Photographs: Souvenir Photograph Views of the Big Fire, Ottawa & Hull, April 26th, 1900

Object/Artifact

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Photographs: "Souvenir Photograph Views of the Big Fire, Ottawa & Hull, April 26th, 1900"

Entry/Object ID

P1604

Description

One souvenir photograph album containing black & white printed photographs of the devastation after the great fire, the photographs were taken by Samuel Jarvis. Pages fastened together with green string and staples. Soft covers, yellow-orange background with red lettering. On front cover: "SOUVENIR // PHOTOGRAPH VIEWS // OF THE BIG FIRE // OTTAWA & HULL // APRIL 26TH. 1900. ". On the back cover, inscribed in the red triangle is "PUBLISHED BY // A.H. JARVIS, // BANK ST., STATIONER, OTTAWA // PHOTOGRAPHS BY // S.J. JARVIS, // 117 SPARKS ST., OTTAWA". On last page: "The Grip Printing & Publishing Co. Limited.,// Toronto, Canada" with emblem that reads "Our mark // Grip places are Good places". All pictures have captions.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Grip Publishing and Printing Co. Limited

Date made

circa 1900

Place

City

Toronto

County

ONTARIO

Country

Canada

Notes

Country of origin: CANADA Additional create date: 1900

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

"SOUVENIR // PHOTO VIEWS // OF THE BIG FIRE // OTTAWA & HULL // APRIL 26TH. 1900."

Notes

Printed in red ink on the front of the album.

Transcription

"PUBLISHED BY // A.H. JARVIS, // BANK ST., STATIONER, OTTAWA // PHOTOGRAPHS BY // S.J. JARVIS, // 117 SPARKS ST., OTTAWA".

Notes

Printed in red ink on the back of the album in a darker red rectangle.

Transcription

"The Grip Printing & Publishing Co. Limited.,//Toronto, Canada" with emblem that reads "Our mark //Grip places are Good places".

Notes

Printed on the last page of the album.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Album, Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Album

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Album, Album, Communication Artifacts

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Album, Souvenir

Dimensions

Height

12.3 cm

Width

17.7 cm

Material

Paper, cord, steel, Photography