Portrait of a 1 1/2 year old child c1889
Toronto. This cover photograph for issue 34-1 (summer, 2008) of the journal is courtesy of the late Dr Robert Wilson. The child’s portrait is taken while the baby sits precariously on a stick furniture high chair,
To describe the photograph, our late editor, Bob Lansdale writes, “This quite charming portrait, seen on our cover, is of Charles Wm. McLaughlin, aged 1 year and 5 months.
“It was taken by photographer W. J. Willits (Willetts) of Clifford, Ontario. The date would be about 1888-1890 when stick furniture was in style spurred on by the vogue of vacationing in the wilds of Ontario.
“Photographer Willits may have chosen to create this high chair for his young clients since he is also listed on the verso of his CDV as a “Barber” – so it must be a junior barber chair!”
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