W. Arnott & Betty Stevens Small Album

Contact Me Top Page 1 Visual IndexBack Home Up Next

<<<<<<< See also the links to other pages of mine (in the left margin near the top of the page. )

Ad placed by my sponsor >>>>

  

 

  Macgregor
McKay
Arnott
Stevens
Sue, Dave & Emma
Neil
My Schools

Brechin
W. Arnott & Betty Stevens Small Album
W A Stevens Large Album
A H Stevens
Rob Stevens
St Catharines

New Year's Day, 1913

These photos are from the small photo album which belonged to William Arnott Stevens and his wife (from 1918 onwards) Betty Stevens.

Born Bertha May Gardner in Essex, Ontario August 23, 1891. Betty died June 25, 1966 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The album is now (2007 August) owned by Estelle Stevens. William Arnott Stevens lived from 1888 to 1961.

The scenes are about 1912 -1927. The early part MAY be in the Essex area (the part of Ontario nearest Detroit), and the later part, mainly in St. Catharines (near Niagara Falls) after she married William Arnott Stevens in 1918. The photographs are NOT in chronological order, nor are they always grouped by subject, but they ARE shown here in the order in which they were pasted into the album.

Luckily there is some duplication between this small album and William Arnott Stevens' larger album (c.1912 and onwards) as people, places and dates are sometimes mentioned. 

If ANYONE can identify people, places, dates etc. I would LOVE to hear from you! Colin Stevens  seaforth72 (at) gmail.com Please refer to the photo number. 

SORRY - THERE ARE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS!  Some of these following thumbnail images refuse to enlarge. I have no idea why as I have used exactly the same procedure many times before with success. I have reloaded them, with the same effect. 

ORIGINAL CAPTIONS ARE SHOWN IN QUOTATION MARKS.

01_Ice_swimmers_jpg.jpg (82991 bytes) 02_Four_females_jpgjpg.jpg (66148 bytes) 03_Man_and_3_females_jpg.jpg (60199 bytes)
01 - A Polar Bear swim - A hole cut in the ice.  02 -  03 - The man MAY be Eric Gardner. (re: Estelle Stevens)
04_Four_ladies_jpg.jpg (52377 bytes) 05_Four_ladies_sitting_on_ground_jpg.jpg (59882 bytes) 06_Man_and_woman_seated_on_steps_jpg.jpg (51944 bytes)
04 -  05 -  06 - 
07_Conoe_prow_on_water_jpg.jpg (73038 bytes) 08_Picnic_table_group_jpg.jpg (97474 bytes) 09_Woman_and_man_white_hats_jpg.jpg (67190 bytes)
07 -  08 -  09 - 
10_Group_on_curved_stone_balcony_jpg.jpg (80444 bytes) 11_Young_woman_from_rt_rear_jpg.jpg (48515 bytes) 12_Two_young_men_in_motorboat_jpg.jpg (59818 bytes)
10 - Group of people on a stone balcony.  11 - "Biddy" (Bertha May Gardner, the future Mrs. W. A. Stevens) 12- Two men in bow of a power boat. The engine is between the men and the photographer.
13_Beach_scene_young_man_three_young_ladies_jpg.jpg (87176 bytes) 14_Beach_scene_on_jands_and_knees_jpg.jpg (89685 bytes) 15_Five_ladies_and_cat_on_porch_steps_jpg.jpg (61207 bytes)
13 - Horsing around on a beach.  14 - Group on beach.  15 - New Year's Day, 1913 (re: William Arnott Stevens' album)
16_Group_outside_porch_jpg.jpg (44013 bytes) 17_Camp_1914_Pt_Maitalnd_maybe_Laundry_on_line_jpg.jpg (56420 bytes) 18_Group_of_six_outside_jpg.jpg (47643 bytes)
16 - "Entertaining South Africa 1912" (re: William Arnott Stevens' album) 17 - "Camp, 1914"  Double clothesline, probably at Port Maitland, Ontario. (re: William Arnott Stevens' album) 18 - "Entertaining South Africa 1912" (re: William Arnott Stevens' large album)
19_Pt_D_Tennis_Club_jpg.jpg (53751 bytes) 20_Tennis_player_lady_sad_jpg.jpg (40186 bytes) 21_Young_lady_sitting_on_steps_with_dog_jpg.jpg (65986 bytes)
19 - "Pt D Tennis Club" (Re: William Arnott Stevens' large photo album) Pt D would be Port Dalhousie, just North of St. Catharines, on Lake Ontario. 20 - " ____________ " (caption from other album) apparently having just lost a tennis match! 21 - Young lady on steps of a house, with dog on her lap.
22_Man_bowler_hat_woman_big_hat_jpg.jpg (82687 bytes) 23_Two_men_standing_in_snow_jpg.jpg (58457 bytes) 24_Young_lady_white_dress_dark_scarf_jpg.jpg (62771 bytes)
22 - 23 -  24 - 
25_Two_ladies_one_behind_other_jpg.jpg (46252 bytes) 26_Young_man_standing_boat_behind_jpg.jpg (55974 bytes) 27_Man_three_ladies_bird_hat_jpg.jpg (56118 bytes)
25 - Two ladies, one hiding behind the other. 26 - Young man standing on a railing (of a ship?) with a lake steamer (?) in the back ground. 27 - 
28_Woman_and_man_white_collar_jpg.jpg (50633 bytes) 29_Girl_in_dark_dress_bow_in_hair_jpg.jpg (56990 bytes) 30_Four_ladies_in_white_jpg.jpg (43336 bytes)
28 -  "Entertaining South Africa 1912" (re: William Arnott Stevens' large album) 29 -  30 - 
31_Group_of_10_outside_jpg.jpg (48578 bytes) 32_Man_on_steps_of_house_jpg.jpg (57308 bytes) 33_Three_ladies_two_men_on_dock_jpg.jpg (81675 bytes)
31 -  "Entertaining South Africa 1912" (re: William Arnott Stevens' large album) 32 -  33 - 
34_Two_ladies_two_men_on_boat_jpg.jpg (76600 bytes) 35_Three_ladies_with_dog_on_chair_jpg.jpg (108483 bytes) 36_Two_men_three_women_fallen_tree_jpg.jpg (110726 bytes)
34 -  35 -  36 - 
37_Two_ladies_one_drinking_from_bucket_jpg.jpg (92870 bytes) 38_Young_lady_reading_book_jpg.jpg (62183 bytes)
37 -  38 -  39 - 
40_Man_three_ladies_fallen_tree_bucket_jpg.jpg (105773 bytes) 41_Two_men_three_women_group_jpg.jpg (94325 bytes) 42_Three_young_ladies_jpg.jpg (56240 bytes)
40 -  41 - 42 - 

More to come - much more!

 
bulletSt. Catharines Rowing and Canoe Club
bulletHenley Regatta
bulletCNE and airplane flying about 1910
bullet19th St. Catharines Regiment before WWI
bullet19th Lincoln Regiment during WWI, including the Welland canal Force Section No. 1 
bulletSummer camps and cottages 

 

Visited this page since its creation: 2003-01-17: Hit Counter

 
Copyright © Colin Stevens Updated: June 08, 2008
[ Back ] [ Home ] [ Up ] [ Next ]
Hosted by: Pacific Data Capture