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Dr. Beaumont Dixie fonds
Fonds · 1832 - 1929

Fonds consists of the medical, financial, and personal records of Dr. Beaumont Dixie and his family. Day-books record his visits to patients on his daily rounds, but for the most part the nature of the illnesses is unmarked. The exception being "ex dent" (pulling teeth) and "attending" (childbirth). The fonds includes some items created by or sent to other family members, including correspondence and a household day-book. The fonds also includes a watercolour painting, a photograph, printed material, and published books.

Dixie, Dr. Beaumont (1819 - 1898)
Photograph of John Forster
CA ON00380 series 6-item 2 · Item · ca. 1880
Part of Dr. Beaumont Dixie fonds

Item is a mounted photograph of John Forster. The back reads "John Forster, father of Anson Green Forster, grand father of Anson H. Forster". John Forster was buried at Churchville Cemetery; see authority records for details.

Mair, Wm. Ross
Watercolour landscape
CA ON00380 series 6-item 1 · Item · [18-?]
Part of Dr. Beaumont Dixie fonds

Item is a watercolour painting of The Grotto of Posillipo, Naples, now known as the Crypta Neapolitana. The site was built ca. 37 BCE, under the direction of the Roman architect Lucius Cocceius Auctus.