Staff of A. Beattie's, 1890

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

Photo of the staff A. Beattie store located in downtown St. Marys (corner of Church and Queen Streets, currently the TD Bank).

The people have been identified as:
Standing - Dave Smith (son of Sam Smith), Martha Delmage, Mr. Chambers, Miss Whetstone, George Smith

Seated Middle - James Stanley, Etta Burns, George Ross, Miss Leadman, Mr. Donald McRae

Front - Arthur Dusty, Lily Beattie

Alexander Beattie established this prosperous store by the 1860s and sold men and women's clothing, millinery, fine groceries and dry goods. By the time this photograph was taken, Beattie himself had died and the store was run by a partner, Robert Dickson.

Notes

We have 2 copies of this photo in our collection. The photo used for this page is Copy 1.

Condition of photos:
Copy 1 - Very good. Looks brand new with just some yellowing and a few marks.
See dimensions below for Copy 1's measurements.

Copy 2 - Poor. Blue stains on image as well as other stains. Yellowed with some contrast loss. Rip on left side. Do not handle.
Overall: 39.6cm x 31.7cm
Image: 34.5cm x 26.9cm

Inscriptions

See description for the names of the people in the photo.

Date of Original

1890

Dimensions

Width: 35.9 cm
Height: 31.1 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 35cm
Image Height: 26.9cm

Subject(s)

Dogs
Employees
General stores
Group portraits
Businesses

Local identifier

0258ph_copy1

Collection

St. Marys Museum photo collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2596844977837 Longitude: -81.1409559845924

Copyright Statement

Recommended Citation

"Staff of A. Beattie's, 1890." St. Marys Museum, 0258ph.

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