File 56 - Forbes family and friends.

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Forbes family and friends.

Level of description

File

Reference code

SCA388-GA453-3-56

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • July 6, 1951-December 20, 1982 (Authorship)
  • 1917-[198-?] (Photography)

Physical description area

Physical description

68 photographs : b&w, some col., ; 28 x 22 cm or smaller
12 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
5 photographs : b&w negatives ; 15 x 9 cm

Archival description area

Name of creator

(1924-2013)

Biographical history

Millicent Elizabeth "Betty" Forbes was born in Hespeler, Ontario on July 10, 1924 alongside her twin sister, Peg, to parents Millicent Lyall and George Alexander Forbes. Betty grew up at the Forbes family estate, Hillhead, in Hespeler and attended Bishop ... »

Scope and content

Photographs of the Forbes family and their friends including Mary Evelyn "Effie" Buck (nee Agnew), Millicent Lyall Forbes, George Alexander Forbes, Betty Forbes, Peg Forbes, Phyllis Agnew Buck, Isabelle Alexandra Burt (nee Buck), Florence Mary Louise ... »

Notes area

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Janet Land in 2019.

Language of material

  • English

Signatures note

Almost all the photographs contain inscriptions on the verso.

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Described by SGL December 2020.
Revised by NM in January 2021.

Language of description

  • English

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