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
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.
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.
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 - HMR2-10-90b
"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 - HMR2-09-21
"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
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, 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
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 - HMR2-10-84
"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 - 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
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 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 - HMR2-10-89d
"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.
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
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.
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, 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 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.
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 - HMR2-10-89a
"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, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-07-74
"Small group in garden"..Photograph taken in 1909.
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
Betty Caldwell - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-73
"Marjorie, Betty, Adrian & John Gzowski"..The people are Harold's sister, Marjorie Rathbun (1891-1966); his brother Adrian Rathbun; Betty Caldwell and John Gzowski. Gzowski's father was a broker in Toronto in 1... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Loading Reliance ..Men and boys loading lumber onto the steam freighter Reliance at the waterfront in Deseronto, Ontario. This vessel was built by the Rathbun Company in 1881. It is also visible in the postcard... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR1-06-96
"Tom Culhane in Row Boat"..Man rowing a boat in the lake. Thomas Culhane is listed in the 1901 census as a "labourer C. Mill" living in Deseronto, Ontario. He probably worked in the Rathbun Company's cedar mill... More
Betty Caldwell - Deseronto Archive Photos
Adrian & Betty Caldwell Apl 11/09 ..The photographer's brother, Adrian Rathbun and Betty Caldwell. One of a series of photographs taken on the veranda of the Rathbun house in Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario, on... More
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
A group of people surrounding a crashed aircraft at an airfield identified as Camp Mohawk, one of the Royal Flying Corps' pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario...Part of an album of Royal Flying Corps ph... More
Betty Caldwell - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-44
“John Gzowski and Betty Caldwell Apl 11/09”..John Gzowski and Betty Caldwell. One of a series of photographs taken on the veranda of the Rathbun house in Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario, on 11 April 1909. Railw... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-42B
"Mitchell, Callaghan & Kennedy - Lake St. Peter Sept '08"..Three men sitting on some logs. Photograph taken September 1908 at Lake St. Peter, Ontario.
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-95
"Guy Burton and Marjorie Braithwaite at Des."..Marjorie Braithwaite was born in the Northwest Territories in 1889, daughter of Arthur Douglas Braithwaite (who worked for the Bank of Montreal) and his wife Marjo... More
Betty Caldwell - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-45b
“J. Gzowski, B. Caldwell, M. Braithwaite, Adrian Apl 11/09”..John Gzowski, Betty Caldwell, M. [possibly Marjorie?] Braithwaite, Adrian Rathbun. One of a series of photographs taken on the veranda of the Rathbun... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Mitchell, Callaghan Kennedy - Lake St. Peter Sept '08 ..Three men sitting on some logs. Photograph taken September 1908 at Lake St. Peter, Ontario.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
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
"Mr & Mrs E.H. Bickford & F K Hall"..F. K. Hall is Frank Hall. Mr Bickford might be the E. H. Bickford listed in the 1901 census as a barrister in Toronto, born in 1869. His wife was called Ethel and was born i... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-91a
"A. Winsor"..Man standing in front of a car. Photograph taken c.1914.
Betty Caldwell - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-06-45
“J. Gzowski, B. Caldwell, M. Braithwaite, Adrian Apl 11/09”..John Gzowski, Betty Caldwell, M. [possibly Marjorie?] Braithwaite, Adrian Rathbun. One of a series of photographs taken on the veranda of the Rathbun... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photographic portrait of a man with a moustache, wearing a coat and hat. Taken at the Coughlin studio, Tubbs Block, Watertown, New York...This is one of a set of photographs found in a photograph album donated ... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Boy with gophir at Warman Jct."..Four men [on a station platform?] at Warman, Saskatchewan, watching a boy holding a gopher on a piece of string, taken in 1907.
World War I - Deseronto Archives
"Badly Bent": photograph of five men in uniform sitting in front of a crashed Royal Flying Corps aircraft with a shamrock symbol on the side...Part of an album of Royal Flying Corps photographs which belonged t... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-09
"Group at N'hampton, Feby '08"..Man and three women underneath a tree on a winter's day. Photograph taken in Northampton, Massachusetts, February 1908.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Group photograph of "Group 33, School of Aeronautics, Royal Air Force, May 21st 1918". Part of a collection of materials relating to John Robert Almey (1895-1989), who was part of this group...This item was loa... More
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
Group of men in uniform standing around a crashed aircraft next to a hangar...Part of an album of Royal Flying Corps photographs which belonged to the Hobbs family...[Oshawa Community Museum & Archives referenc... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Nightingale T. Lawson .Two men sitting on the front steps of the house in HMR1-09-49 ( deserontoarchives/3805310037/in/set-72157621912654660/ ) .
Guy Burton and Marjorie Braithwaite
Guy Burton and Marjorie Braithwaite at Des..Marjorie Braithwaite was born in the Northwest Territories in 1889, daughter of Arthur Douglas Braithwaite (who worked for the Bank of Montreal) and his wife Marjorie... More
Public school - Deseronto Archive Photos
Family portrait of Manly Ostrander (1874-1943), his wife Mary Ann (née Gill, 1879-1928) and two of their children, possibly Rosa (1899-1916) and Myrtle (1903-1925)...Manly was the Principal of Deseronto Public ... More
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
Group of men in a dormitory space with metal beds, their mattresses rolled up...Part of an album of Royal Flying Corps photographs which belonged to the Hobbs family...[Oshawa Community Museum & Archives refere... More
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
Photograph of John Robert (Bob) Almey (1895-1989) in his flying uniform, sitting in the rear seat of a Curtiss JN-4 aircraft at Camp Mohawk in 1918. Almey joined the Royal Air Force in 1918 and was in the last ... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photographic portrait of a man, taken at the Gray Bros. studio, Watertown, New York. The name written next to this photograph in the album is "Joe Goukins [Gonkins?], Watertown, N. Y."..This is one of a set of ... More
HMR2-09-08 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph
"Mother, Mrs Gaylord & Mr Bourne - Feby '08"..Two women and a man, standing beneath a tree [possibly in Northampton, Massachusetts], taken in February 1908. 'Mother' is Bunella Rathbun [born Bunella McMurrich, ... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Burriss lumber Coy team"..Man on cart behind two horses belonging to the Burriss Lumber Company. Location uncertain, but may be Burriss, Ontario (north of the Canadian Northern Railway at La Vallée). Photograp... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photograph of William Purvis (on right) and a colleague, standing next to the Deseronto Utilities Commission vehicle beside the pump house by the waterfront in Deseronto, Ontario...Photograph loaned for scannin... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR1-09-71
"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 - HMR2-09-59a
"Groups 'Fly Island' Montreal River"..Two men sitting beneath a tree with their heads wrapped in cloth (presumably to protect them from biting flies)...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", Ma... More
Bismark ('Mark') Leroy Detlor, his wife, Winnifred and their son, Will...
Tinted photograph of Bismark ('Mark') Leroy Detlor, his wife, Winnifred and their son, William Kenneth Detlor. The woman on the left is believed to be Laura Blake (sister of Winnifred, née Moore). The family ar... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-79a
"Crossing ferry to high shore"..Group of people and a vehicle on a horse-powered ferry (probably to Prince Edward County, Ontario).
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-20
"Miss Johnston, McLeod, Marjorie & Arthur Craig on Tug, July"..Photograph of three women and a man on a boat, taken July 1908. Water-damage has affected the clarity of the image...The census records show a Toro... More
Betty Caldwell - Deseronto Archive Photos
“J. Gzowski, B. Caldwell, M. Braithwaite, Adrian Apl 11/09”..John Gzowski, Betty Caldwell, M. [possibly Marjorie?] Braithwaite, Adrian Rathbun. One of a series of photographs taken on the veranda of the Rathbun... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, John M. Brigham studios
Portrait of a man, woman and baby, taken in the studio of J. M. Brigham, Plainwell, Michigan. The caption next to this photograph in the album reads "Libbie & Henry Hawely & Bernice"...This is one of a set ( de... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Henry Helliwell & trap"..Man with horse and trap in front of a church building. Location unknown (possibly Edmonton?), 1907.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, taken in the Surrey studio, Watertown, New York. The caption to the left of this photograph in the album read Bill Charnside, Watertown, N. Y....This is one of a set ( dese... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR1-06-78
"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 nu... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Nightingale & T. Lawson"..Two men sitting on the front steps of the house in HMR1-09-49 ( deserontoarchives/3805310037/in/set-72157621912654660/ ) .
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Two men holding a large propeller in front of a brick building. The caption reads "Corey & Adams"..Part of an album of Royal Flying Corps photographs which belonged to the Hobbs family.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photograph of a group of men and boys, three in clerical robes, in front of the south wall of Christ Church, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario...The man on the far left is the Rector of Christ Church, Herbert Pringle.
HMR2-09-60a - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph
"Gow Ganda & our camp there"..Tent with two men in front of it and clothes hanging on a line...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
"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.
World War I - Deseronto Archive Photos
Photograph of unidentified man sitting in the rear seat of a Curtiss JN-4 aircraft, Probably taken at Camp Mohawk near Deseronto, Ontario, in 1918. Part of a collection of materials relating to John Robert Alme... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-79b
"Crossing ferry to high shore"..Group of people and a vehicle on a horse-powered ferry (probably to Prince Edward County, Ontario).
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photographic portrait of a man, taken in the studio of J. S. Hulett, Napanee, Ontario. The caption in the album next to this photograph reads Irvine Smith ...This is one of a set of photographs found in a photo... More
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"C. H. McCool"..Two men standing on the tramway at the Burriss mill. Location uncertain, but may be Burriss, Ontario (north of the Canadian Northern Railway at La Vallée). Photograph taken in 1907.
Betty Caldwell - HMR2-09-49b - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ph...
"Adrian & Betty Caldwell Apl 11/09"..The photographer's brother, Adrian Rathbun and Betty Caldwell. One of a series of photographs taken on the veranda of the Rathbun house in Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario, o... More
Gowganda - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-56
"Long Portage (1 2/3 miles) into Stillwater Lake"..Man heavily laden with camping equipment in woodland...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909. The lake is presumably s... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-86
"Mother, Adrian and Betty, Thompson's Point Picnic"..Two women and a man 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 Archive Photos, Ontario
Photographic ortrait of Lucinda Hill wiith her children (from left): Susan, Elizabeth and James, and her grand-daughter, Elsie (Elizabeth's daughter). Lucinda was born on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in arou... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-10-91c
"A. Winsor"..Man standing in front of a car. Photograph taken c.1914.
Gowganda - Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-58b
"Montreal River Views East Branch"..Man cooking over a woodburning stove on the banks of a river, with a canoe in the background...One of a set of photographs from a trip to "Gow Ganda", May 19 - June 28, 1909.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photograph of a young man standing next to a chair, taken at the Hulett studio in Napanee, Ontario. The name Fred Smith has been written on the back of the photograph...This is one of a set of photographs found... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Crashed aircraft, number C245, with three uniformed men standing in front of it, labelled Crash at Mohawk. Camp Mohawk was one of the World War I Royal Flying Corps pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario.... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR1-06-77
"Loading Reliance"..Men and boys loading lumber onto the steam freighter Reliance at the waterfront in Deseronto, Ontario. This vessel was built by the Rathbun Company in 1881. It is also visible in the postcar... More
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada - HMR2-09-67
"Mrs March, Gladys G, Mr Freer & Shirley at Duck Lodge"
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"C.N.R. Coal unloading plant"..Taken in Port Arthur, Ontario, in 1907.
Canadian photographs from U.S. National archives, 1990s
"Harry & H.M.R. at C.N.R. Elevator"..Photograph of Harry Jones and Harold McMurrich Rathbun at a Canadian Northern Railway elevator. The photograph is one of a set taken on a trip across the prairies, immediate... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photograph of George Lyman Cole (born 1904) next to a car outside 94 Fourth Street, Deseronto, Ontario, the home of the Covert family...Photograph loaned for scanning by Bev Boomhour, George's daughter, December 2010.
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photograph of Vern Boomhour and Bev (née Cole) on their wedding day, July 28th, 1956. They married at the United Church in Deseronto, Ontario. The vintage car in the photograph belonged to Harry Sweetenham...Lo... More
HMR2-09-77 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph
"Winifred Heron and Sydney Fellowes"..Photograph taken in the garden of the Rathbun family's house in Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario. Winifred Heron was born on 24 September 1885 in Carleton County, Ontario. S... More
Deseronto Archive Photos, Ontario
Photograph taken outside Deseronto High School in 1953. Left to right: Bev Cole (later Boomhour), Paula Akey, Ken Scovell, Jean Armitage, Donna Cole...Loaned to the Archives for scanning by Bev Boomhour, November 2014.