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James Bateman

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1857]
Collection/Fonds
E.W. Bateman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a vignetted studio portrait of James Bateman with a full beard, dressed in a three-piece suit. James Bateman is the father of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
E.W. Bateman family fonds
Series
Bateman family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm
Material Details
Photograph is mounted on a card supplied by the photographic studio
Scope and Content
Photograph is a vignetted studio portrait of James Bateman with a full beard, dressed in a three-piece suit. James Bateman is the father of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman.
Names
Bateman, James
Accession Code
BV004.28.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1857]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Photographer
Brom, Barnes & Bell
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Father/ EWB"
On verso of the card mount is information regarding the photo studio, including locations of studio branches, services, awards, patents
Printed on verso of card mount: "Brom, Barnes & Bell / PHOTOGRAPHERS / COPYRIGHT RESERVED"
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Photograph and case

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1854 and 1870]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : ambrotype ; 8.5 x 9.5 cm in leather case
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : ambrotype ; 8.5 x 9.5 cm in leather case
Material Details
Photograph case with convex glass front with ambrotype photograph of man in dress suit, from waist up. The subject's cheeks have been toned pink.The interior back of the case is lined with cream paper and printed with "MYRON SHEW, Dealer in Daguerreotype Materials No. 116 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA". Gold matting; "CHASE" stamped into matting, lower right; exterior of frame is covered in leather; interior is red-coloured velvet; both surfaces embossed with floral motif.
Accession Code
BV000.8.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[between 1854 and 1870]
Media Type
Photograph
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Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3962
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1841 and 1860]
Collection/Fonds
William Holmes fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
William Holmes fonds
Series
William Holmes family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm
Material Details
The photograph is a calotype print, which has been enhanced using charcoal and paint.
Scope and Content
Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.
History
Mary (Richardson) Holmes was the first wife of William Holmes and Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes was the second wife of William Holmes of Huron County, Ontario . William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby in 1860.
Names
Holmes, Mary Richardson
Holmes, Charlotte McCullough
Accession Code
HV971.46.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1841 and 1860]
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
Portrait of William Holmes, HV971.46.1
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Portrait of William Holmes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3961
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1841 and 1860]
Collection/Fonds
William Holmes fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 50 x 39.5 cm (oval, sight) in frame 66 x 56 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph portrait of William Holmes.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
William Holmes fonds
Series
William Holmes family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 50 x 39.5 cm (oval, sight) in frame 66 x 56 cm
Material Details
The photograph is a calotype print, which has been enhanced using charcoal and paint.
Scope and Content
Photograph portrait of William Holmes.
History
William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby.
Names
Holmes, William
Accession Code
HV971.46.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[between 1841 and 1860]
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
Portrait of Jane Holmes, HV971.46.2
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Reference letter for William Holmes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10405
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1858 and 1859]
Collection/Fonds
William Holmes fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and h…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
William Holmes fonds
Series
William Holmes family records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records
Material Details
Letter is fragile with torn and stained sections
Scope and Content
Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and his intention to emigrate to British Columbia. The letter is signed and certified on the verso by various officials including; "G.E. Cartier", Attourney General of Lower Canada; John A. Macdonald, Attourney General of Upper Canada; Sidney Smith, Post Master General; George Sherwood, Receiver General; John Rose, Soliciter General; Charles Alleyn, Provincial Secretary; P.M. VanKaughnet [sic], Commissioner of Crown Lands and A.T. Galt, Inspector General of Canada. The letter includes a wax Common Seal of the City of Toronto and is certified the 6th day of January 1859. Text on first page of letter reads: "The Bearer William Holmes Esq / late of Holmesville in the County of Huron has for some years been actively employed in Com- / mmercial pursuits in Upper / Canada, but now intends to emigrate to British Columbia / We have great pleasure in / certifying that Mr. Holmes is / a Gentleman of good standing / for character and capacity / and that his connectiions (are) [sic] / highly respectable; his brother / John Holmes Esq at present / holding the dignified and responsible / office of Warden (Equivalent to / Mayor) of the Municipal Council". letter continues on verso to read: "of the United Counties of Huron / and Bruce, which Counties he / also respresents in Parliament..." signatures of officials beneath. Written vertically down the left hand side of the verso is the following text "I certify that the Signature attached to / this document are the bona- / fide Signature of the parties / named & that they hold the / respective offices (within) mentioned / within. In testimony whereof I have / herunto set my hand and caused / the Common Seal of the City of Toronto / to be herunto affixed this 6th day of / January 1859" with signatures below "D.V. Mead / Mayor / A.M. Jones [sic] / Chamberlain".
History
William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes
Accession Code
BV997.50.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1858 and 1859]
Media Type
Textual Record
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
06-May-2019
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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