Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Glass plate negative collection.
Level of description
Collection
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Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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ca. 1900 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
21 glass plate negatives : b&w ; 22 x 17 cm or smaller
Archival description area
Scope and content
Collection consists of 21 glass plate negatives showing people and buildings around the former town of Newbridge, Ontario.
Notes area
Physical condition
Negatives are beginning to flake and should be handled with care. Some negatives have chips and one is broken into two pieces. Whenever possible a digital surrogate should be used.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated in 2023 by Kelly Daly.
Availability of other formats
Scanned as TIF files 2024.
Available online as part of the Glass plate negative collection on the Waterloo Digital Library.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Public Domain
General note
Newbridge, Ontario is a ghost town in southern Ontario that was inhabited from the mid-1800s until the early 1900s. The town was established in 1854 as Spencetown on a 500-acre plot of land purchased by William Spence, John Higgins and James Kerr. It was ... »
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created by JB 2023.
Revised by DR April 2024.
Sources
- Newbridge - Ghosttowns.com
- Brown, Ron. "Newbridge." Ontario’s Ghost Town Heritage, Stagecoach, Langley, BC, 1978, pp. 114–115.
- Brown, Ron. "Newbridge." Ontario’s Ghost Town Heritage, Boston Mills Press, Erin, ON, 2007, p. 83.