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undated, ca. 1930-1959 (Creation)
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- Evans, J. E., 1877-1958
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Physical description
approx. 1,479 envelopes : 10,767 b&w negatives
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John E. Evans was a postcard distributer and photographer (c1913-1954) and working from Port Rowan and Walsingham. In his business he went by J.E. Evans and also worked from 1935 to 1939 in joint venture as Evans & Bowman but ended in bankruptcy. His initial business was distributing lithograph postcards he had printed in Germany and continued this practice post World War 1 (mostly printed 1922-1935). He began taking photographs of communities or interesting sites so could produce photographic postcards and distribute for sale in those communities. He restarted the postcard business in 1941. He produced images of Ontario and other provinces.
John was born on September 1, 1877 in Cayuga, Haldimand County to John E. Evans and Sarah Michener. He resided for over 50 years in Walsingham, Norfolk County and retired in July 1954. He died on September 4, 1958. An employee, William "Duke" Vela, purchased the business and continued to run until his retirement in 1975.
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Scope and content
This fonds consists of J.E. Evans work as photographer when taking images across Ontario and using them to produce postcard views. The photographic negatives are for communities or geographic features within counties and districts across Ontario. There is more extensive coverage for Eastern and Northern areas of Ontario. Evans focused his photography on small towns and villages, beaches, camp grounds, lakes and rivers. There is some postcards for a small number of the negatives within the fonds or for which no negatives exist.
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Donated by Edward Phelps in 2004.
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Some negatives are restricted due to their deteriorated or damaged condition.
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Associated materials
- Glenbow Western Research Centre holds 100 negatives for photo postcard images of Alberta communities. Also many archives have original postcards for the images taken by Evans and distributed.
- In addition Western Archives and Special Collections holds 74 postcards produced by Evans or Evans & Bowman within our Ontario Postcard Collection, ranging from Balmoral to Wiarton.
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General note
Textual materal (mainly postcards) transferred to separate boxes to segregate from the negatives.
Conservation
Some negatives or prints are in poor condition.