Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-47
"John Gzowski & Adrian 'Socks' Apl 11/09"..The photographer's brother, Adrian Rathbun, and John Gzowski, comparing socks [!]. Photograph taken April 11, 1909, one of a series taken on the veranda of the Rathbun... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-88c
"House & garden, Main St., 1914"..View of the garden of the Rathbun family's house on Main Street in Deseronto, Ontario, looking north towards Main Street.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Harry"..Man with pipe lying in a field. Photograph taken in 1907, probably in Warman, Saskatchewan.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-90a
"T. J. Warren"..Photograph of man in front of a boathouse, taken c.1914. Possibly Thomas Jones Warren of Deseronto, Ontario, born 1885, whose occupation is given as 'boat hiring' in the 1911 census.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-04b
"Skidding logs Napanee River Jan'y '08"..Men and horses moving logs in winter-time. Photograph taken in January 1908.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"C.N.R. Coal pile & trestle. Pt. Arthur"..Picture taken at Port Arthur, Ontario, 1907, showing the Canadian Northern Railway's coal trestle.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-63b
"Elk City and Smythe"..Waterfront view of Elk City/Elk Lake or Smyth, Ontario.[See also HMR2-09-63a ( deserontoarchives/4171803899/ ) .]..One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-96
"Group on Str. [Steamer] Reindeer on way to Sand Banks"..A photograph of four women in white dresses and a man, taken c.1914. The Sandbanks are in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Gladys at ferry landing"..Photograph taken in 1907.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-88e
"House & garden, Main St., 1914"..View of the garden of the Rathbun family's house on Main Street in Deseronto, Ontario. The photographer was looking towards the south. Railway cars on the waterfront tracks are... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-91b
"A. Winsor"..Man standing on the running-board of a car. Photograph taken c.1914...Negative slightly water-damaged.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-89c
"Motor trip in NY State, 1913"..View of a lake and trees. One of several photographs taken on a trip in New York state.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-89b
"Motor trip in NY State, 1913"..View of a lake and trees. One of several photographs taken on a trip in New York state.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-85
"Marjorie changing her shoes, Thompson's Point Picnic"..Three women at a lakeside picnic. One of a series of photographs taken of a picnic at Thompson's Point [possibly on Howe Island, Ontario], c.1909.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-90b
"T. J. Warren"..Photograph of man in front of a boathouse, taken c.1914. Possibly Thomas Jones Warren of Deseronto, Ontario, born 1885, whose occupation is given as 'boat hiring' in the 1911 census.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMRB44-06-08
Negative of a photograph taken by Harold McMurrich Rathbun, showing a group of men, women and children sitting in front of a wooden structure, possibly part of the Rathbun property at 315 Dundas Street, Deseron... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-90c
"T. J. Warren"..Photograph of man in front of a boathouse, taken c.1914. Possibly Thomas John Warren of Deseronto, Ontario, born 1885, whose occupation is given as 'boat hiring' in the 1911 census.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-88b
"House & garden, Main St., 1914"..View of the garden of the Rathbun family's house on Main Street in Deseronto, Ontario. The photographer was looking towards the south. Box cars on the waterfront railway lines ... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR1-06-94
"Cedar Mill and log pond from the water"..The Rathbun Company's cedar mill in Deseronto, Ontario, looking northwest from the Bay of Quinte. The Post Office is visible on the left of the image. Photograph taken in 1907.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Reproduction of a photograph of the Deseronto Methodist Church Sunday School...Front row: Gladys Pearson, Beatrice Covert, Vera Detlor.Middle row: Grace Covert, Irene Hearnes, Mrs Jackson, Beatrice Seales (Joyc... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Mill & Log Pond, Burriss"..Location uncertain, but may be Burriss, Ontario (north of the Canadian Northern Railway at La Vallée). Photograph taken in 1907.
A. D. Macintyre, Chief Ontario Canada
Photograph of Archibald D. Macintyre, one of a group of photos of the Deseronto branch of the Sons of Scotland. A notice in The Tribune of November 27, 1903, states that the group met on the second Thursday of ... More
Betty Caldwell - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-49
"Adrian and Betty Caldwell"..A woman and man leaning against a veranda railing, possibly at the house which had been owned by Edward Wilkes Rathbun, on Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario. The man is likely to be A... More
Gowganda - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-55B
"Great Bear Lake views"..Two men and a canoe at the side of a lake...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909. The lake is presumably somewhere near Gowganda, Ontario.
World War I - Deseronto Archives
A Royal Flying Corps ambulance used in the pilot training camps around Deseronto, Ontario, 1917-1918. These ambulances were known as 'Hungry Lizzies'.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Moira logs running, paper mill dam"..Logs coming over the paper mill dam on the River Moira in Belleville, Ontario...Photograph taken in 1907. It was later published in Lost Horizons by Donald M. Wilson (1983)... More
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
"Armour Heights: 'Daredevils": photograph of aircraft in steep climb above hangars...Page of the photograph album compiled by Sergeant C. P. Devos while the Royal Flying Corps were training in their winter quar... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-65
"Aileen at Duck Lodge July '09"
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-21
"Party at Glenora, July 1/08"..Group of men and women at Glenora, Prince Edward County, Ontario. Taken 1 July 1908.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Model 'Star car' constructed by (Edward) Roy Kitchen in Deseronto, Ontario, in the 1920s. Roy was born in Deseronto in 1908. Full-size Star cars were manufactured between 1922 and 1928...Image donated by John K... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-04
"Skidding logs Napanee River Jan'y '08"..Teams of horses transporting sled-loads of logs in winter-time. Photograph taken in January 1908.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photograph of two men in coats, hats and gloves, holting umbresllas, taken in Hart's Arcade Studio, Paddock's Arcade, Watertown, New York...The photograph was in an album with the words "Irve Smith" next to it ... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
"Resting in Peace 1917"..Photo-postcard of aircraft which has crashed into a tree...Part of an album of Royal Flying Corps photographs which belonged to the Hobbs family...[Oshawa Community Museum & Archives re... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Bay of Quinte railway, Edward Wilkes Rathbun
Reproduction of a photograph of a saddletank locomotive. This print is from one of a series of negatives recording the loading of this engine onto a flat car outside the car works of the Rathbun Company in Dese... More
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
Two men in a workshop or hangar, inside the shell of a cockpit of an aircraft, holding the control wheels. A tailplane with the number C-641 is on the ground to the right of the men.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Mrs Gaylord on Mt. Holyoke"..Woman standing in front of flagpole with flag of United Stages, small shelter and woodland, presumably in the Holyoke Range, Massachusetts. Photograph taken in 1907.
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
Photograph of John Robert (Bob) Almey (1895-1989) in his flying uniform, standing in front of a Curtiss JN-4 aircraft at Camp Mohawk in 1918. Almey joined the Royal Air Force in 1918 and was in the last cohort ... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-26
"Sand hills at Lake Shore House - July"..Photograph taken on a trip to the Sandbanks in Prince Edward County in July 1908.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-84
"Group on shore Thomspon's Point Picnic"..One of a series of photographs taken of a picnic at Thompson's Point [possibly on Howe Island, Ontario], c.1909.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-51b
"Mattiwapika River views"..One of four views of the Mattawapika River, taken on a trip to the Gowgonda area of Ontario, May-June 1909.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Crew members of the Rapids King, a steamship operated by the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company (Canada Steamship Lines after 1913). The middle decks of the ship are visible in the background. The photogr... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR1-09-72
"Pansy and Guy Rogers playing Badminton"..The photographer's younger sister, Bunella 'Pansy' Jones (born Bunella Rathbun on 26 August 1880). Photograph taken c.1907, possibly in the garden of the Rathun house o... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-31
"Sand Banks Shore line looking South, July '08"..Photograph taken at the Sandbanks in Prince Edward County, Ontario, in July 1908.
R. Newton, Marshall, Ontario Ontario Canada
Photograph of R. Newton, one of a group of photos of the Deseronto branch of the Sons of Scotland. A notice in The Tribune of November 27, 1903, states that the group met on the second Thursday of each month in... More
Gowganda - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-54
"Lowering canoe down rapids"..Two men manoeuvering a canoe down a set of rapids, possibly on the Lady Evelyn River, Ontario...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-03
"Part of Ungars Island"..Unger Island, near Deseronto, Ontario, taken from the lake, c.1908.
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
NaN Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gowganda - Deseronto Archive Photos
“Moose horns found near Stillwater Lake.”..Man holding a moose skull with horns attached and another moose horn behind it...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909. The la... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photographic portrait of a woman, taken in the studio of I. S. Hawke, Hubbard Block, Watertown, New York...This is one of a set of photographs found in a photograph album donated to the Archives by Aaron Baptis... More
Railways Deseronto Archive Photos
Group of three men and two women standing outside Deseronto Junction station, Ontario, in the early part of the twentieth century.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-19
"Eagle Hill - afternoon tea, July"..Photograph of six women underneath a tree, taken July 1908. Slightly water-damaged.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Marjorie R. Cat, Aug. '08..Marjorie Rathbun (1891-1966), the photographer's younger sister, sitting on the bench that is also visible in HMR2-09-38b ( deserontoarchives/3859156123/ ) . The photograph was taken ... More
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
Aircraft nose-down in the Bay of Quinte, with Foresters' island in the distance. Three men are in a boat in front of the aircraft.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"New Imperial Bank, Edmonton"..Photograph of the Imperial Bank in Edmonton, Alberta, under construction in 1907. A banner across the front of the building declares that "The Imperial Bank of Canada will occupy ... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Pansy & Barbara on shoulder"..The photographer's younger sister, Bunella 'Pansy' Jones (born Bunella Rathbun on 26 August 1880), with her daughter, Barbara, taken in 1907.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR1-06-83
"Looking E. from Ship Yard"..A view of the car works and cedar mill in Deseronto, Ontario, looking east. The refuse burners and chemical works can be seen in the far distance on the right. Photograph taken in 1907.
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
Group of airmen in uniform, sitting on a jetty.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photograph of Mayor Jim (James) Sharpe, addressing the audience at the unveiling of the plaque in Centennial Park, Deseronto, Ontario, on Saturday, 19th June, 1971. ..Photograph possibly taken by Lloyd Thompso... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-15
"East from Water Mill Bridge, June '08"..Possibly the Salmon River, near Lonsdale, Ontario.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-89d
"Motor trip in NY State, 1913"..Car [possibly a Buick?] parked on a hill, with three men and a woman inside it. One of several photographs taken on a trip in New York state.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Thunder Cape, Lake Superior"..Photograph taken in 1907.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-71
"Marjorie & Lynn Plummer"..A man and woman standing in a garden, with another man behind them on the right of the image. The man may be Harry Lynne Plummer, who was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, in 1882. H... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"On River Burriss"..Location uncertain, but may be Burriss, Ontario (north of the Canadian Northern Railway at La Vallée). Photograph taken in 1907.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-59b
"Groups 'Fly Island' Montreal River"..Three men sitting beneath a tree...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Harry Jones on Moira logs"..Man standing on floating logs in the Moira River, Ontario. Photograph taken in 1907.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Loading Reliance ..Men and boys loading lumber onto the steam barge Reliance at the waterfront in Deseronto, Ontario. This vessel was built by the Rathbun Company in 1881. It is also visible in the postcard num... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Mrs Bickford & Frank Hall"..Photograph taken in 1907.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Edward Wilkes Rathbun
A street railway car of the type built by the Rathbun Company in their car works in Deseronto, Ontario, c.1895.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photographic portrait of a man, taken at the Lewis studio, Carthage, New York. Captions next to this picture in the album identify the man as Fred Smith...This is one of a set of photographs found in a photogra... More
Betty Caldwell - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-46
"Marvin & Betty Caldwell, Apl. 11/09"..Rear view of the photographer's brother, Marvin Rathbun and Betty Caldwell. One of a series of photographs taken on the veranda of the Rathbun house in Main Street, Desero... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR1-06-97
"Frank Hall, horse and wagon"..Photograph taken in 1908. Frank Hall is listed in the 1901 census as a purchasing agent, living in Deseronto, Ontario. He was born on 31 October 1866.
Gowganda - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-58e
"Montreal River Views East Branch"..View of the river, with trees on both banks...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909.
J. L. Macfarlane, F. S. Ontario Canada
Photograph of J. L. Macfarlane, one of a group of photos of the Deseronto branch of the Sons of Scotland. A notice in The Tribune of November 27, 1903, states that the group met on the second Thursday of each m... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-06a
"Gladys. N'hampton Feby 1908"..Photograph of a woman on a veranda on a winter's day. Taken in Northampton, Massachusetts, February 1908.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"C.P.R. tracks looking east. Wpg."..Railways cars and tracks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, taken in 1907.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Deck of Str. Alberta CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] Line..Passengers on the upper deck of the steamer Alberta, in unknown port [Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, has been suggested ( deserontoarchives/3730329155/comme... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Deseronto High School Hockey Team.Central Ontario Interscholastic Champs for the years 1926 and 1927.FIRST ROW - C. McVicker, goal; L. Bruyea, left wing; J. Whitton, Manager; F. Whitton, centre; Maurice Detlor,... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
"Small group in garden"..Photograph taken in 1909.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photographic portrait of a man, taken at the Coughlin studio, Tubbs Block, Watertown, New York. The image is slightly scratched. Next to this image in the album were the words "Charles Smith"...This is one of a... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-05b
"Snow at Car Works, Feby. '08"..Three men shovelling snow from the railway tracks behind the Rathbun Company's car works at Deseronto, Ontario, in February 1908.
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
"Armour Heights: 'Some' Stunting" Photograph of aircraft in a steep climb above hangars at Armour Heights...Page of the photograph album compiled by Sergeant C. P. Devos while the Royal Flying Corps were traini... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"McCool's House Burriss"..Location uncertain, but may be Burriss, Ontario (north of the Canadian Northern Railway at La Vallée). Photograph taken in 1907.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Edward Wilkes Rathbun
Steamer Deseronto, built at the Rathbun Company's shipyard in Deseronto (then Mill Point). Ontario, in 1880.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Deck of Str. Alberta CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] Line"..Passengers on the upper deck of the steamer Alberta, in unknown port [Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, has been suggested ( deserontoarchives/3730329155/com... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-62
"Indian Shoots near Elk City - Montreal R"..View of a stretch of the Montreal River...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-11b
"Trumpour House, rear, Mch. '08"..Back of a house, possibly belonging to the Trumpour family of Adolphustown, Ontario [Luke, Edith and their daughter Marjorie are listed as living there in the 1911 census]. Pho... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-42A
"Mitchell, Callaghan & Kennedy - Lake St. Peter Sept '08"..Three men standing in front of a misty Lake St. Peter, Ontario. Photograph taken September 1908.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-51c
"Mattiwapika River views"..One of four views of the Mattawapika River, taken on a trip to the Gowgonda area of Ontario, May-June 1909.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-89a
"Motor trip in NY State, 1913"..Car with three men and a woman inside it. The licence plate reads "D3646 NY 1913". One of several photographs taken on a trip in New York state...The negative has suffered some w... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photograph of horse and cart outside a house. The cart bears the words B. L. Detlor, Baker Confectioner, Home-Made Bread. Bismark Leroy Detlor owned a bake shop in St. George Street, Deseronto, Ontario. ..Donat... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"T. Callaghan at Moira Camps"..Man standing outside a tent. Photograph taken 1907. There was a Thomas Callaghan living in Campbellford, Northumberland, Ontario in 1901, who was born on 16 June 1844 and was list... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-07-74
"Small group in garden"..Photograph taken in 1909.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
"Harry & Mrs. Jones on Str. Alberta"..Passengers on the upper deck of the steamship Alberta, taken 1907.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-35b
"Napanee River bet. S'cona & Napanee, July '08"..View of a stretch of the Napanee River between Strathcona and Napanee, taken in July 1908.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
John Gzowski Adrian 'Socks' Apl 11/09..The photographer's brother, Adrian Rathbun, and John Gzowski, comparing socks [!]. Photograph taken April 11, 1909, one of a series taken on the veranda of the Rathbun hou... More
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
Aircraft with "City of Toronto" painted on fuselage. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Northern Nav. Co. Steamer Huronic"..Photograph taken in 1907...Thanks to commenters who have identified this ship as the Anchor Line's Tionesta ( http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/65637/data ) .
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Lumber with McCool's House in distance"..Location uncertain, but may be Burriss, Ontario (north of the Canadian Northern Railway at La Vallée). Photograph taken in 1907.
Public school - Deseronto Archive Photos
Photograph of Deseronto Public School students with their teacher, Dorothy McCullough, taken by Henry Klaver in 1961 or 1962 in Deseronto, Ontario...The children are named as: David Blewett, Thomas Douglas, Bra... More
Betty Caldwell - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-72
"Marjorie & Betty Caldwell"..Photograph of two women in the garden of the Rathbun family's house on Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario. Marjorie was Marjorie Rathbun (1891-1966), the sister of the photographer, Ha... More