Crombie family fonds. – Second accrual.
– 1861-2007. – 1.2 m of textual records and graphic material.
Note: In all possible cases, maiden names have been used in this
description. Where correspondence has been between family members, letters
have been placed in the file of the sender. For conservation purposes,
graphic and oversized materials have been collected into separate series.
Series 1
Documents. – 1907-2003. – 12.5 cm of textual records.
– Title based on content of series.
Series is comprised of a variety of papers concerning the Atkins and
Crombie families, together with the related Parker, Reynolds and Craig
families. These papers include legal and municipal documents, awards,
announcements, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and diaries. They
reflect the activities and interests of the members of these families
throughout the time period, encompassing topics such as stock breeding,
sports, education, politics, British royalty, and the people of their
communities. Arrangement has been made in alphabetical order by surname
or subject.
BOX 33
F.1 Hilda I.G. Atkins, 1928-1949, ca. 195 pp.
File consists of: one letter with envelope from C.M. [ie Constance Mary?]
Thellusson; diary; copy will; and memorial announcement.
F.2 Badminton records, 1929-1969, 33 pp. File consists of: typed
list; and newspaper clippings.
F.3 Annie Barnhardt, 1968, 4 pp. File consists of: one letter
from J. Barnhardt of Owen Sound, her father. Note: No known connection
to Crombie family.
F.4 Estella M. Craig (Mrs. V. Ernest Reynolds), 1907-1986, ca.
95 pp.
File consists of: passport; certificates; annual reports of the Alumnae
Association of the Royal Victorian Hospital Training School for Nurses;
one letter from Sallows, Osborn & Company with enclosed copy will
of William C. Craig, her brother; newspaper clipping (original and photocopy);
will and estate accounts of Edwin G. Church of Montreal, her uncle;
and investment statement from Craig Brothers of Vermilion, Alberta.
Note: Photograph removed to Series 2 (Box 34, F.3).
F.5 Christopher E. Crombie, [1950s?-1976?], 5 pp. File consists
of: newspaper clipping and elementary school progress report.
F.6 Edward B.H. Crombie, [1940s?-1961], 5 pp. File consists of:
a newspaper clipping and agreement of lease.
F.7 Edward C.Z. Crombie, 1974, 1 pp. File consists of: paper tearsheet
with birth announcement.
F.8 Edward R. Crombie, 1911-1913, 6 pp. File consists of: application
for transfer certificate and certified copy of pedigree of a sow; municipal
assessment notices for the town of Paris; and one letter with envelope
from R. Mar Stirling (first husband of Isabel Wardell) of the 4th
Canadian Mounted Rifles.
F.9 Fanny M.B. Crombie, 1911-1917, 9 pp. File consists of: two
letters with envelopes; the first to her brother Edward B.H. Crombie
and his wife Hilda I.G. Atkins, the second to Hilda alone.
F.10 Hilda V. Crombie, 1955, 2 p. with ribbon. File consists of:
name plate, prize card and champion ribbon for Paris Fall Fair sow entry.
Note: Photograph removed to Series 2.
F.11 Sir Anthony Eden, 1957, 6 pp. File consists of: newspaper clippings
and magazine tearsheets concerning Eden’s retirement.
F.12 Herbert C. Hammond (second husband of Mrs. E.B. Crombie), 1912,
ca, 80 pp.
File consists of: copy of estate accounts.
F.13 Dr. A.S. Lovett, 1918, 3 pp.
File consists of: newspaper clippings with envelope.
Note: No known connection to Crombie
family.
F.14 Agnes Parker, 1916, 6 pp.
File consists of: one letter with envelope to
V. Ernest Reynolds, her cousin.
F.15 Margaret Parker, 1929, 4 pp.
File consists of: one letter with envelope to
Hilda I.G. Crombie, her aunt.
F.16 Mary, Queen Consort of England [ie Mary of Teck], 1936, 1 p.
File consists of: newspaper clipping.
F.17 Edmund J. Reynolds, 1935, 1 p.
File consists of: obituary clipping from newspaper.
F.18 Margaret C. Reynolds, 1930-2003, ca. 2 cm of textual records
(1 file).
File consists of: one letter with envelope from Trinity College School;
newspaper clippings; copy will; insurance card; New Year’s card
to unidentified person; letter from Mary L. W.; grade 7 exercise book;
passports; and diary for 2003.
F.19 V. Ernest Reynolds, 1925-1962, 6 pp.
File consists of: certificate; mortgage; one letter from Sallows, Osborn
& Company concerning the estate of William C. Craig, his brother-in-law;
a postcard advertising for genealogical research materials; and one
early photocopy on Gevaert paper of a letter to H.O. Powell.
F.20 Lynn Snyder, 1971-1973, 5 pp.
File consists of: registration book for green Vauxhall imported by Snyder
from England; Ontario motor vehicle permit; and two insurance certificates.
Note : No known connection to Crombie family.
Series 2
Photographs and Artwork. – [187-?]-1981. – 47.5 cm of
graphic materials. – Title based on content of series.
Series consists of black-and-white and colour photographic prints, film
and glass negatives, and artwork (drawing in Box 35). All listings of
multiple subjects, where given, are from left to right. Throughout these
materials, archival staff have made notes in pencil, chiefly identifying
subjects of photographs, both on the reverse of photographs themselves
and also on mounting cardboard. These notes have not been included in
this description. Arrangement had been made in roughly alphabetical
fashion according to the chief (usually eldest) subject. For additional
artwork see also Series 3.
BOX 34
F.1 21 photographs:
Hilda I.G. Atkins with son Edward B.H. Crombie, [1910?]. – b&w
; 14 x 9 cm.
Tear at middle of right edge.
Hilda I.G. Atkins with children, [1911?]. – b&w
; 9 x 14 cm.
Edward B.H. Crombie; Hilda I.G. Atkins; Hilda V. Crombie.
Photographer: [G.W. Gay, Oakville, Ontario].
Hilda I.G. Atkins with children, [1911?]. – b&w
; 10 x 14 cm.
Edward B.H. Crombie; Hilda I.G. Atkins; Hilda V. Crombie.
Duplicate of previous photograph. Photographer: [G.W. Gay, Oakville,
Ontario].
Hilda I.G. Atkins, [ca. 1920?]. – b&w ; 13 x 8 cm.
Hilda I.G. Atkins, [ca. 1890s?]. – b&w ; 15 x 7
cm.
Hilda I.G. Atkins, [ca. 1890s?]. – b&w ; 9 x 9
cm.
Hilda I.G. Atkins with children, [1930s?]. – b&w
; 7 x 9 cm.
Hilda I.G. Atkins; Edward B.H. Crombie; Vivien M. Crombie; Hilda V.
Crombie.
Hilda I.G. Atkins and Edward R. Crombie golfing, [ca. 1904].
– b&w ; 17 x 24 cm.
Back: two unidentified caddies.
Front: Hilda I.G. Atkins; Edward R. Crombie.
Unidentified girl, [ca. 1890-1910?]. – b&w ; 8
x 6 cm.
Clipped into crude oval.
Hilda I.G. Atkins with children, [1911?]. – b&w
; 10 x 14 cm.
Edward B.H. Crombie; Hilda I.G. Atkins; Hilda V. Crombie.
Photographer: [G.W. Gay, Oakville, Ontario].
Duplicate of photograph above.
Hilda I.G. Atkins, [ca. 1890s?]. – b&w ; 17 x 12
cm.
Hilda I.G. Atkins, [ca. 1900s?]. – b&w ; 14 x 10
cm.
Photographer: Cochran, Paris, Ontario.
Hilda I.G. Atkins with children, [1911?]. – b&w
; 14 x 10 cm.
[Edward B.H. Crombie?; Hilda I.G. Atkins; Hilda V. Crombie.
Photographer: [G.W. Gay, Oakville, Ontario].
Clipped into crude oval. Similar to photographs above.
Hilda I.G. Atkins with children, [1910?]. – b&w
; 9 x 14 cm.
Hilda V. Crombie; Edward B.H. Crombie; Hilda I.G. Atkins.
Hilda I.G. Atkins with flowers, [ca. 1900?]. – b&w
; 22 x 17 cm.
Hilda I.G. Atkins with flowers, [ca. 1900?]. – b&w
; 22 x 17 cm.
[Paris Lawn Bowling Club?], [Paris, Ontario], [ca. 1890-1910?].
– b&w ; 19 x 24 cm.
Photograph depicts ca. 60 members, including 2 children, gathered around
two tables set with tea service. The only items of sports equipment
visible are tennis rackets. The shed in background is decorated with
numerous British flags, suggesting a holiday.
Photographer: Cockburn, Paris, Ontario.
Inscribed (later) in pencil: Paris Lawn Bowling Club.
Hilda I.G. Atkins behind fence, [ca. 1890s?]. – b&w
; 17 x 12 cm.
She is dressed in contemporary simulation of native attire (e.g. headband
with feather, hide dress).
Hilda I.G. Atkins with horses, [ca. 1900-1910?]. –
b&w ; 12 x 17 cm.
Adelaide Frances Atkins, [ca. 1870s-1880s?]. – b&w
; 14 cm x 9 cm.
“Aunt Nanny,” aunt of Hilda I.G. Atkins.
Photographer: Eldridge Stanton, 116 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario.
Gladys Jones, [1930s?]. – b&w ; 12 x 8 cm.
F.2 15 photographs:
Item 1 Agnes G. Cradock, [ca. 1900]. –
b&w ; 12 x 9 cm. Photographer: Cockburn, [Paris, Ontario]. Oval.
Item 2.1 Atkins family, [Gilston Farm near Paris, Ontario?], [ca.
1900s?]. – b&w ; 9 x 14cm. Back: Edward R. Crombie; Agnes G. Cradock;
unidentified; unidentified; Hilda; unidentified. Middle: unidentified;
unidentified; unidentified; Hilda V. Crombie; unidentified; unidentified.
Front: unidentified; unidentified; Viven M. Crombie; unidentified; Edward B.H.
Crombie; unidentified.
Item 2.2 Atkins family, [Gilston Farm near Paris, Ontario?], [ca.
1900s? Taken same day as previous photograph. Cropped at a later date.] –
b&w ; 9 x 14 cm. Back: unidentified; Hilda I.G. ; [Vivien A.M. Atkins?]
Middle: Agnes G. Cradock; unidentified; unidentified; Hilda V. Crombie; Edward
R. Crombie; unidentified. Front: unidentified; Edward B.H. Crombie;
unidentified; unidentified; Vivien M. Crombie; unidentified; unidentified;
unidentified.
Item 2.3 Atkins family. – b&w ; 11 x 16 cm Enlarged duplicate
of previous photograph.
Item 3.1 Vivien A.M. Atkins, [ca. 1900]. – b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm.
Item 3.2 Vivien A.M. Atkins, [ca. 1900]. – b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm.
Item 3.3 Vivien A.M. Atkins, [ca. 1900]. – b&w ; 14 x 7.5 cm.
Photographer: Cockburn, Paris, Ontario.
Item 4 Vivien A.M. Atkins, [ca. 1900]. – b&w ; 13.5 x 9
cm. Photographer: Forsythe, Dundas, Ontario. Oval.
Item 5.1 Herbert Bogert in military uniform, [1940-44?]. –
b&w ; 13 x 9 cm.
Item 5.2 Herbert Bogert, [ca. 1910]. – b&w ; 13.5 x 9 cm.
Item 6 Mr. Brown, [1885?]. – b&w ; 12 x 8 cm.
Photographer: Cochran, Hamilton, Ontario. Oval.
Item 7 Mrs. Brown, holding an 1885 almanac, [1885?]. –
b&w ; 12 x 8 cm. Photographer: Cochran, Hamilton, Ontario. Oval.
Item 8 Bill and Emily Brown seated in the living room of Mary
Fawkes, [1960s]. – col.; 9 x9 cm.
Item 9.1 Emily and William Brown on 62nd wedding
anniversary with William Arthur Brown, Toronto, 15 Oct. 1941. – b&w ; 10 x
7 cm.
Item 9.2 Arthur William Brown sketching William and Emily Brown
on their 65th wedding anniversary, 15 Oct 1944. – b&w ; 16 x 21
cm.
F.3 19 photographs:
Estella M. Craig with friend, [1900?]. – b&w ; 6 x 8 cm.
Estella M. Craig standing at desk, [ca. 1960?]. – b&w
; 13 x 9 cm.
Estella M. Craig, [ca. 1900?]. – b&w ; 14 x 7 cm.
[Craig family?],[ Compton, Quebec?], [ca. 1890s?]. –
b&w ; 19 x 24 cm.
[Richard L. Craig?]; [Ethelinda Church?]; unidentified; unidentified.
[Craig family?], [Compton, Quebec?], [ca. 1890s?]. –
19 x 25 cm.
[Richard L. Craig?]; unidentified woman; [Ethelinda Church?]; unidentified.
Estella M. Craig with brothers and daughter, [1940s?]. –
b&w ; 10 x 15 cm.
Estella M. Craig; John Craig; Margaret C. Reynolds; “Chum”
Craig.
Estella M. Craig reading on porch, Vermilion, Alberta, 1912.
– b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.
Estella M. Craig having tea, [ca. 1960s?]. – col. ;
9 x 9 cm.
In background of photograph, several photographs of V. Ernest Reynolds
included in this fonds can be seen.
Estella M. Craig and Gussie Roper of Halifax at Thames River, London,
Ontario, 1917. – b&w ; 6 x 9 cm.
Estella M. Craig and daughter Margaret C. Reynolds, [ca. 1970s]. –
b&w ; 25 x 20 cm.
Estella M. Craig with 100th birthday acknowledgement from
Ontario premier W. Davis, [1981]. – b&w ; 20 x 20 cm.
Certificate of acknowledgement is included in Box 33, F.4.
Estella M. Craig having hair done by daughter Margaret C. Reynolds,
[ca. 1970s]. – b&w ; 15 x 17 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds; Estella M. Craig; unidentified.
100th birthday celebration for Estella M. (Craig)
Reynolds, [1981]. – col. ; 9 x 9 cm.
Unidentified; unidentified (seated); unidentified.
Estella M. (Craig) Reynolds, [1883]. – b&w (tin
type) ; 9 x 6 cm. Image very faded.
Estella M. Craig, Vermilion, Alberta, [1913]. – b&w
; 8 x 6 cm.
Peter R. Esdaile, 1919. – b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
Unidentified ; Peter R. Esdaile.
Inscribed in ink on back: Peter Redpath Esdaile
/ aged 17½ years 1919 / (died).
Estella M. Craig with [brother?], [ca. 1890s?]. – b&w
; 9 x 6 cm.
Unidentified [“Chum” Craig?]; Estella
M. Craig.
Estella M. Craig with two brothers, [1940s?]. – b&w
; 13 x 8 cm.
John Craig; Estella M. Craig; “Chum”
Craig.
Estella M. Craig, Vermilion, Alberta, [ca. 1913]. –
b&w ; 9 x 6 cm.
F.4 1 photograph:
Nora Craig, [ca. 1870s?]. – b&w ; 8 x 7 cm
Framed. Back of frame sealed with 2 paper labels reading: Gilston Farm
/ E.H. Crombie / Paris, Ontario / P.O. Box 689 Tel. 247.
F.5 1 photograph:
Crombie Brothers, [ca. 1860]. – b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
Back: unidentified; unidentified; Edward B.
Crombie; unidentified.
Front: unidentified; unidentified; unidentified;
David B. Crombie.
F.6 20 photographs:
Christopher E. Crombie, Feb. 1950. – b&w ; 8 x 8 cm.
Inscribed in ink: Christopher in a pensive mood.
Christmas, Dec. 1954. – b&w ; 9 x 9 cm.
Back: [V. Ernest Reynolds?], [Estella M. Craig?]
Front: [E. James Crombie?], Christopher E. Crombie.
Inscribed: Christmas 1954.
Christopher E. Crombie, [1950?]. – b&w ; 9 x 9
cm.
Christopher E. Crombie seated on car running board, [ca.
1955?]. – b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm.
Inscribed in blue ink: Chris.
Inscribed in black ink: Geoff Styles’ MG / Our old ’50 Ford.
Christening party of Christopher E. Crombie, Windrush Farm near Burford,
Ontario, [June 1950]. – b&w ; 9 x 15 cm.
Back: unidentified; unidentified.
Front: Margaret C. Reynolds; E. James Crombie; unidentified; Christopher
E. Crombie.
Inscribed in black ink: Taken on the Porch at / “Windrush Farm”
/ The day that Christopher Ernest / was christened.
Christening party of Christopher E. Crombie, Windrush Farm near Burford,
Ontario, [June 1950]. – b&w ; 9 x 15 cm.
Back: Margaret C. Reynolds; Christopher E. Crombie; Edward B.H. Crombie.
Front: E. James Crombie.
Inscribed in blue ink: Margaret & Ned / James & Chris / Christening
Party.
Christopher E. Crombie, Windrush Farm near Burford, Ontario, June 1950.
– 10 joined photographs: b&w ; 9 x 9 cm.
Outer photograph inscribed: June, 1950 / Mostly / Chris.
unidentified; unidentified; Christopher E. Crombie; unidentified.
unidentified; Christopher E. Crombie.
Christopher E. Crombie.
Family dog; Christopher E. Crombie.
Christopher E. Crombie.
E. James Crombie; Christopher E. Crombie.
Family dog; Christopher E. Crombie.
E. James Crombie; Christopher E. Crombie.
unidentified; Christopher E. Crombie.
unidentified; Christopher E. Crombie.
[E. James Crombie?], [ca. 1940s?]. – b&w ; 21 x 15 cm.
Photographer: Barbara [Homley?].
E. James Crombie on horse, [1940s-1950?]. – b&w ; 12 x 9 cm.
E. James Crombie with Christopher E. Crombie, [1940s-1950s?].
– b&w ; 9 x 9 cm.
Christopher E. Crombie [in baby carriage]; E.
James Crombie.
Inscribed in ink on back: James.
E. James Crombie with friend on carriage, [1940s-1950s?].
– 15 x 9 cm.
E. James Crombie; unidentified.
Inscribed in ink on back: James.
F.7 2 photographs:
Wedding of Edward B.H. Crombie and Margaret C. Reynolds, 14 Aug. 1943.
– mixed media: b&w photographic print with white paint applied
; 25 x 21 cm.
Back: Lester Hall; unidentified.
Front: Edward B.H. Crombie; Margaret C. Reynolds.
Inscribed in black ink: August 14 / 1943.
Mounted in rectangular cardboard frame with cover.
Edward B.H. Crombie and Margaret C. Reynolds cutting their wedding cake,
14 Aug. 1943. – b&w ; 24 x 18 cm.
Subjects slightly out of focus.
F.8 10 photographs:
Dogs, Windrush Farm near Burford, Ontario, Sep. 1960, 3 photographs.
Edward B.H. Crombie with young [border collie?]. – b&w.
Margaret C. Reynolds with shepherd standing in front of horse. –
b&w.
[Margaret C. Reynolds?] with two shepherds. – b&w.
[David B. Crombie?], [ca. 1910?]. – b&w ; 20 x
15 cm.
Martha “Mick” Racey, nurse, 6 June 1928. –
b&w ; 20 x 15 cm.
Mick Racey was a cousin of E.R. Crombie and
a friend of his daughter “Budge.”
Inscribed in black ink on front: Lovingly /
Mick.
Inscribed on back: June 6 / 28.
Photographer: Fryer, Fort William, [Ontario].
Constance Crombie, [ca. 1915-1920?]. –
b&w (from copy negative?); 22 x 16 cm.
Original photograph has signature Ed Hoopl[…] in bottom right corner.
Constance Crombie, [ca. 1920-1925?]. – b&w ; 23
x 18 cm.
Inscribed on front in white ink: The Bon Marché.
Inscribed on back in black ink [partially cut away]: [w]ith best wishes
to Cousin Hilda and Ned / [f]rom Bebe.
Cropped.
Badminton award winners, [1940s?]. – b&w ; 18 x
13 cm.
Back: unidentified; Edward B.H. Crombie.
Front: unidentified; unidentified.
Edward B.H. Crombie [on his wedding day?], [14 Aug. 1943?].
– b&w ; 15 x 10 cm.
Edward B.H. Crombie; Lester Hall.
Charlie Barrett and wife on their wedding day, [1940s?].
– b&w ; 19 x 14 cm.
The Barrets were friends of the Crombies.
Charlie Barrett and wife, [1940s?]. – b&w ; 15
x 10 cm.
Badminton, men’s doubles Brant Co. Champions, 1939. – b&w
; 20 x 25 cm.
Peter Bernherdt; Edward B.H. Crombie.
Inscribed in pencil: Peter Bernherdt / Edward B.H. Crombie / “Mens
doubles” / Brant Co. Champs. 1939 / Paris B.C. [ie Badminton Club].
Badminton player, [ca. 1940?]. – b&w ; 25 x 20
cm.
[A friend of the Crombies?].
F.9 7 photographs:
Edward B.H. Crombie, [ca. 1930?]. – b&w ; 17 x 12 cm.
Photographer: [Carl Studio].
Edward B.H. Crombie, [ca. 1930?]. – b&w ; 17 x
12 cm.
Photographer: Carl Studio. Same session as previous photograph.
Edward B.H. Crombie, [ca. 1930s?]. – b&w ; 20 x 15 cm.
Photographer: Barbara [Homley?].
Edward B.H. Crombie, [ca. 1930s?]. – b&w; 18 x 15 cm.
Photographer: [Barbara Homley?]. Same session as previous photograph.
Edward B.H. Crombie with friend, [1969-1970?].
Stamped on back in blue ink: Greetings from / Eleanor & [--] Byham
/ Woodstock, Ont. / Feb 4 – 1970.
C-type print: col. ; 9 x 12 cm with border.
Edward B.H. Crombie with friends, [1969-1970?]. – col.
; 9 x 12 cm.
Stamped on back in blue ink: Greetings from / Eleanor & [--] Byham
/ Woodstock, Ont. / Feb 4 – 1970.
Edward B.H. Crombie, Windrush Farm near Burford, Ontario, [ca. 1970s-1980s?].
– col. ; 10 x 10 cm.
BOX 35
F.1 5 photographs ; 1 drawing:
Fanny M. Rubidge, [ca. 1900-1910?]. – b&w ; 8 cm x 8 cm.
Clipped into circle.
Note: Fragile – bent corner.
Fanny M. Rubidge, [ca. 1900-1910?]. – watercolour and pencil drawing
; 13 x 10 cm.
Oval.
Herbert C. Hammond, [ca. 1900?]. – b&w ; 12 x 8
cm.
Oval.
Frederick S. Hammond in officer’s uniform, May 1915.
– b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
Georgina and Fanny Crombie, [ca. 1900-1910?]. – b&w
; 14 x 10 cm.
Photographer: J. Fraser Bryce, Carbon Studio,
Toronto, Ontario.
Oval print image on rectangular photographic paper.
Georgina or Fanny Crombie, [ca. 1900-1910?]. – b&w ; 14 x 10
cm.
Photographer: J. Fraser Bryce, Carbon Studio,
Toronto, Ontario.
Oval print image on rectangular photographic paper.
F.2 8 photographs:
Edward R. Crombie with Trinity College School [Junior boys?] cricket
team, [ca. 1890]. – b&w ; 16 x 21 cm.
Back: unidentified; unidentified; unidentified;
unidentified.
Middle: unidentified; unidentified; unidentified.
Seated with bats: Edward R. Crombie; unidentified.
Front: unidentified; unidentified.
Inscribed on back in ink: 2 Chadwick WB / 3 Scadding / 4 Kemp WK / 5
Prince / 6 Crombie / 7 Martin / 8 Scott b / 9 Barker b / 10 Sweatman
b / 11 McGaw / 12 Ince / 13 Ghent / 14 Bell / 15 Laing / 16 Wordsworth.
Edward R. Crombie, [ca. 1906]. – b&w ; 17 cm x
12 cm.
Edward R. Crombie, [ca. 1906]. – b&w ; 17 cm x
12 cm.
Edward R. Crombie by tree, [ca. 1904]: b&w ; 21 x 17
cm.
Edward R. Crombie, [ca. 1895?]. – b&w ; 14 x 9
cm. Very faded.
Edward R. Crombie with chickens, [ca. 1930?]. – b&w
; 6 x 8 cm.
Edward R. Crombie with children, [1909?]. – b&w ; 5 x 4 cm.
Edward B.H. Crombie; Edward R. Crombie; Hilda V. Crombie.
Edward R. Crombie with horses, [ca. 1900-1910?]. –
b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
F.3 18 photographs:
Hilda V. Crombie, [ca. 1910?]. – b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
Photographer: Kennedy.
Hilda V. Crombie with cat, [ca. 1910?]. – b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
Photographer: Kennedy.
Hilda V. Crombie, [ca. 1910?]. – b&w ; 5 x 5 cm.
Hilda V. Crombie, [ca. 1910?]. – b&w ; 18 x 13 cm.
Photographer: Kennedy. Oval.
Hilda V. Crombie, [ca. 1910?]. – b&w ; 10 x 8 cm.
Photographer: [Kennedy]. Oval. Duplicate of previous photograph.
Hilda V. Crombie with dog [Knight?], Gilston Farm near Paris, Ontario,
[1940s?]. – b&w ; 12 x 18 cm.
Hilda V. Crombie and friend [Edna Lewis?], [1940s?]. – b&w
; 13 x 19 cm.
Inscribed on front in ink: Best wishes / Edna.
Hilda V. Crombie, [ 1920?]. – b&w ; 10 x 8 cm.
Hilda V. Crombie’s dog Knight, [1940s?]. – b&w ; 15 x
10 cm.
Hilda V. Crombie, [ 1920s?]. – b&w ; 15 x 8 cm.
Clipped into oval.
Connie, friend of Hilda V. Crombie, [1930s?]. – b&w ; 17 x
11 cm.
Inscribed on front in ink: With love / Connie.
Madeline, friend of Hilda V. Crombie, [1930s?]. – b&w ; 18
x 12 cm.
Hilda V. Crombie, [1930s?]. – b&w ; 17 x 12 cm.
Frances Barrett, friend of Hilda V. Crombie, graduation photograph [1930s?].
– b&w ; 15 x 10 cm.
Hilda V. Crombie with dogs, [1930s-1940s?]. – b&w ; 20 x 15
cm.
Midnight (shepherd); Hilda V. Crombie; Heidi (dachshund).
Photographer: Barbara [Homley?].
Hilda V. Crombie’s dachshund Heidi, [1930s-1940s?].
– b&w, hand-tinted ; 25 x 20 cm.
Flora McCrea Eaton, Dec. 1901. – b&w ; 24 x 19 cm.
Inscribed on front in ink (now partially faded): To Dear
Budgie / With most affectionate / remembrance of your / interest in
the subject / Lovingly / Flora McCrea Eaton / Xmas 1901.
Prize-winning sow of Hilda V. Crombie, 1955. – b&w ; 6 x 11
cm. See Box 1, F.5 above.
F.4 4 photographs:
Vivien M. Crombie in garden, [ca. 1940s-1950s?]. – b&w, hand-tinted
; 14 x 9cm.
Vivien M. and Edward B.H. Crombie, mixed doubles badminton champions,
Paris, Ontario, 1939. – b&w ; 24 x 18 cm.
[Hunter family?] with dog, [1940s?]. – b&w ; 16 x 21 cm.
Back (standing): unidentified; unidentified; unidentified;
unidentified.
Front (seated): Vivien M. Crombie; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified;
unidentified.
Crombie sisters, [ca. 1930?]. – b&w ; 23 x 18 cm.
[George Hunter?]; [Viven M. Crombie?]; Hilda V. Crombie; unidentified.
F.5 1 photograph:
Lt. Guy Drummond in dress military, [1914-1918?]. – b&w ; 14
x 9 cm.
F.6 6 photographs:
Mrs. Hall, [1920s?]. – b&w ; 24 x 19 cm.
Note: Photograph damaged at corners,
especially top right.
Mrs. Hall, [1940s?]. – b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
Lester Hall, [1940s?]. – b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
Hall was best man at wedding of Edward B.H.
Crombie.
Lester Hall’s wedding party, [1940s?]. – b&w
; 11 x 17 cm.
Edward B.H. Crombie (best man); Lester Hall (groom); Jane [--] (Mrs.
Lester Hall, bride); unidentified (maid of honour).
Lester Hall, [1940s?]. – b&w ; 10 x 8 cm.
Corners clipped into crude oval.
Jane Hall with children and dog, [June 1954?]. – col.
; 9 x 12 cm.
Daphne Hall; David Hall; Jane [--] (Mrs. Lester
Hall).
Stamped on back in ink: June 29 1954.
F.7 1 photograph:
Dori Nightingale, [ca. 1940s?]. – b&w, 13 x 8 cm.
F.8 12 photographs:
George and Edward Parker in kilts, [1910]. – b&w ; 13 x 9 cm.
Herbert Parker; George Parker.
Edward Parker, [ca. 1900?]. – b&w ; 14 x 10 cm.
Photographer: Notman and Son. Parker married
Fanny M.B. Crombie.
Margaret Parker (Mrs. H.V. Roper), [1920s?]. – b&w
; 11 x 8 cm.
Photographer: Notman and Son.
Margaret Parker (Mrs. H.V. Roper), [1920s?]. – b&w
; 14 x 9 cm.
Photographer: Notman and Son.
Edward Parker, [1920s?]. – b&w ; 14 x 10 cm.
Photographer: Notman and Son.
George Parker, [1930s?]. – b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
[Edward Parker?], [ca. 1920?]. – b&w ; 15 x 10
cm.
Photographer: Notman and Son.
Jake and Chippy Parker, Dec. 1937. – b&w ; 20 x
15 cm.
Margaret Parker, [ca. mid-1930s]. – b&w ; 24 x
18 cm.
Herbert and George Parker, [1915?]. – b&w ; 17
x 24 cm.
Photographer: Notman and Son.
[Fanny M.B. Crombie and children?], [1906?]. – b&w
; 20 x 15 cm.
[George Parker?]; [Margaret Parker?]; [Fanny M.B. Crombie?];
[Edward Parker?].
[George Parker?], [1930s?]. – b&w ; 19 x 15 cm.
F.9 5 photographs:
Judge James Reynolds, [ca. 1880s?]. – b&w ; 14 x 10
cm.
Photographer: Herbert E. Simpson, 143 College
St., Toronto, Ontario.
Judge James Reynolds, [1870s?]. – b&w ;
15 x 10 cm.
Photographer: Inglis, Montreal, Quebec.
Judge James Reynolds, [ca. 1870s?]. – b&w
; 14 x 10 cm.
Corners clipped into oval.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund John Reynolds on their 25th wedding
anniversary, 15 Aug. [ca. 1905?]. – b&w ; 9 x 9 cm.
Judge James Reynolds, [ca. 1880s?]. – b&w
; 9 x 9 cm.
F.10 1 photograph:
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Reynolds, California, [ca. 1960s?]. – b&w
; 25 x 20 cm.
F.11 60 photographs:
Margaret C. Reynolds, Vermilion, Alberta, 1919. – b&w ; 11
x 7 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds; unidentified; unidentified.
Margaret C. Reynolds, Vermilion, Alberta, 1919. – b&w ; 11
x 7 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds, Vermilion, Alberta, 1920. – b&w ; 11
x 7 cm.
[Margaret C. Reynolds, Vermilion, Alberta?], [1920s?]. – b&w
; 11 x 7 cm.
Reynolds family, Windrush Farm near Burford, Ontario, [ca. 1962?]. –
b&w ; 8 x 13 cm.
Back: Margaret C. Reynolds.
Middle: V. Ernest Reynolds; unidentified; Estella
M. Craig.
Front: (left) Edward B.H. Crombie; Christopher
E. Crombie; (far right) unidentified; E. James Crombie.
Jean and Margaret C. Reynolds, Vermilion, Alberta, [1919]. – b&w
; 11 x 6 cm.Margaret C. Reynolds, Vermilion, Alberta, [1919]. –
b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.
Inscription on back in ink: Margaret’s
first steps alone.
On the porch at Vermilion, Alberta, [1919]. –
b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.
Claire West; Emma E. Reynolds; Margaret C. Reynolds.
Margaret C. Reynolds, London, Ontario, [1921?]. – b&w ; 5
x 8 cm.
Clipped.
Margaret C. Reynolds, Vermilion, Alberta, [1919]. – b&w ; 8
x 6 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds, Vermilion, Alberta, [1919]. – b&w ; 10
x 6 cm.
Estella C. Craig; Margaret C. Reynolds.
Margaret C. Reynolds, [1920?]. – b&w ; 10 x 6 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds, [1922?]. –b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.
Reynolds family, Brantford, Ontario, 15 Sept. 1941. – b&w ;
9 x 6 cm.
Back: unidentified; V. Ernest Reynolds.
Middle: Margaret C. Reynolds; Estella C. Craig.
Front: dog.
Reynolds family, 52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario, 1922. – b&w
; 8 x 13 cm.
Estella C. Craig; Margaret C. Reynolds; V.
Ernest Reynolds.
Reynolds family home, 52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario, 1922. –
b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.
Inscribed on back in ink: 1922 / No trees.
Margaret C. Reynolds with mother’s siblings, Vermilion, Alberta,
[1926?]. – b&w ; 8 x 12 cm.
William Craig; Margaret C. Reynolds; Isobel
Craig
Estella M. Craig with daughter Margaret C. Reynolds, [1920?]. –
b&w ; 11 x 6 cm.
Estella M. Craig with daughter Margaret C. Reynolds, [52 Lincoln Ave.,
Brantford, Ontario?], [1922?]. – b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.
Estella M. Craig with daughter Margaret C. Reynolds, [1923?]. –
b&w ; 11 x 6 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds with toy, London, Ontario, [1921]. – b&w
; 11 x 7 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds pushing toy pram on sidewalk, London, Ontario,
[1921]. – b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds; unidentified.
Margaret C. Reynolds with two dogs, [ca. 1935-1940]. – b&w
; 11 x 7 cm.
Alice Craig with sister Estella M. Craig and her daughter Margaret C.
Reynolds, [1922?]. – b&w ; 7 x 1 cm.
Alice Craig; Margaret C. Reynolds; Estella M. Craig.
Margaret C. Reynolds, [1960s?]. – b&w ; 9 cm x 9 cm.
Estella M. Craig with daughter Margaret C. Reynolds, [1919?]. –
b&w ; 11 x 6 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds, London, Ontario, [1920?]. – b&w ; 11
x 7 cm.
Back: unidentified.
Front: Margaret C. Reynolds.
Margaret C. Reynolds, [London, Ontario?], [1920?]. – b&w ;
11 x 7 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds; unidentified.
Margaret C. Reynolds with dog, [52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario?],
[1932?]. – b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds, [1923]. – b&w ; 9 x 7 cm.
Inscribed on back: Monarch of all she surveys.
Margaret C. Reynolds with friends, [52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario?],
[1925?]. – b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.
Berta Spargo; Bimbo (cat); Margaret C. Reynolds;
Sherry Brooker.
Margaret C. Reynolds in moored boat, Brockville, Ontario, [1925?]. –
11 x 7 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds on sidewalk, [52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario?],
[ca. 1938?]. – b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.
Unidentified; dog; Margaret C. Reynolds.
Margaret C. Reynolds riding horse Silver, [Gilston Farm near Paris,
Ontario?], [1944?]. – b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds riding horse Silver, Gilston Farm near Paris, Ontario,
[1944?]. – b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds in riding habit, [52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario?],
[ca. 1932?]. – b&w ; 19 x 13 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds [with cousin?] on Brown’s lawn, [ca. 1923?].
– b&w ; 16 x 11 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds; unidentified (possibly named Brown).
Photographer: William Brown (Margaret C. Reynolds’
uncle).
Margaret C. Reynolds, [ca. 1936?]. – b&w, hand-tinted ; 18
x 13 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds displaying painted fingernails, [ca. 1936?]. –
b&w ; 18 x 13 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds on Satan, [1930s?]. – b&w ; 8 x 13 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds on horse, [1930s?]. – b&w ; 8 x 12 cm.
Front: unidentified woman; Margaret C. Reynolds
on horse.
Back: dog.
Margaret C. Reynolds riding with Mrs. Shaver, [July 1956?]. – b&w
; 9 x 13 cm.
Mrs. Shaver on horse; Margaret C. Reynolds on
horse; unidentified boy.
The Reynolds’ house on a wedding day, 52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford,
Ontario, 1922. – b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.
Inscribed on back in ink: 52 Lincoln Ave. /
Brantford / 1922 19 / Wedding.
Margaret C. Reynolds, 1920. – b&w ; 12 x 7 cm.
Back (on porch): Unidentified man.
Front (on walkway): Unidentified boy in children’s
pedal car; Margaret C. Reynolds.
Inscribed on back in ink: London, Ontario /
1920 / Before infantile.
Margaret C. Reynolds and Jack Brooker, 52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario,
Summer 1923. – b&w ; 11 x 7 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds; Jack Brooker.
Inscribed on back in ink: Summer 1923 / in front
of / 52 Lincoln Ave / Margaret and / Jack Brooker.
Margaret C. Reynolds with friends, [Brantford, Ontario], [1925?]. –
b&w ; 12 x 8 cm.
Back: Margaret C. Reynolds; Sherry Brooker.
Front: [Pifer?] twins.
Inscribed on back in ink: Margaret / Sherry
Brooker / [Pifer?] twins.
Margaret C. Reynolds on bicycle with dog, [1940s?]. – b&w ;
7 x 11 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds with dog Cop, Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario,
[ca. 1925?]. – b&w ; 7 x 6 cm.
Inscribed on back in ink: Margaret Reynolds
/ & friend / “Cop” / on Lincoln Ave.
Margaret C. Reynolds and William Brown, 22 June 1923. – b&w
; 9 x 6 cm.
Inscribed on back in ink: Uncle Bill & Margaret
/ 22 June 1923.
Margaret C. Reynolds and William Brown, [22 June 1923]. – b&w
; 14 x 9 cm.
Inscribed on back in ink: Margaret & / Uncle
Wm Brown. Corners clipped into crude oval.
Margaret C. Reynolds
Bunch of photos in envelope.
Margaret C. Reynolds riding horse Silver, 1944. – b&w ; 9 x
7 cm.
Inscribed on back in ink: Silver / 1944.
Margaret C. Reynolds on horse with Florence Yardley standing beside,
52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario, [1924?]. – b&w ; 11 x
6 cm.
Margaret C. Reynolds with friends, 52 Lincoln Ave., Brantford, Ontario,
[ca. 1925?]. – b&w ; 12 x 8 cm.
Peter Newton; Mr. Roscoe; Margaret C. Reynolds; Nancy Newton.
Reynolds family, [ca. 1951?]. – b&w ; 14 x 20 cm.
Back: V. Ernest Reynolds; unidentified; unidentified; [Christopher E.
Crombie?]; Margaret C. Reynolds; Edward B.H. Crombie.
Front: unidentified; unidentified.
Margaret Reynolds on her wedding day, 14 Aug. 1943. –
b&w ; 12 x 17 cm.
Estella M. Craig; V. Ernest Reynolds; Margaret C. Reynolds.
Margaret Reynolds on her wedding day, 14 Aug. 1943. –
b&w.
Estella M. Craig; Margaret C. Reynolds.
Cropped copy of next photograph.
Margaret Reynolds on her wedding day, 14 Aug. 1943. –
b&w.
Estella M. Craig; Margaret C. Reynolds.
Uncropped copy of preceding photograph.
F.12 5 photographs:
Mrs. (Dr.) T.W. Reynolds with daughter Eleanor, Hamilton, Ontario, [ca.
1910?]. – b&w ; 9 cm diameter.
Inscribed on back in ink: Mrs. T.W. Reynolds / w[ith] Eleanor
/ taken in Hamilton.
Circular.
Dr. Thomas William Reynolds was the brother of Judge Edmund John
Reynolds.
Mr. and Mrs. (Dr.) T.W. Reynolds with daughter Eleanor Reynolds, [ca.
1895?]. – b&w ; 12 x 18 cm.
Clipped into oval.
Eleanor Reynolds, [ca. 1905?]. – b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
Photographer: [Hereford?].
Mrs. (Dr.) T.W. Reynolds, [ca. 1905?]. – b&w ;
14 x 9 cm.
Photographer: [Hereford?].
[Eleanor Reynolds?], [ca. 1900?]. – b&w ; 14 x
9 cm.
F.13 14 photographs:
V. Ernest Reynolds, [ca. 1880?]. – b&w ; 16 x
11 cm.
Photographer: Gould, Owen Sound, Ontario.
Inscribed on back in ink: Ernest Reynolds.
V. Ernest Reynolds, [ca. 1880?]. – b&w (albumen
cabinet photograph); 16 x 11 cm.
Photographer: Murray’s, Brockville, Ontario.
Inscribed on front in ink: Ernest <James,
struck out>
V. Ernest Reynolds with spyglass, [ca. 1885?]. – b&w
; 14 x 10 cm.
Photographer: McClean, Central Art Studio, Brockville,
Ontario.
V. Ernest Reynolds, [ca. 1880?]. – b&w ; 16 x 11
cm.
Photographer: Gould, Owen Sound, Ontario.
Duplicate of earlier photograph.
V. Ernest Reynolds, [ca. 1900?]. – b&w ; 10 x 7
cm.
Photographer: Bryant, Brockville, Ontario.
V. Ernest Reynolds, [ca. 1900?]. – b&w
; 10 x 7 cm.
Photographer: Bryant, Brockville, Ontario.
Duplicate of previous photograph.
V. Ernest Reynolds, [ca. 1940s?]. – b&w ; 13 x
10 cm.
V. Ernest Reynolds in military uniform, [ca. 1915]. –
b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Lloyd Reynolds in uniform, [ca. 1915?]. – b&w ;
7 x 4 cm.
Man [V. Ernest Reynolds?] sailing past buoy, [ca. 1940s?].
– b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.
[V. Ernest Reynolds?], [ca. 1900?]. – b&w ; 8 x
6 cm.
V. Ernest Reynolds, Edmonton, Alberta, [ca. 1900?]. –
b&w ; 8 x 6 cm.
Boyhood home of V. Ernest Reynolds, Brockville, Ontario,
[ca. 1940s?]. – b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.
V. Ernest Reynolds, [ca. 1900?]. – b&w ; 7 x 4
cm.
Photographer: Charles H. Noble, corner Adelaide
and Yonge, Toronto, Ontario.
Oval.
V. Ernest Reynolds with daughter Margaret C. Reynolds,
Harrow, [Ontario?], [ca. 1940-1945]. – b&w ; 11 x 6 cm.
Inscribed on back in ink: Taken at / Harrow.
F.14 4 photographs:
Isabel M. Wardell , [ca. 1910?]. – b&w ; 11 x 8 cm.
Isabel M. Wardell , [ca. 1915?]. – b&w ; 10 x 6 cm. Oval.
Isabel M. Wardell with mother Isabella M. Atkins, 13 Oct. 1907. –
b&w ; 13 x 9 cm. Oval.
Graduation of Isabel Sealy from McMaster University, [1936]. –
b&w ; 10 x 8 cm.
Photographer: Herbert [Brekin?], [Hamilton, Ontario?].
BOX 36
F.1 19 photographs:
Unidentified subjects, [1880s?]-[1950s?]. – b&w.
File includes: photographs by [Tinlap?] of Vermilion, Alberta; G.F.
Crawford of Hamilton, Ontario; Aplett of Toronto.
F.2 14 photographs:
Unidentified subjects, [1880s?]-[1950s?]. – b&w.
F.3 25 photographs:
Unidentified subjects, [1880s?]-[1940s?]. – b&w (1 hand-tinted).
File includes: one photograph by Summerhayes and Walford,
Montreal.
F.4 104 photographs:
Large-format negatives, [1930s?-[1950s?]. – b&w.
F.5 28 photographs:
Large-format negatives, [1930s?-[1950s?]. – b&w.
F.6 22 photographs:
Large-format negatives, [1930s?-[1950s?]. – b&w.
BOX 37
F.1-10 10 photographs:
Glass plate negatives, [1900s?]-[1940s?]. – b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Files consists of: glass plate negatives of photographs of cricketers,
dogs, outdoor settings, and various portraits, mainly of men.
BOX 38
F.1-6 6 photographs:
Glass plate negatives, [1900s?]-[1940s?]. – b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Files consists of: glass plate negatives of photographs of cricketers
(one photograph denoted as a University of Toronto School team), outdoor
settings, and various portraits, mainly of men.
Series 3
Oversized Materials. – [186-?]-2007. – 60 cm of textual
records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series.
Series consists of materials not included in the other series on account
of physical size. This includes drawings, chart, newspaper clippings,
photographs, commission, poster, and magazine signatures. Arrangement
has been made according to the principal family relation.
BOX 39
F.1 Atkins Family
Lieut.-Col. Atkins Hamerton, [ca. 1840s?], 1 drawing: coloured pencil
over pencil on cardboard.
File consists of: drawing of Atkins Hamerton, depicted in Napoleonic
coat executed on cardboard, [originally rectangular?] its corners now
clipped, with unattached, crudely fashioned, oval cardboard frame bearing
the subject’s name on pasted caption. Hamerton, British consul
in Africa, was related to both Atkins and Hamerton families associated
with this fonds. Signed by D. McMillan.
Note: Illustration faded in oval pattern corresponding to the
frame.
F.2 Wood Family
Henry A. Wood [in Ulster Constabulary uniform?], [ca. 1860s?].
– 30 x 25 cm.
F.3 Crombie Family
Genealogical records, [ca. 1972?]-2007, 2 pp.
File consists of: 3-generation ahnentafel chart showing ancestors of
Hildegarde I.G. Atkins; newspaper tearsheet with article “Leafing
through the Crombie fonds,” Expositor (Brantford), 28 Apr.
2007.
Genealogical chart, [ca. 1972?], 1 p.
File consists of: descendency chart of Marcus Crombie through Edward
B.H. Crombie and his sister Vivien M. Crombie.
Note: Placed at bottom of box due to size.
Gilston Farm, 1963-1984, 5 pp.
File consists of: newspaper clippings (original and photocopies); and
postcard (photocopy).
18th-century woman playing cards, [ca. 1895?], 1 painting
: watercolour.
File consists of: painting in watercolours, signed “Georgie Crombie”
[ie Georgina Maud Crombie].
F.4 Reynolds Family
Estella M. Craig, Graduating class, [Training School for Nurses, Royal
Victoria Hospital], [Montreal], [1908], 1 photograph : b&w.
Estella M. Craig in second row, second from right.
Estella M. Craig, Graduation diploma, Training School for Nurses, Royal
Victoria Hospital, Montreal, 1908. – 41 x 53 cm.
Diploma was kept in mailing tube included in this box.
V. Ernest Reynolds, 1940-[1950s?], 2 p.
File consists of: certificate of the Life Underwriters Association of
Canada; royal commission appointing Ernest Reynolds to the rank of Captain
in No. 21 (Infantry) Reserve Corp, Veteran’s Guard of Canada, Canadian
Army. Commission signed by H. DesRosiers, Deputy Minister of National
Defence. His appointment appears to have been retroactively granted,
as the commission was signed in 1944 but it details his appointment
to be effective in 1940.
F.5 Other Families
Arthur William Brown, 1916 [photographic print made in 1940s?], 1 photograph
: sepia.
File consists of: large mounted photographic print of painting by James
Montgomery Flagg, the original painted for an illustration to be used
in Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker. Print by Mary
Hopson, New York.
Arthur William Brown, sketch of Margaret [C. Reynolds? (ca. 1930s?)],
1 drawing : charcoal on paper.
File consists of: sketch of a girl’s head in profile. Inscribed
“Margaret / Arthur William Brown / 28,” perhaps referring
to the artist and his age at the time of drawing. The verso bears twice-repeated
inscription “Brantford” in brown ink, and pencil inscription
reading: “Reynolds / ¼ Ebony / Sat. / 237.”
Note: Paper bears water stains and some mold.
Pte. Stanley W. J. Cheney, No. 55586, 19th Canadian Infantry
Battalion, 1917, 1 p.
File consists of: large certificate of honour presented by the city
of Brantford for services in the CEF during the First World War.
Note : No known connection to Crombie family [Cheney lived at
60 Walnut St., Brantford].
Edward VIII, “The Farewell Message,” 1936, 1 p.
File consists of: printed souvenir poster with text of King Edward VIII’s
abdication speech and illustration of the king at his desk, drawn by
H.W. McCrea. Produced by Paris Motors Limited.
[Col. Hall and son?], [1940s], 1 photograph : b&w.
File consists of: large mounted photographic print of a colonel with
sailor in Royal Canadian Navy, perhaps being Col. Hall and his son.
Print by Lyons, Toronto.
Note: Print damaged, faded on right side.
Daphne Hall, [ca. 1901-1920?], 1 photograph : b&w.
Note: Cardboard mounting bears some mold.
[David Hall?], [ca. 1910-20?], 1 photograph : b&w.
File consists of: large mounted photographic print of a baby [David
Hall?] lying on blankets.
Note: Cardboard mounting bears some mold. Print bears residue
of glue on right side.
Dori Nightingale and Arthur Kelly on their wedding day, [1940s?]. –
24 x 19 cm.
Photographer: [Ealous]} Portrait Studio.
[Parker?] with dog, [ca. 1940s?], 1 photograph : b&w.
File consists of: large mounted photographic print of a woman [Parker?]
and a spotted dog. Photographer: Ashley and Crippen, [Toronto].
Pressed botanicals / The Shah of Persia, 1873, 16 pp. and two pressed
dried ferns.
File consists of: two uncut signatures (pp. 29-36; 41-48) of Illustrated
London News, containing text and illustrations principally concerning
a visit by the shah to Britain. Pressed between the pages were two pressed
dried fern fronds.
Note: Both portions, especially pp. 29-30 bear stains and mold.
Symphony orchestra and choir, [1887?], 1 photograph : sepia.
Photographer: William Farmer, Hamilton, Ontario. Note: Cardboard
mounting bears some mold.
F.6 Cradock Family
[Roman?] soldier with tiger or lion helmet, [ca. 1860?], 1 drawing:
pencil on Bristol board.
Bears embossed stamp “Bristol board.” Likely executed by same
artist as item 2 below [Agnes Georgina Cradock?].
Medieval knight with moustache and decorated helmet, [ca. 1860?], 1
drawing : pencil on thick paper.
Bears inscription in pencil in lower right corner: “AGC” [ie
Agnes Georgina Cradock?].
Note: paper bears a dark stain, not affecting the drawing.
Saunders’s News-Letter and Daily Advertiser, Dublin, 27
June 1861, 4 pp.
File consists of: complete issue of newspaper, including wedding announcement
of Henry A. Wood and Agnes G. Cradock.
Inscribed in ink by Capt. A.W. Cradock on p. 3: Agnes Georgina Cradock
Marriage / Henry Archdall Wood’s marriage to Agnes Georgina Cradock,
my daughter / at which I was <preset struck out> present A,W.
Cradock.
F.7 Unidentified subjects, [1860s?]-[1970s?], 8 photographs. –
b&w.
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