{"id":31181,"date":"2025-04-08T01:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T05:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=31181"},"modified":"2025-04-06T19:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T23:38:26","slug":"searching-for-a-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/searching-for-a-house\/","title":{"rendered":"searching for a house"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photographic Canadiana issue 23-1 cover shot<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. The cover shot on issue 23-1 features a horse and coach caught by a daguerreotype camera. An article inside titled, “A SEARCH FOR THE ALBION HOUSE” by the late Graham Garrett explains the reason for the cover shot.<\/p>\n

Graham’s article begins, “Several years ago I was sent a 35mm slide of a\u00a0daguerreotype, ca. 1853-54, by Matthew Isenburg of\u00a0Connecticut, leading me to do some research on the\u00a0locale of the image. I believe it was taken in Upper\u00a0Canada and I\u2019m asking [1997] readers for any input they might have on the subject and\/or origin.<\/p>\n

The double-plate format depicts a stagecoach (see cover) drawn by two gray\u00a0horses standing on a dirt street with part of a wooden\u00a0sidewalk noticeable in the background. In addition to a\u00a0uniformed driver, the stage has the words \u2018Albion\u00a0<\/i>House\u2019 <\/i>neatly painted above its door, (probably in gold paint), and the numerals \u2018272\u2019<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“One of the buildings in\u00a0the background is constructed of white clapboard with\u00a0a sign bearing the words \u2018Variety Store\u2019 <\/i>and a young\u00a0person exiting the doorway. Another sign discovered on\u00a0the side of the store is unreadable.<\/p>\n

“It should be noted that the word \u2018Albion\u2019 <\/i>(an\u00a0ancient name for Britain) was used for a variety of\u00a0goods and services in British North America for almost\u00a0a century, particularly hotels, houses and inns. The\u00a0most well-known of these establishments was located\u00a0in Cobourg, U.C. and was documented in \u2018Pioneer Inns\u00a0<\/a><\/i>and Taverns<\/a>\u2019<\/i>, (Tor., 1954-56), by Edwin C. Guillet,\u00a0(see ill.).<\/p>\n

“It should be pointed out that although newspapers carried ads for \u2018Albion Hotels\u2019<\/i>, the word\u00a0\u2018House\u2019 <\/i>seemed interchangeable in editorials. I have\u00a0compiled a large amount of data relating to places of\u00a0accommodation in U.C. using the word Albion and I have\u00a0listed those few that were in operation close to the\u00a0above circa date.” …<\/p>\n

Mr Garrett’s report of his research continues. Members are able to see all of Graham’s illustrated article in the pdf file for volume 23 (including 23-1 with the article) You can join by following MEMBERSHIP above or Membership at right. Email any questions to Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. The cover shot on issue 23-1 features a horse and coach caught by a daguerreotype camera. An article inside titled, “A SEARCH FOR THE ALBION HOUSE” by the late Graham Garrett explains the reason for the cover shot. Graham’s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[4719,2017,4718,4717,2288,31,2913],"class_list":["post-31181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-albion","tag-article","tag-carriage","tag-coburg","tag-cover","tag-daguerreotype","tag-horse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31186,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31181\/revisions\/31186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}