Fonds 1983-284 - W. G. MacLaughlan collection

Original Digitized Content not accessible

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

W. G. MacLaughlan collection

General material designation

    Parallel title

    Other title information

    Title statements of responsibility

    Title notes

    Level of description

    Fonds

    Reference code

    1983-284

    Edition area

    Edition statement

    Edition statement of responsibility

    Class of material specific details area

    Statement of scale (cartographic)

    Statement of projection (cartographic)

    Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

    Statement of scale (architectural)

    Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

    Dates of creation area

    Date(s)

    • ca. 1914- ca. 1922 (Creation)
      Creator
      MacLaughlan, W.G., 1871-1935

    Physical description area

    Physical description

    153 photographs: 30 panoramas and 2 small albums, sepia tone and b&w; 25 x 135 cm and smaller.

    Publisher's series area

    Title proper of publisher's series

    Parallel titles of publisher's series

    Other title information of publisher's series

    Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

    Numbering within publisher's series

    Note on publisher's series

    Archival description area

    Name of creator

    (1871-1935)

    Biographical history

    Walter G. MacLaughlan, professional photographer, was born on 9 August 1871 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. After finishing school he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, United States where he opened his first photographic studio and married Ella Jane Murray of Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada. He subsequently moved to Pugwash and opened a photographic studio there in 1895. He travelled west circa 1908 and opened a photographic studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, but returned to Halifax in 1914, just prior to World War I, to open a studio at 237 Barrington Street. MacLaughlan was appointed the official military photographer of the City of Halifax and he also began making motion pictures. He appears to have worked for both British-Canadian Pathe News and International Newsreel until late 1922. He was subsequently employed by Fox Films from 1923 to 1926. In 1926 he and his wife moved to Florida for health reasons where he continued to work part-time in still photography until his death on 9 May 1935.

    Custodial history

    The panoramas were purchased or donated to NS Archives from various persons in multiple accessions over three decades, from 1983 to 2007. The two small albums were donated by the children of Bill and Audrey Allison in 2014.

    Scope and content

    Collection consists of photographs, including panoramas, of Nova Scotia soldiers in World War I and scenes of the city of Halifax immediately after the Halifax Explosion on December 6, 1917. The images include wide angle views of the North End of the city, the shipyard or ‘graving yard’, and 5x7 images in 2 small albums of individual homes (some with people in doorways), stores, warehouse and a church. The photographs in the albums bear MacLaughlan’s name and a sequential number. Some also have the name of the property owner and street name written in pencil. The fonds also includes large group portraits, mostly of soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force for World War I. Most soldiers are identified by name.

    Notes area

    Physical condition

    Album front covers are missing, photographs warped, some have stains.

    8 panoramas are tightly rolled, torn at ends.

    Immediate source of acquisition

    Arrangement

    Collection assembled by Nova Scotia Archives.

    Language of material

      Script of material

        Location of originals

        Availability of other formats

        Restrictions on access

        To prevent damage, the 8 tightly rolled panoramas are not accessible.

        Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

        Associated materials

        Additional MacLaughlan photographs can be found in the Harold Medjuck Collection, 1979-199 at 32.4.7.

        A microfilmed copy of the scrapbook compiled by Bertha MacLaughlan is available Nova Scotia Archives microfilm 10886.

        Related materials

        Accruals

        Physical description

        Albums: 123 photographs: sepia toned with canvas backing; 13 x 18 cm.

        Alternative identifier(s)

        Graphic Material

        1988-034, 2004-014, 2007-003, 2007-063 and 2014-031

        Standard number

        Standard number

        Access points

        Subject access points

        Place access points

        Name access points

        Genre access points

        Control area

        Digitized Content (External URI) rights area

        Digitized Content (Reference) rights area

        Digitized Content (Thumbnail) rights area

        Accession area