Tintypes and carte-de-visite photographs primarily depicting Missisauga Indian individuals of the Ojibway Nation in the vicinity of Alderville, Ontario, ca. 1850-1890, A studio portrait created ca. 1853, by an unidentified photographer, and copy photographed by Anny W. James of Belleville, Ontario, ca. 1860-1865, of William Case, a Methodist minister who established an industrial school in Alderville. The Missisauga Indians may represent individuals Case converted to Methodism. A studio portrait depicts the wife of Case, Eliza Barnes Case, posed sitting and knitting, created by Charles Lawe, Cobourg, Ontario, ca. 1870, Matted tintypes consist of two exterior portraits, probably taken in the same location by the same photographer, one image depicting a group of three Missisauga women, one of them identified as Mrs. Beaver, and the other image depicting a Missisauga woman and two children, Unmatted tintypes consist of studio portraits of two Missisauga men, one posed standing and identified as Joe Beaver, and the other posed sitting and identified as Peter Annego. Five other tintypes depict different Missisauga children, Carte-de-visite photographs of identified men include a portrait of Richard Black created by John L. Richmond, Campbellford, Ontario, ca. 1890, and a portrait of Indian Agent John Thaisaugouy, created by T. Worden, Newcastle on Tyne, Great Britain, ca. 1880. Other carte-de-visite photographs of Missisauga men include a full portrait of a man in a graduation gown in addition to several bust portraits of unidentified men created by different photographers, including Frank Cooper, London, Ontario; James Little, Peterborough, Ontario; and Walter S. Gramsby, Lindsay, Ontario, A carte-de-visite photograph of a woman shows Evelyn Chubb, wife of Joseph Chubb, created by Charles Lawe. A carte-de-visite photograph of a woman and girl is identified as Hiawatha Lukes, wife of Joseph Lukes, and her younger sister, Mary Bell Naugham, created by Thompson & Son Photographers, Peterborough, Ontario, and A carte-de-visite photograph created by an unidentified photographer depicts a young man posed sitting and a young girl
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Alderville (Ont.)
Subject (Name):
Annego, Peter., Beaver, Joe., Black, Richard, Missisauga Indian., Case, Eliza Barnes., Case, William, 1780-1855., Chubb, Evelyn., Cooper, Frank, photographer., Gramsby, Walter S., James, Anny W., Lawe, Charles., Little, James, photographer., Lukes, Hiawatha., Naugham, Mary Bell., Richmond, John L., Thaisaugouy, John., and Thompson & Son Photographers.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Missisauga Indians, and Ojibwa Indians
