Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
[1891?]-[1892?] (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
62 photographs: black and white, prints and negatives + 2 printed tickets
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edwin Poole was a professional St. Catharines photographer during the late nineteenth century.
Poole was born in Abington, Berkshire, England and educated in London, England. In 1866, he emigrated to Canada and, in 1876, moved to St. Catharines. There, in 1900, he opened a studio specialising in portraiture and landscape photography. In addition, he sold supplies for amateur photographers. Poole's work was published in the Toronto Globe and he won numerous photographic awards during his career.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds consists of glass plate negatives and original prints taken by Edwin Poole in 1891 , documenting the plays of a St. Catharines amateur theatre group. Photographic subjects are scenes from the plays, "Only a Farmer's Daughter" and "Distrust". Fonds is arranged in two series, one for each play.
For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+C+6?SESSIONSEARCH
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
The fonds was acquired by the Archives of Ontario in 1967 from Mrs. P.C. Band.
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Digital images are available for the items in this fonds in the Archives of Ontario Visual Database. Search using reference code, C 6.
Restrictions on access
Glass plate negatives are closed for conservation reasons. There are no restrictions on the remainder of the fonds.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Records are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on reproduction; however permission of the Archives of Ontario is required for publication. Submit a Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit or Broadcast form.
Finding aids
For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+C+6?SESSIONSEARCH
Associated materials
The St. Catharines Historical Museum has a collection of mounted prints and newspaper clippings concerning the presentation of these plays. In addition, the St. Catharines Public Library has a presentation album of play photographs.
Accruals
General note
Title based on the contents of the fonds. Fonds was formerly known as the St. Catharines Amateur Theatre Collection.