Name/Title
Photograph, Composite: Officers of The Canadian Club, 1905 -1906Entry/Object ID
P2947Description
One composite photograph depicting fourteen black and white photographic portraits of the officers of the Canadian Club of Ottawa for 1905-1906. Centrally placed against a large, grey sheet of paper decorated with watercolors is a rectangular photograph of Dr. J.D. Courtenay (President); surrounding his picture in a clockwise direction from top center are smaller, oval photographs labelled: Plunkett B. Taylor (1st Vice President), Hamnett P. Hill (Secretary), Gerald H. Brown (Press Cor.) Marjor C.F. Winter, Geo. S. May (M.L.A.) Robert Masson, W.L. Mackenzie King, Otto J.L. Klotz (LLD), Gordon C. Edwards, Fred Cooke, J.B.T. Caron, John Hope (Treasurer), Denis Murphy (2nd Vice President). The photograph is displayed in a thin gold painted wooden frame and covered with glass.Made/Created
Notes
Photographic, Paper, Wood, Glass, Paint, Metal, Photography, PhotographyInscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
"OFFICERS // THE CANADIAN CLUB // OF OTTAWA // 1905-06."Notes
Printed in grey ink on the beige banner at the bottom of the image.Transcription
"The Topley Studio, Ottawa"Notes
Printed in black ink beneath the Canadian Club crest.Transcription
"W.H.S."Notes
Signature in the lower left corner of the crest.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Positive, DirectNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Photograph, Photograph, FurnishingsLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Photograph, CompositeDimensions
Height
78.9 cmWidth
105 cmDepth
1.5 cmResearch Notes
Notes
Otto J.L. Klotz was a past president of the Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society and husband to Marie Klotz, who was a member of the Ottawa Council of Women and was a leading figure if their fight for Ottawa to establish a public library. In 1901, Otto Klotz wrote to Andrew Carnegie a "prominent Scottish-born American philanthropist" asking for funds to help build a free, public library in Ottawa because the previous city council vote to establish such a library was shut down due to it being perceived as too costly. The Mayor of Ottawa at the time, W.D. Morris, followed suit and also petitioned Carnegie for funds, who has funded hundreds of libraries throughout the United States, Canada, and Britain. After weeks of receiving letters, Carnegie pledged $100,000 to pay for an Ottawa public library so long as the city found a site for it and agreed to not spend less than $7500 a year in upkeep for it.
