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3 Bi & I Inspection Certificates
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Material
- Paper
- Storage Location
- Reference Shelves
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Number of Artifacts
- 3
- Description
- 3X Bi&I The Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada Certificates with three entries of Aug.21, 1973, Oct. 12, 1972, June 28, 1976
- Material
- Paper
- Medium
- Writing
- Sub-category
- Communication Artifacts
- Subject of Image
- Railroad
- Accession Number
- 2014.010.003
- Artifact Number
- 3
- Storage Location
- Reference Shelves
- Length
- 28
- Width
- 22
- Units
- cm
- Origin City
- St Thomas
- Origin Province
- Ontario
- Origin Country
- Canada
- Manufacturer City
- Ottawa
- Manufacturer Province
- Ontario
- Manufacturer Country
- Canada
- Municipal Origin
- St. Thomas (Ont. : City)
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1970 Railway Act
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Artifact Type
- Book
- Material
- Paper
- Storage Location
- 5-G-1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Collection
- W.J. Rupert
- Artifact Type
- Book
- Description
- "Chap-R-2-1970, Railway Act: Loi Sur Les Chemins De Fer" The book has a white paper cover with black lettering. A library accession sticker is present on the top left of cover.
- Material
- Paper
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifacts
- Accession Number
- 2017.31.68
- File Number
- 2017.31
- Storage Location
- 5-G-1
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Length
- 9.75
- Width
- 6.5
- Units
- inches
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1980 Canadian Almanac & Directory, book
- Museum / Archive
- Port Burwell Marine Museum
- Artifact Type
- Book
- Museum / Archive
- Port Burwell Marine Museum
- Artifact Type
- Book
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Eggshell white cover, title written mostly in red. Book is 1023 pages in length.
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- CA - Documentary Artifact
- Accession Number
- 019.02.04
- Width
- 15.8
- Height
- 23.5
- Units
- cm
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1995 Fact Book CSX Transportation
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Date Range From
- 1995
- Artifact Type
- Booklet, Facts
- Storage Location
- 7-C-4 C&O box
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Artifact Type
- Booklet, Facts
- Description
- This book is titled: "1995 Fact Book CSX Transportation". It is a three-fold pamphlet, yellow on the inside pages with an image of a diesel engine on the cover. Lists CSX Transportation highlights in both 1993 and 1994.
- Category
- Documentary Artifact
- Sub-category
- Communication Artifacts
- Accession Number
- 2017-42-29
- File Number
- 2017-42
- Storage Location
- 7-C-4 C&O box
- Date Range From
- 1995
- Width
- 130
- Height
- 86
- Units
- mm
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1999 Field Manual of the A.A.R. Interchange Rules
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Date Range From
- 1999
- Material
- Paper
- Artist Name
- unknown
- Storage Location
- 9-B-4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Collection
- Bareham Collection
- Artist Name
- unknown
- Description
- "1999 Field Manual of the A.A.R. Interchange Rules", 600 pages, soft cover, good condition
- Material
- Paper
- Medium
- Writing
- Sub-category
- Communication Artifacts
- Subject of Image
- Railroad
- Accession Number
- 2014.005.001
- File Number
- 2014-5
- Storage Location
- 9-B-4
- Date Range From
- 1999
- Length
- 19
- Height
- 13
- Units
- cm
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2013
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Description
- Card with four images and captions. On the front is an image of a clutch with gold coins with a pink rose with, "My wish for thee may Christmas fill thy heart with gladness" underneath. On the reverse is an image of a clamshell clutch with gold coins and a red rose and "My wish for thee may Christmas fill thy heart with gladness" underneath. Opposite is a blue clutch with gold coins and a yellow rose with "A Merry Christmas Health, Wealth, and love of many friends" underneath. On the reverse is a shell clutch with gold coins and a red rose, with "A Merry Christmas Health, Wealth, and love of many friends" underneath. Around the edge is a white fringe. There is no date.
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifacts
- Subject of Image
- Flowers
- Accession Number
- x2013-001-0097
- Length
- 15.00
- Width
- 12.00
- Units
- cm
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adornment - pendant
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Material
- Wood
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Description
- Wooden star, gold points, silver center with a black wolf "Gold Wolf" painted with black and gold underneath. The points of the stars each have names on them, with each of them containing "1937 CUBS" with the dates "Jan-May" on each one. The names on the
- Material
- Wood
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Personal Symbol
- Accession Number
- 1993-003-0005
- Length
- 26.00
- Width
- 26.00
- Height
- 1.00
- Units
- cm
- Item History
- This star was created for a group of CUBS.
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Advertisement
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Material
- Paper
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Aylmer Museum Photo Collection
- Description
- Wilson Carpet Balls - photocopy from Wilson's Sport Magazine
- Material
- Paper
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Advertising Medium
- Accession Number
- 2003-002-0001M
- Length
- 78.00
- Width
- 22.00
- Units
- cm
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Advertisement
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1899
- Material
- Cardboard, wood, glass
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed advertisement for the Cowan Cocoa and Chocolate Company and Cowan's Perfection Cocoa. The advertisement is printed on thin cardboard and lined at the top and bottom by gold-coloured metal. The advertisement features a young girl, seated, facing the left in a three-quarter view. She wears a red hat with a wide brim, a white dress with a red sash or belt, and a white coat. She holds a tin of Cowan's Perfection Cocoa in her left hand, which faces the viewer and bears the words "NUTRITIOUS" and "ABSOLUTELY PURE." In the background at the left is an orange sunset above an open field, and at the right side is a tree surrounded by various foliage. At the top of the image is the text "COWAN'S MILK CHOCOLATE" in green text, decorated with a green flourish. The image is surrounded with a border consisting of a green ribbon, tied in a six-looped bow at each corner, and decorated with yellow and purple pansies. Surrounding this is a wider, red border. The advertisement has a brown border with a light green inner border. Displayed in a dark red-brown wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The outer border of the frame is incised with vertical lines of varying thicknesses, and the inner border of the frame is decorated with a repeating geometric design. The frame has a brown paper backing. A wire runs across the back of the frame, connected to a metal loop at either side.
The Cowan Cocoa and Chocolate Company was located at 72 Sterling Rd. in Toronto. It was founded by John M. Cowan in 1899, and sold to the English Rowntree Chocolate Company in 1926.
- Material
- Cardboard, wood, glass
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Advertising Medium
- Subject of Image
- Food Child/Youth
- Child/Youth
- Child/Youth Advertising
- Accession Number
- 2020-001-0113
- Date Range From
- 1899
- Length
- 89.2
- Width
- 74.2
- Height
- 2.9
- Units
- cm
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Advertisement
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1892
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Manufacturer
- American Lithographic Co. Ltd.
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed lithographic print of an advertisement of Ferry's Seeds. The print has a tan background, and at the top of the image is a white circle. Within the white circle is a woman, depcited from the shoulders upward, facing to the right in a three-quarter view. She wears a green hat or bonnet decorated with pink flowers. She holds a bouquet of pink, purple, and green flowers up to her face. The woman fades into the background below the shoulders, but the bouquet trails down to the bottom of the image. In the bottom left corner is the text "BUY FERRY'S SEEDS." The image has a beige or off-white matting. Displayed in a wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The wood of the frame is stained a mid-toned yellow-brown, with incised lines coloured a darker brown. The back of the frame is covered in a thin, brown paper. A wire stretches across the back of the frame horizontally, attached to a metal loop at either side. At the bottom of the frame on its back are two sitckers, one which reads "The contents of this frame have been matted with archival quality Alphamat." and the other reads "Belmont Custom Picture Framing & Art Gallery, 664-0399, 189 Main St., Belmont, Ont., N0L 1B0, Gerald Smith, Debbie Hope."
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Advertising Medium
- Subject of Image
- Women
- Women Flowers
- Flowers
- Accession Number
- 1983-021-0013
- Date Range From
- 1892
- Length
- 82
- Width
- 57
- Height
- 2.8
- Units
- cm
- Manufacturer
- American Lithographic Co. Ltd.
- Manufacturer City
- New York
- Manufacturer Province
- New York
- Manufacturer Country
- U.S.A.
- Manufacturer Notes
- The American Lithographic (ALCO) 1892-1929: In 1892, the publishers The Commercial Chronicle and The Hunt's Merchants' Magazine consolidated under the name "The American Lithographic Co," and was purchased by the Knapp Company in New York.
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Advertisement
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1923
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed lithographic print of an advertisement for Ferry's Seeds. The advertisement features a woman in a dark environment with short blonde hair, a long necklace and earrings, and a blue blouse. There is a large jack-o'-lantern on a table or platform in front of her, facing the viewer. The top of the pumpkin sits to the left on the table. The woman holds a light inside the pumpkin, attached to a green cord which trails out of the image to the right. The word's "FERRY'S SEEDS" is at the top of the image in a light orange or yellow font, and the top of the woman's head overlaps with the text. The artist's signature is at the bottom left of the print, legible as "ANDERSON." The image has a mottled black matting, with a gold-coloured inner border. Displayed in a wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The wood of the frame is stained a dark brown. The back of the frame is covered in a thin, brown paper. A wire runs across the back of the frame, attached to a loop at either side.
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Advertising Medium
- Subject of Image
- Advertisement
- Holiday
- Holiday Women
- Accession Number
- 2003-015-0201
- Date Range From
- 1923
- Length
- 98
- Width
- 78.9
- Height
- 3
- Units
- cm
- Item History
- "Framing compliments of Diana Brethour."
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Advertisement
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1923
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Artist Name
- W. Blanke
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Artist Name
- W. Blanke
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed lithographic print of an advertisement for Ferry's Seeds. The image features a glass vase filled with poppies. The original painting seems to have been in oil with textured impasto. At the top of the image is the text "FERRY'S SEEDS" in black letters. At the bottom right corner of the image is the signature of the artist, "W. BLANKE." The image has a blue border. Below the border is the text "© 1923 D.M. FERRY & CO. MADE IN U.S.A." The image has a white matting. Displayed in a dark-stained wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The back of the frame is covered in a thin, brown paper. A wire stretches across the back of the frame horizontally, attached to a metal loop at either side. A sticker on the back of the frame at the top reads "SNIDEN'S LIMITED CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING ART SUPPLIES 842-4932 193 Broadway St., Tillsonburg, Ont."
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Medium
- Oil paint
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Advertising Medium
- Subject of Image
- Advertisement
- Flowers
- Accession Number
- 1981-017-0007
- Date Range From
- 1923
- Length
- 83
- Width
- 63.9
- Height
- 3.4
- Units
- cm
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Advertisement
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1909
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed lithographic print of an advertisement for the Pompeian Manufacturing Company. The print features a woman, depcited in full. She wears a hat with a wide brim and an elaborately embroidered dress. The hat is light blue or purple in colour, and decorated with large blue and purple feathers and a jewelled, golden-coloured metal embellishment. The dress is also a light blue or purple, with a Queen Anne-type neckline and an ornate brooch on her chest, golden in colour and decorated with inlaid and dangling gems, from which strings of pearls trail downward to drape around her hips. The embroidery on the dress is golden in colour, and forms a swirling organic pattern, interspersed with red gems. The woman holds a handkerchief or scarf up to her right cheek with a white-gloved hand. There are white lilies at the bottom left corner of the image. A small panel at the bottom of the image reads "'POMPEIAN BEAUTY' BY FORBES." Below the panel is the text "COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY THE POMPEIAN MFG. CO." Details, the background, and the small panel at the bottom of the image are either overlaid with gold leaf or printed with a gold-laced pigment. The image has a grey marbled matting with a purple inner border. Displayed in a gold-coloured wood and plaster frame and overlaid with glass. The outer edge of the frame has a simple, repeating rope-like pattern, and the inner edge has a simple, repeating pattern of dots or spheres. The back of the frame is covered in a thin, brown paper. A wire runs horizontally across the back of the frame, attached to a metal loop at each side. There is a business card adhered to the bottom at the back of the frame, which reads "Custom Framing and Design MINERVA ART & CUSTOM FRAMING, The Old School House, RR #7, Aylmer, Ont. N5H 2R6. KEVIN MORRELL, Owner. 1-519-765-1616."
The Pompeian Manufacturing Company was largely known for their Pompeian Massage Cream and Skin Food, trademarked in 1901 and developed by British pharmacist Fred W. Stecher. The company went on to manufacture beauty powder, cold cream, rouge, lipstick, and various cosmetic products. The Pompeian Manufacturing Company was liquidated in 1950.
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Advertising Medium
- Subject of Image
- Women
- Accession Number
- 2020-001-0117
- Date Range From
- 1909
- Length
- 104.7
- Width
- 36.6
- Height
- 3.3
- Units
- cm
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Advertisement
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Manufacturer
- The London Printing and Lithography Company
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed lithographic print of an advertisement for Tudhope Sleighs. The image features two women in a red and black sleigh, who wear heavy coats and decorative hats, and are draped with a large, brown fur blanket. The sleigh is pulled by/surrounded by small caricatures of men of various ethnicities and in various dress. A large group of the caricatures are positioned in front of the sleigh, holding ropes extending from the sleigh. They are depicted mid-motion. One caricature sits at the front of the sleigh and holds the reigns, as if driving the others. Four more caricatures sit are in the sleigh with the women. One caricature is depicted mid-air behind the sleigh, as if he has fallen off. Two more push the sleigh from behind. One caricature runs behind the sleigh, depicted holding a green umbrella and wearing a pair of red-striped pants, and a tophat decorated with stars. There is a large body of water in the background, occupied by white sailboats. A dam and bridge runs from the right side of the image and into the distance at the left side of the image. The text "Tudhope Sleighs" sits at the bottom of the image, and the text "London Ptg. & Litho. Co." is at the bottom left corner. The image has a green border and is displayed with a white matting. Displayed in a dark brown wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The back of the frame is covered with a thin, brown paper. A wire runs horizontally across the back of the frame, attached to a metal loop at either side. At the top of the back of the frame is a sticker which reads "SINDEN'S LIMITED CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING ART SUPPLIES 842-4932 193 Broadway St. Tillsonburg, Ont."
The Tudhope Carriage Co. Ltd. was established in 1874 in Orillia, Ontario. By 1902 it occupied three blocks in Orillia's downtown core. As automobiles gained popularity, the company began to manufacture car exteriors. Most automobile companies made their own exteriors as time went on, so in 1924 Cockshutt Plow Co. bought Tudhope Carriage Co.
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Advertising Medium
- Subject of Image
- Women
- Advertisement
- Businesses
- Accession Number
- 2020-001-0119
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Length
- 70.3
- Width
- 55
- Height
- 3.5
- Units
- cm
- Manufacturer
- The London Printing and Lithography Company
- Manufacturer City
- London
- Manufacturer Province
- Ontario
- Manufacturer Country
- Canada
- Manufacturer Notes
- The London Printing and Lithography Company was established in 1890 as a subsidiary of the Free Press Printing Company. After its separation from the Free Press, the Company flourished until its stock dropped in the 1930s and became heavily involved in advertising. The company was liquidated in 1974.
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Advertisement
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Manufacturer
- The London Printing and Lithography Company
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed lithographic print of an advertisement for Tudhope Carriages. It depicts four people (two men and two women) in a two-horse carriage. A man with a white, curled moustache, a black top hat, and a brown jacket sits in the front seat, holding the reigns and a long whip. A woman in a pink and white dress sits at his left, in a decorative pink hat with a wide brim. In the backseat is a man with a brown, curled moustache, and a grey hat and jacket, and a woman with a blue hat and dress with a pink parasol. The carriage is a dark blue in colour, and has a yellow interior. Its top is folded down at the back of the carriage. The horses are depicted in motion, mid-stride. They are bay horses with white socks, and they wear black harnesses and blinders. There is a lake or river in the background, which wide waterfalls flow into. A single steamboat sits at the left side of the image. The text "Tudhope Carriages" is at the bottom left corner of the image, and the text " London Ptg. & Litho. Co." is at the bottom right corner. It has a white border, surrounded by a grey border. White matting. Displayed in a dark brown wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The back of the frame is covered with a thin, brown paper. A wire runs horizontally across the back of the frame, attached to a metal loop at either side. At the top of the back of the frame is a sticker which reads "SINDEN'S LIMITED CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING ART SUPPLIES 842-4932 193 Broadway St. Tillsonburg, Ont."
The Tudhope Carriage Co. Ltd. was established in 1874 in Orillia, Ontario. By 1902 it occupied three blocks in Orillia's downtown core. As automobiles gained popularity, the company began to manufacture car exteriors. Most automobile companies made their own exteriors as time went on, so in 1924 Cockshutt Plow Co. bought Tudhope Carriage Co.
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Advertising Medium
- Subject of Image
- Advertisement
- Animals
- Carriages
- Carriages horses
- Accession Number
- 2020-001-0120
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Length
- 72.5
- Width
- 53
- Height
- 3.5
- Units
- cm
- Manufacturer
- The London Printing and Lithography Company
- Manufacturer City
- London
- Manufacturer Province
- Ontario
- Manufacturer Country
- Canada
- Manufacturer Notes
- The London Printing and Lithography Company was established in 1890 as a subsidiary of the Free Press Printing Company. After its separation from the Free Press, the Company flourished until its stock dropped in the 1930s and became heavily involved in advertising. The company was liquidated in 1974.
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Advertisement - Poster
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Material
- Paper
Agreement Book
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Date Range From
- Jan 1, 1957
- Storage Location
- 5-D-2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- "Agreement between The chesaeake and ohio railway company and its engineers"; Black and Tan coloured booklet
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifact
- Accession Number
- 2016-03-5
- Storage Location
- 5-D-2
- Date Range From
- Jan 1, 1957
- Width
- 4 1/2
- Height
- 6
- Units
- in
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Air Brake Handbook, 1929
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Date Range From
- June, 1929
- Artifact Type
- Book, instruction
- Material
- Paper
- Manufacturer
- The Times Tribune Company
- Storage Location
- 7-E-3 Care and Maintenance Box
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Collection
- C. Vincent
- Artifact Type
- Book, instruction
- Description
- Book with a blue cover and very worn black font entitled, "Air Brake Hand Book." by Lester George Plank. A reference book containing Interstate Commerce Commission Rules and American Railway Association Requirements.
- Material
- Paper
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary
- Accession Number
- 2017-36-13
- File Number
- 2017-36
- Storage Location
- 7-E-3 Care and Maintenance Box
- Date Range From
- June, 1929
- Length
- 3.5
- Height
- 5.7
- Units
- inches
- Origin City
- Altoona
- Origin Province
- Pennsylvania
- Origin Country
- U.S.A.
- Manufacturer
- The Times Tribune Company
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Ambrotype
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1853
- Date Range To
- 1869
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Description
- Ambrotype of an unknown man and woman in a case. The image of the man is on the left side dressed in a suit and the image of the woman wearing a bonnet holding a book is in the right side. The images protected under glass, and there are ornate gold metal frames arouund the images. The outside of the case has a design on the front and back cover.
Ambrotypes were popular from 1854 until the mid-1860s
In 1851 London sculptor Frederick Scott Archer announced his new form of photography, the wet collodion processes. This combined the most successful of daguerreotype and calotype negative methods, but it was more simple and less expensive, allowing it to be commercially viable. This method was extremely popular and became the foundation for photography for the following 140 years. In this method, a glass plate was coated with the wet collodion solution that contained light-sensitive silver salts and was exposed while the plate was still wet. Photographs had to be taken within 15 minutes of coating the plate so a portable dark room was required. The exposure time was less than daguerreotypes and calotypes, making outdoor photography easier. A sharp glass negative image was created that captured details. Positive copies could be made from the glass negative, usually albumen prints on paper. The images were sharper than those made by the calotype process and are less likely to fade.
Ambrotypes, or wet collodion positives, were formed by painting the back of the glass negative image with black paint, or by placing a piece of black card there. The image was often put in a protective case, similar to that of a daguerreotype. In 1854 James Ambrose Cutting took out several patents relating to the process. He is thought to be responsible for coining the term ‘ambrotype.’
Ambrotypes were much less expensive to produce than daguerreotypes and they could be viewed from every angle as they did not have the mirror-like metallic surface that could often make daguerreotypes difficult to view. While the daguerreotype exposure time took several minutes, the wet collodion process for ambrotypes drastically reduced the exposure time, taking from a few seconds to a minute. The shortened exposure time and the low price helped increase their popularity of ambrotypes over daguerreotypes. By the late 1850s the ambrotype was more popular than the daguerreotype. By the mid-1860s the ambrotype itself was being replaced by the tintype and paper print.
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject of Image
- Man and Woman
- Accession Number
- 2014-011-0061
- Date Range From
- 1853
- Date Range To
- 1869
- Length
- 7
- Width
- 2.5
- Height
- 8
- Units
- cm
- Dimension Remarks
- Dimensions are of the case when it is closed. When the case is open it is 13.7 in length.
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Ambrotype
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1853
- Date Range To
- 1869
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Description
- Ambrotype of a baby in a case. The giftform identifies the baby as Junius Martin. This could be an example of postmortem photography as Junius Martin was born in 1854 in Aylmer and died two years later on August 13, 1856. He is buried in the Burdick Cemetery near Summers Corners. The cushioned insert that would have been inside of the inside cover of the case is missing. The image of the baby is protected under glass. The baby is under a checkered blanket. Around the image is an ornate oval gold metal frame. The outside of the case has a design on the front and back cover.
Ambrotypes were popular from 1854 until the mid-1860s
In 1851 London sculptor Frederick Scott Archer announced his new form of photography, the wet collodion processes. This combined the most successful of daguerreotype and calotype negative methods, but it was more simple and less expensive, allowing it to be commercially viable. This method was extremely popular and became the foundation for photography for the following 140 years. In this method, a glass plate was coated with the wet collodion solution that contained light-sensitive silver salts and was exposed while the plate was still wet. Photographs had to be taken within 15 minutes of coating the plate so a portable dark room was required. The exposure time was less than daguerreotypes and calotypes, making outdoor photography easier. A sharp glass negative image was created that captured details. Positive copies could be made from the glass negative, usually albumen prints on paper. The images were sharper than those made by the calotype process and are less likely to fade.
Ambrotypes, or wet collodion positives, were formed by painting the back of the glass negative image with black paint, or by placing a piece of black card there. The image was often put in a protective case, similar to that of a daguerreotype. In 1854 James Ambrose Cutting took out several patents relating to the process. He is thought to be responsible for coining the term ‘ambrotype.’
Ambrotypes were much less expensive to produce than daguerreotypes and they could be viewed from every angle as they did not have the mirror-like metallic surface that could often make daguerreotypes difficult to view. While the daguerreotype exposure time took several minutes, the wet collodion process for ambrotypes drastically reduced the exposure time, taking from a few seconds to a minute. The shortened exposure time and the low price helped increase their popularity of ambrotypes over daguerreotypes. By the late 1850s the ambrotype was more popular than the daguerreotype. By the mid-1860s the ambrotype itself was being replaced by the tintype and paper print.
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject of Image
- Baby
- Accession Number
- 1986-029-0062
- Date Range From
- 1853
- Date Range To
- 1869
- Length
- 8.3
- Width
- 2
- Height
- 9.5
- Units
- cm
- Dimension Remarks
- Dimensions are of the case when it is closed. When the case is open it is 16.5 in length.
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