Baker family photo albums, 1889-2014, n.d.
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Three photo albums containing portraits of men, women and children. The albums belonged to the Baker family of St. Catharines.
A paper cover album contains 42 portraits of men, women, and children. None of the photos contain dates and most of the photos are not labelled. Photographers include E. Poole (St. Catharines); H.M. Platt (Oberlin); Dixon (Toronto); Thos. Charles (St. Catharines); J.C. Walker (Toronto); T.S. Hill (St. Catharines); Mair (Toronto); and Jas. Fairbairn (St. Catharines). One baby photo is labelled “Norma Maud Alexandra Johnston, age 9 months”.
An album with an embossed cover contains 38 portraits of men, women, and children. None of the photos contain dates but other material in the album have dates ranging from 1889-1898 and 2012-2014. Photographers include E. Pemberton (Uxbridge); J. Zybach & Co. (Niagara Falls, Ont.); Thos. Farmer (Hamilton); T.S. Hill (St. Catharines); Hendrickson & Zahner (Niagara Falls, N.Y.); and VanDeusen & Houghton (Detroit, Mich.). Many photos are labelled, either on the page or on loose pieces of paper enclosed with photos. Names include Mr. Moser; Mr. Pemberton; Mrs. Pemberton; Florence Neal; Maggie McCandus; Jack MacKinnan; Mrs. Kimmins; Mr. and Mrs. Neal; Ida Hughes; Aunt Sarah & Uncle Will; Ernest LeRoy; Bessia Henderson; Bertha Rouse (New Zealand); and Tom Newman. Includes a photo of four women with Niagara Falls in the background. Several papers are enclosed in the album including Christmas cards; a funeral card for Ernest LeRoy, infant son of Daniel and Maria LeRoy of Fenwick (1889); business card for R.H. Brydon & Co. Art Store in Guelph; an invitation to the 75th anniversary gala dinner of the Dalhousie Yacht Club; and a program for a requiem mass for L. Col. Clifford Roy Baker (2014).
An album with a red velvet cover contains 58 portraits of men, women and children. None of the photos contain dates. Photographers include Hendrickson & Zahner (Niagara Falls, N.Y.); Thos. Farmer (Hamilton); [Thos.] Charles (St. Catharines); Marshall (Guelph); J. Zybach & Co. (Niagara Falls, Ont.); A.E. McCollum (Brampton); Dobereiner & Ward (Guelph); Burgess & Son (Guelph); and T.S. Hill (St. Catharines). Many photos are labelled. Names include Aunt Lill; Aunt Maria; Will, Alf & Edith Fenwick; Charlotte Neil; Edith Fenwick; Kittie & Ida Skinner; Charles R. Newman (older brother to Grace Newman & former mayor of Niagara Falls); Berdia[?] & Ethel Mason; Kit Gunn; Grandmother Rouse / Priscilla Boulding; Albert Deming; Albert Hare; Will House; Aunt Liza; Great Grandmother and Grandfather Boulding; Steve Rouse; Will Fenwick; Gordon Fenwick; Will Word; John Rouse; Bertha Rouse; Mrs. Maclean; Bradley girls; Mrs. Harvey; Harry Schwartz; Mr. & Mrs. J.F. Henderson; and George Wright. Papers enclosed in the album include a Christmas card and pressed flowers. One of the photos includes a man sitting on rocks with what appears to be the Niagara River rapids in the background.