postcard
Ross Memorial Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | postcard |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | communication artifacts |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | documentary artifact |
| Médium : | photograph, colour |
| Support : | card |
| Numéro d'accession : | 83.2 |
| Nom de la collection : | Repatriated Ross |
| Province d'origine : | New Brunswick |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada |
| Province d'utilisation : | New Brunswick |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Date de fin de production : | 1908 |
| Période : | 1st quarter of 20th century |
| Description : | Printed postcard from a hand-tinted photograph. House on the Rossmont estate.Two trees in foreground on right and left. Chamcook mountain in background. Near Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. |
| Commentaires : | After their deaths, the Mr. and Mrs. Ross left a very generous legacy to the Saint Andrews area of the Ross Memorial Museum which holds their collection, the Ross Memorial Library, and a wing on a local hospital. They also left a large bequest to the Friends Meeting of Washington, DC. The Rosses were an American couple who bought an estate, which they called Rossmont, outside of Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, in 1902, where they spent several months of each year. The Rosses did much of their enthusiastic antique collecting prior to the First World War in the Saint Andrews area. They also went further afield to find fine early furniture (including many pieces by New Brunswick cabinetmakers of the early 19th century) in Saint John, Halifax and surroundings. Great travellers, they also collected artifacts from around the world: 1919 automobile trip from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick to California, 1921-22 Europe and North Africa; 1925 'round-the world' cruise on the Carinthia, a 1937 cruise around the Orient and another long trip through Africa in 1939. Henry Ross was an Episcopalian minister who had parishes in Taunton, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island and in Palo Alto, California from 1907-9 when he retired from active ministry. Juliette was the daughter of a wealthy New York family. Her father, Charles Finney Clark, was the president of the Bradstreet Company which became Dun and Bradstreet. in 1931, Henry and Juliette became Quakers and accepted full membership in the Friends Meeting of Washington DC. In 1938, the Rosses purchased a fine brick Georgian house in the centre of Saint Andrews to be a museum for their collection after their deaths. In 1945, Henry died. After collapsing at his funeral, Juliette died a few days later. |
| Hauteur : | 8,7 |
| Largeur : | 13,7 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | In red on front: "Rossmont (Residence of Rev. H.P. Ross. Chamcook/St. Andrews, N. B." Stamped in green on back "Published for Thos. R. Wren, St. Andrews, N.B/Published in Great Britain" "Souvenir Post Card" Handwritten on back in pencil: "Miss Eva Johnson/R. R. D #2, Presque Isle/Maine" In blue ink: "Kelly" next to Johnson (added at later date Eva Johnson married Charles Kelly) "we received /your postles [?]/today they were /a very pretty/will try and /write a few/lines Sunday/they don't seem to have/any pretty Easter [...?]/A happy Easter/Mother" In blue ink, added later :"Helene Ross" (files say that the postcard "came from Eva Kelly-Kindness of Helene Ross. Mrs. Helen Ross is now deceased" Postal stamp in black ink: ST. ANDREWS/AP 16/08/N.B." Handwritten note on back "sent to Eva Johnson who married Charles Kelly by her mother—from St. Andrews to Presque Isle, Maine". Green one cent Canadian stamp. |
| Sujet ou image : | Rossmont |
| Établissement : | Ross Memorial Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | St Andrews |
| Province de l'établissement : | New Brunswick |
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