can be seen sitting to the left of the family.
The house has many potted plants sitting on the window sills. The front of the house is lined with various shrubs and other garden plants. A part of a barn or stable building is visible in the background to the left behind the house.
The Carter & Isaac company specialized in outdoor photography, focusing on houses and farmsteads in rural Ontario. William Webster Carter was the photographer and traveled by horse and buggy through the countryside with his camera and other equipment. His wife, Bertha Isaac, processed the glass negatives and made prints for sale. Carter & Isaac took photographs in the St. Marys area between 1902 and 1906 and briefly again in 1908.
This image is a contact print made from the original glass plate negative. The contact identifier number can be seen in the bottom corner of the photograph where Carter & Isaac have scratched it into the emulsion. The number is 1050. This photo is part of a collection of photos which appear to have been taken in the northern part of Oxford County. - Notes
- Condition: Excellent - Image is very clear. Tiny amount of glass missing from lower right corner of plate. Oxidation around outer edges, concentrated in upper left corner (1.4cm at widest point) and along the right edge (1.7cm at widest point). Light scratching to emulsion surface in lower half of negative. Four fingerprints in upper half, two fingerprints in lower right corner.
- Dimensions
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Width: 21.5 cm
Height: 16.5 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 21.5cm
Image Height: 16.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- CI 1050
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum Photo Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- Robert and Margaret Mountain, 1996
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "Family with their Farm House, c. 1902-1906", St. Marys Museum, CI 1050.
- Location of Original
- R. Lorne Eedy Archives
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal research or study; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction. High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
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