Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 DA 2009.17
Title
Photograph of 'Lettie'
Date(s)
- August 1903 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Context area
Name of creator
(1866-1949)
Biographical history
James Fairbairn was a photographer active in Deseronto, Ontario in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Archival history
Donated to the Deseronto Archives by Brian Murphy in April 2009.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred to the Community Archives in September 2016.
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Scope and content
Photograph of a young woman with inscription reading "Dear Mother With best Love Lettie, Aug 12th 1903". The woman is possibly Lettie Howard (born Lettie Young: 1874-1961). Lettie Howard is the only person in Deseronto in the 1901 census with that first name. She married Robert Howard in Belleville on 10 April 1894.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Photograph is available online at https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=23121382%40N07&sort=date-taken-desc&text=lettie&view_all=1