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Holiday photo booklet

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one handmade photograph booklet produced by Eleanor Luxton and sent to her parents, Norman and Georgina Luxton [ca.1943]. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton visiting gardens[?] [location unknown] and posing at the beach. Booklet is decorated with several Christmas stickers and smal…
Date Range
[1943]
Reference Code
LUX / II / E / PD - 5
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / E / PD - 5
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Textual record
Date Range
[1943]
Physical Description
1 album (5 photographs : b&w ; 9.5 x 15.5 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one handmade photograph booklet produced by Eleanor Luxton and sent to her parents, Norman and Georgina Luxton [ca.1943]. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton visiting gardens[?] [location unknown] and posing at the beach. Booklet is decorated with several Christmas stickers and small personal notes written by Eleanor.
Notes
Date provided is estimate by Processing Archivist based on year of issue for stamps attached to original envelope [stored in file]
Material Details
Covers and pages of booklet consist of dark blue tissue paper. Photographs are attached with black corner fasteners. Booklet is bound together with 3 metal staples. Booklet has seven handwritten notes attached, including one on the front cover which reads: "Art? - For home consumption only. Strictly confidential."
Name Access
Luxton, Eleanor
Luxton, Georgina
Luxton, Norman
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Family
Christmas
Holidays
Correspondence
Portrait
Beach
Access Restrictions
Fragile material - handle with caution
Language
English
Conservation
Pages have been interleaved with acid-free paper. Item is stored in mylar.
Creator
Eleanor Luxton
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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McDougall family album

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one album containing 141 photograph prints [ca. 1900 - 1905], one b&w tintype photograph, and one handwritten letter. Contents include portrait-style photographs of various unnamed members of the McDougall family, including David and Annie McDougall and Georgina McDougall [Luxton].…
Date Range
[ca.1900-1905]
1902
Reference Code
LUX / III / B2 / PD - 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / III / B : Georgina Luxton series
Sous-Fonds
LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / III / B2 : Personal papers and photographs
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / III / B2 / PD - 1
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
Photographs produced by: T. Eaton Co. Ltd. [Toronto], J.G. Parks [Montreal], Frank Cooper [London, ON], W. O'Connor [Toronto], Cabinet Portrait [Hamilton, ON], W.S. Denroche [Guelph, ON], J. Hampden Field [Montreal], Steel & Wings Photographic and Art Rooms [Winnipeg], and others
Date Range
[ca.1900-1905]
1902
Physical Description
1 album (ca.142 photographs : b&w ; 13.5 x 18.5 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of one album containing 141 photograph prints [ca. 1900 - 1905], one b&w tintype photograph, and one handwritten letter. Contents include portrait-style photographs of various unnamed members of the McDougall family, including David and Annie McDougall and Georgina McDougall [Luxton]. Letter in album is addressed to David McDougall from his mother, Elizabeth McDougall, dated December 31, 1902.
Material Details
Album is bound in leather. Raised floral/leaf design on front cover. Part of metal fastening clasp remaining, attached to right side of front cover; part of clasp is missing.
Name Access
McDougall, David
McDougall, Annie
Luxton, Georgina
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Children
Portrait
Geographic Access
Canada
Ontario
Toronto
Guelph
London
Quebec
Montreal
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Language
English
Conservation
Several loose items placed in mylar sleeves inside album; tintype photograph placed in negative envelope and kept inside album
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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