I can provide you with information about Henry C. Tait. Arguably, some of the most important photos of people and places in late 19th century Bowmanville came from his camera. Tait operated a studio in town from 1869 until he relocated to Brooklin in 1871. After marrying there, he returned to Bowmanville in 1873 to resume his business as a photographer. The partnership he formed that year with James Arthur continued until 1877, when Arthur moved out of town. Tait carried on successfully alone until 1884 when he entered another partnership with David Morrison, Sr. In addition to offering studio portraits, the pair sold fancy goods, books, wallpaper, newspapers, clothing patterns, etc. Their partnership was dissolved in 1888. Tait's photo studio continued to thrive at its four corners location in the centre of Bowmanville. By 1898 he opened 'a branch' in Millbrook, and by 1900 he had opened another studio in Orono. Towards the end of 1903, he closed up his shop with a view to moving to Edmonton to be with family. His actual move out west happened in 1905. Henry Tait died in Edmonton during July 1929. >From: "Steph" <steph.eddy@sympatico.ca> >To: ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Photo studio's >Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 09:56:45 -0400 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [63.92.80.125] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBB29E762006FD82197A83F5C507D091D0; Mon Jul 03 07:00:02 2000 >Received: (from slist@localhost)by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id >e63DxbP16740;Mon, 3 Jul 2000 06:59:37 -0700 >From ONDURHAM-L-request@rootsweb.com Mon Jul 03 07:02:54 2000 >Resent-Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 06:59:37 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: steph.eddy@sympatico.ca Mon Jul 3 06:59:36 2000 >Message-ID: <019901bfe4f6$8c8557e0$dddfacce@default> >Old-To: <ONTARIO-L@rootsweb.com>, <ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 >Resent-Message-ID: <deBaa.A._EE.IxJY5@lists6.rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/625 >X-Loop: ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: ONDURHAM-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Does anyone have any information on the following Studio's. > >Elsworth's located at King St., Newcastle, Durham County, Ont. > >H.C Tait, H.C. Tait and Co., etc. located in Brooklyn and Bowmanville, >Durham County, Ont. > >Gamsby Photography, located in Orono, Durham County, Ontario. > >Any information would be greatly appreciated. > >Thank you > >Stephanie > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com