Photograph, Platinum: Nelson Porter, Mayor 1915-16

Photograph

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Photograph, Platinum: Nelson Porter, Mayor 1915-16

Entry/Object ID

P2363 a,b

Description

[a]: One matte sepia colored platinum photograph depicting man's upper body with shoulders slightly tilted right. Wearing a suit jacket, vest, tie with pin, striped shirt and a high collar, a pair of small framed glasses, displayed under a window mat inside. Logo of Pittaway below photograph, Calligraphy at top of photograph, contains: "NELSON PD PORTER / MAYOR OF OTTAWA / 1915-1916". The photograph is displayed in a brown folder. [b]: One black and white glossy gelatin silver photograph, of man's upper body with shoulders slightly tilted right. Wearing a suit jacket, vest, tie with pin, striped shirt and a high collar, a pair of small framed glasses. on back of photograph: "Nelson Porter / one time Mayor of Ottawa / 1915-1916".

Made/Created

Notes

Country of Origin: CANADA Paper, Cardboard, Photographic, Ink, Photography, Photography

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

[a]: "NELSON PD PORTER / MAYOR OF OTTAWA / 1915-1916. [b]: "Nelson Porter / one time Mayor of Ottawa / 1915-1916"

Notes

A: LOGO OF PITTAWAY BELOW PHOTO. CALLYGRAPHY AT TOP OF PHOTO, CONTAINS: "NELSON PD PORTER / MAYOR OF OTTAWA / 1915-1916.B: on back of photo: "Nelson Porter / one time Mayor of Ottawa / 1915-1916"

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Positive, Direct

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Photograph, Photograph, Communication Artifacts

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Platinum, Gelatin Silver

Dimensions

Height

23.5 cm

Width

16 cm

Dimension Notes

B: W 12.7, H 17.6