Collection F2037 - Hermann Balesic Photograph collection

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Hermann Balesic Photograph collection

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  • [ca. 1870]-[189-?] (Creation)
    Creator
    Wallis, James D.
  • [ca. 1870]-[189-?] (Creation)
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    Spohn, John C.
  • [ca. 1870]-[189-?] (Creation)
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    Abbott, John J.
  • [ca. 1870]-[189-?] (Creation)
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    Sheldon & Davis

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28 photographs : b&w

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(1863-1904)

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Sheldon & Davis was a photography studio based in Kingston, Ontario. Henry Sheldon, who has been working earlier as a daguerreotypist, took on Richard Davis as his associate in 1863. After Sheldon's death in 1877, Davis continued using the name until circa 1904.

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The collection consists of a number of tintypes and other photographs collected by Herman Balesic over the years. The hand-tinted tintype portraits were mainly taken by J.D. Wallis, melainotype artist, who had an office on Market Square in Kingston, Ontario. The other portraits are examples of the work of other local photographers such as Spohn, Bell, Abbott and Sheldon and Davis.

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Good

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Pamela Noxon, Chair of Archives Committee, Prince Edward County Archives, 02 November 2000

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  • English

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V100.17 SE

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Open

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  • Shelf: V100.17 SE