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- 1907-1940s (Creation)
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c.250 negatives
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Biographical history
Harold McMurrich Rathbun was the child of Edward Wilkes Rathbun and his second wife, Bunella McMurrich. He lived all his life in Deseronto, Ontario. He married Nora Stoddart (1903-1996).
Archival history
These items were retrieved from a dumpster and donated to the Deseronto Archives by the South Fredericksburg Heritage Committee in December 2005.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred to the Community Archives in September 2016.
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Scope and content
Two negative-holders with annotations by Harold McMurrich Rathbun for negatives he took between 1907 and 1914, with loose negatives from 1920-1940. Most of the photographs were taken in and around Deseronto, Ontario, but they also include photographs taken on a journey by rail to Alberta in 1907.
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Many of these negatives have been scanned and are online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/deserontoarchives/albums/72157621912654660