Print, Photographic
Ireland House at Oakridge Farm
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| Object Name: | Print, Photographic |
| Classification: | Archival |
| Category: | Documentary Artifact |
| Discipline: | Local History |
| Accession Number: | 989.1.68a |
| Museum Collection: | Ireland House Museum |
| Absolute Date: | 1917 |
| Description: | A black and white photograph of George Ireland, taken shortly after his engagement to Lucy Davis Springer. He is wearing a dark suit and is standing in a studio. He is holding a hat in his proper right hand. His proper left hand is resting on the back of a chair. A side table is visible behind his proper right side. The photograph is mounted on thick black mat board. Above and below the photograph are decorative scroll designs, barely visible. In the bottom right corner, there is a studio mark, reading _Morrow, Hamilton_. |
| History of Use: | George Ireland was born on 17 March 1885 and was the 10th child of 12 born to John and Eliza Ireland. After his father's death in 1904, George bought Oakridge farm from his siblings who were still living at home. He was a farmer, businessman and a member of the Holstein Breeders' Association. In 1917, George took over the farm. That same year he married Lucy Davis Springer, the youngest of 14 children born to David Springer and Elizabeth Ghent, who lived nearby on Dundas Street. George and Lucy had one child, Lucie Marie, born in 1923. During the 1960s, George retired from farming. Before his death, portions of the farm had gradually been sold. M.M. Robinson High School and the Halton Board of Education are approximate locations of where the farm fields were. The remaining acreage was sold for housing developments. George kept the house and about four acres of the remaining land. George passed away on 16 April 1972, leaving the farmhouse and property to his only child, Marie. |
| Unit-Linear: | CM |
| Image Height: | 25 x 12 cm |
| Subject/Image: | George Ireland |
| Events, Places, People: | Hamilton, Ontario George Naisbitt Ireland |
| Department: | PHOTOS |
| Institution: | Ireland House at Oakridge Farm |
| Institution City: | Burlington |
| Institution Province: | Ontario |
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