File 269 - Preston, Canada.

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Preston, Canada.

General material designation

  • Graphic material

Level of description

File

Reference code

SCA118-GA91-8-269

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Physical description area

Physical description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 21 cm

Archival description area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Schantz Family in North America is large and widespread; alternative spellings of the last name includes variations such as Tschantz, Shantz, Shonts, and Schanz. The family descended from Jacob Schanz (June 12, 1710-February 5, 1781) who emigrated to ... »

Scope and content

Photographic print of an 1857 drawing of Preston, Canada.

Notes area

Physical condition

Print is mounted on cloth backing . Creased and blue ink stains are visible throughout.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Dorothy Russell and Harold Russell in 1995.

Language of material

  • English

Availability of other formats

Scanned as TIF file September 2021.

Signatures note

Inscribed in pen, verso centre: Preston. Canada in 1857 / Showing to the right, a train on the old / G.W. Ry. Towards Blair. / 1857 / Photo must be returned

Signatures note

Inscribed in pen (stamp), verso, centre: C.E. Swaisland, / Druggist / Kitchener, Ont.

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Described in 1995.
Revised by NM in February 2019.

Language of description

  • English

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