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of the Connon business was portraiture and there are many portraits
in the Connon collection.
The vast majority of the surviving Connon portraits are either
lantern slides or glass plate negatives like the one to the left
below. There are also a handful of tintypes in the collection.
The photograph of two women below right is one example. |
![Photo: Portrait of John McLean, [between 1860 and 1920]](pics/11632_port_john_mclean_270.jpg)
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Portrait of John McLean, [between 1860 and 1920]
Thomas or John R. Connon
Glass plate negative
Connon family fonds
Reference Code: C 286-1-0-11-16
Archives of Ontario, I0011632 |
![Photo: Portrait of two women, [between 1860 and 1899]](pics/11671_oval_portrait_270.jpg)
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Portrait of two women, [between 1860 and 1899]
Thomas or John R. Connon
Tintype
Connon family fonds
Reference Code: C 286-5-0-8
Archives of Ontario, I0011671 |
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There are 80 images
from glass plate negatives in the Connon collection available
for viewing in the Archives
Visual Database. A couple of excellent examples are
included immediately below, followed by a slide show of a number
of other selections.
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![Photo: Portrait of an Aboriginal man, [between 1860 and 1929]](pics/11636_port_aborig_man_270.jpg)
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Portrait of an Aboriginal man, [between 1860 and 1929]
Thomas or John R. Connon
Glass plate negative
Connon family fonds
Reference Code: C 286-1-0-11-23
Archives of Ontario, I0011636 |
![Photo: Portrait of a young couple, [between 1860 and 1910]](pics/11638_port_of_couple_270.jpg)
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Portrait of a young couple, [between 1860 and 1910]
Thomas Connon
Glass plate negative
Connon family fonds
Reference Code: C 286-1-0-11-26
Archives of Ontario, I0011638
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Use the navigation links below to view the slides.
Note: This slide show uses javascript.
If your browser does not support javascript, you can
view the html version of the images used in the slide
show by clicking
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Lantern slides were also becoming popular at the time and there
are nearly 90 of them in the Connon collection, many of them
portraits.
They would be projected using a lantern projector, or "magic
lantern" like the one in the image to the right.
John also experimented with hand tinting the slides as seen
in the one portrait below and elsewhere in this exhibit.
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![Photo: Portrait of elderly man, [between 1860 and 1929]](pics/11585_port_elderly_man_270.jpg)
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Portrait of elderly man, [between 1860 and 1929]
Thomas or John R. Connon
Lantern Slide
Reference Code: C 286-3-0-11
Archives of Ontario, I0011585 |
![Photo: Hand-coloured portrait of man wearing a stripped jacket, [between 1860 and 1929]](pics/11583_port_hand_tint_270.jpg)
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Hand-coloured portrait of man wearing a
striped jacket, [between 1860 and 1929]
Thomas or John R. Connon
Lantern Slide
Reference Code: C 286-3-0-11
Archives of Ontario, I0011583 |
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To see more lantern slides, enjoy the
slide show below.
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Use the navigation links below to view the slides.
Note: This slide show uses javascript.
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view the html version of the images used in the slide
show by clicking
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