Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

WITH FRAME

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

WOOD, GLASS

No. Pieces

3

Height

2.6

Length

21.7

Width

17.2

Description

GLASS PLATE NEGATIVE WITH IMAGE OF SMALL CHILD BURNED INTO IT. CHILD IS SITTING ON A BENCH, LOOKING AT HIM/HERSELF IN A MIRROR. CURTAIN VISIBLE ON LEFT. PLATE IS PRESSED INTO VARNISHED WOODEN FRAME, STAMPED WITH "CENTURY" AT BOTTOM BACK. FOUR BRACKETS TO HOLD BACKING. BACKING TO FRAME IS WOODEN BLOCK, APP. 1CM THICK, HINGED INTO TWO PORTIONS. EACH PORTION HAS HEAVILY TARNISHED BRASS PIECE WHICH PIVOTS ON RIVET, SECURING BENEATH BRACKETS OF FRAME. UNDERSIDE OF BACKING COVERED IN BURGUNDY FELT. FRAME SOILED.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND, WHO HAD AVID INTEREST IN PHOTOGRAPHY. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS INTERN KIRSTAN SCHAMUHN CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. ON 26 NOVEMBER 2018, SCHAMUHN INTERVIEWED RUTH DAW REGARDING HER PRIOR DONATIONS. THE INFORMATION BELOW HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT INTERVIEW: WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE NEGATIVE AND ITS TIES TO HER HUSBAND, CLIFF DAW, RUTH DAW RECALLED, “THIS WAS STUFF WE WERE CLEARING OUT THAT WE THOUGHT THE MUSEUM MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN [AFTER CLIFF DAW PASSED AWAY].” “HE WAS VERY MUCH INTO CAMERAS. HE JUST USED THEM A LOT.” WHEN ASKED IF CLIFF HAD A FAVOURITE CAMERA, RUTH DAW RESPONDED, “NO, I CAN’T REALLY SAY.” RUTH DAW RECALLED HER HUSBAND’S INTEREST IN PHOTOGRAPHY, SAYING, “[HE WOULD TAKE PHOTOS] ALL THE TIME. I HAVE ALBUMS AND ALBUMS. HE WAS CRAZY ABOUT FUNERALS…HE ALWAYS HAD HIS CAMERA WITH HIM.” “IT WAS JUST AN EXPRESSION. HE WOULDN’T REALLY TAKE PART IN A LOT OF THINGS BUT HE WOULD TAKE PICTURES AND HE LIKED TAKING PICTURES OF [OUR] DAUGHTERS. HE WOULD TAKE PICTURES OF GUYS [ON] THE HOCKEY TEAMS AND WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS…THE NORTH SIDE PEOPLE WERE VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY OFTEN COULDN’T HIRE A PHOTOGRAPHER AND HE DIDN’T CHARGE ANYTHING FOR IT, IT WAS JUST HIS DONATION.” “HE’D ALWAYS HAVE THE KIDS BE PART OF THE PICTURE BUT HE WOULD ALSO [PHOTOGRAPH] THE GENERAL LANDSCAPE OF THE LAKES AND THE MOUNTAINS.” WHEN ASKED IF CLIFF EVER EXHIBITED HIS PHOTOGRAPHS, RUTH DAW REPLIED, ““[WITH] THE SKETCH CLUB. HE BELONGED TO THE SKETCH CLUB…AND WAS PRETTY GOOD. HE WAS ALSO AN AVID HIKER AND HE ALWAYS TOOK HIS CAMERA WITH HIM SO HE’D HAVE ALL KINDS OF [PHOTOS] THROUGH WATERTON.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970055001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970055005

Acquisition Date

1997-06

Collection

Museum

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