Print, Photographic
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| Nom de l'objet : | Print, Photographic |
| Médium : | photographic paper, ink |
| Numéro d'accession : | BR2012.2.85 |
| Date de début de production : | 1990 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1990 |
| Description : | A colour photograph of Barbara Larson and Dora Caro standing in front of a black, glass tinted bus. Barbara (left) is wearing multi-coloured pants, green shirt and black purse. She is standing next to Dora, who is wearing turquoise pants and a pink shirt. Dora has a long scarf draped over her proper left shoulder. The white leg and cushioned seat of a chair is visible in the bottom, proper right corner of the photograph. Handwritten on the back: "Florida 1990". |
| Fonctions : | This photograph was taken on a trip to Florida in 1990. Items donated by Barbara Sayers Larson. Barbara Larson is the daughter of Annie Harris (1882-1986) and Beverly Sayers (1883-1976) and granddaughter of Arthur (1843-1932) and Mary (1859-1954) Harris. Barbara was born January 27, 1920 and was the youngest of three children. Barbara and her siblings, Geoffrey Sayers (1907-1997) and Dora Sayers Caro (1915-2004) donated Benares to the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1969 after inheriting it from their aunt, Naomi Harris (1883-1968). Many of the items donated by Barbara originally belonged to her mother or Aunt Naomi and came from Benares. Barbara lived in a log cabin originally given to her mother by her grandparents at 1723 Birchwood Drive. She still maintains a close tie with Benares and is now living in Kelowna, British Columbia, with her daughter. Dora Sayers Caro (1915-2004) was born in Clarkson in 1915, to Beverly and Annie Sayers (n‚e Harris). Dora lived close to Benares in a number of homes, including Skidoo, The Pines, and later The Log Bungalow. During World War I, Dora lived at Benares with her mother and brother while her father was overseas as an officer. Dora first started acting at age 10, appearing in school plays, and later in local stage productions in Mississauga and Oakville. To gain experience, she found work at the University of Toronto's Hart House Theatre, working with children's theatre productions. In 1936, at the age of 21, Dora moved to New York and found work with the touring company of What Every Woman Knows. Dora's first big break came a year after arriving in New York, in 1937's Stage Door. She later appeared in the long-running Broadway production of My Fair Lady. The pinnacle came in 1941, when Dora was chosen to be the understudy for the legendary Katherine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story. The Tony award winning playwright, Moss Hart, took one of his shows to the American-occupied Pacific islands during World War II, to entertain the troops. Dora joined his cast for The Man Who Came To Dinner. Dora also helped form the United Services Organization in 1941. The USO provided health and recreational facilities for soldiers and administered church services, but was best known for the travelling vaudeville reviews that entertained Allied troops in Europe and the Pacific during WWII. Dora married actor Ralph Forbes (pronounced RAYF) in 1946. Forbes appeared in over 70 movies from 1921 to 1944. He and Dora met in 1942 during the stage production of No‰l Coward's Private Lives. Ralph died 5 years after he and Dora married in 1951. Dora later married Jim Caro in 1954 and retired from the stage. Jim and Dora were avid equestrians. They also enjoyed breeding and showing thoroughbred dogs. Dora and Jim lived in France and the Bahamas before settling in the United States. She lived in McLean, Virginia - near Washington D.C. - until her death in 2004. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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