Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Portrait of man in suit with long moustache
General material designation
- Graphic material
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Repository
Reference code
2008.001.162
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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ca. 1890 (Creation)
- Creator
- Palace R.R. Photograph Car Co.
Physical description area
Physical description
1 photograph: 10.5 x 6.3
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Biographical history
Palace R.R. Photograph Car Co. was a photography studio located in a railroad car. Whenever the train stopped, residents of the area were invited to pay to have their photographs taken. It travelled through the Eastern part of Canada from the late nineteenth and into the early twentieth century.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Item is a white cabinet card with photograph of a man in a plain suit with wide tie and tie clip visible. Man has a long, neat moustache. On verso, elaborate engraving of a rail car with the text "Photographed BY THE/ PALACE R.R. PHOTOGRAPH CAR CO." Text in image at bottom left, "FLEWWELLINGS[RYDYW?]".
Notes area
Physical condition
Good. Some yellowing of image and foxing.
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Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
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Name access points
- Shields, Lorne (Subject)
- Palace R.R. Photograph Car Co. (Subject)