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Millie Gamble fonds
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Fonds
Reference code
CA PCA Acc2667
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Copied 1973 (Reproduction)
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1905-ca. 1920 (Creation)
- Creator
- Gamble, Millie
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Physical description
163 photographs
148 glass plate negatives
15 copy negatives
148 glass plate negatives
15 copy negatives
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Name of creator
Gamble, Millie
(1887-1986)
Biographical history
Millie Robertson Gamble was born 17 January 1887 in Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island to Jane (Nelder) and Thomas Gamble. The family, including Millie's sisters Helena (1885-1972) and Mabel (1889-1905), moved to Tryon prior to 1891. Millie received her teacher's license from Prince of Wales College and taught at Tryon School for several years. During the summer of 1904, while visiting her uncle in Truro, Nova Scotia, Millie was given her first camera, a Ray No. 1, manufactured by the Ray Camera Company of Rochester, New York. Millie Gamble went to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1919 to study nursing and graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital in 1922. She returned to Tryon and worked in the nursing field until her retirement in 1949. Millie was actively involved in her community through her membership in the Tryon United Baptist Church, Women's Missionary Society and the Tryon Women's Institute. In her later years, Millie lived with her niece, Mrs. Adelaide (Ives) Wood. Millie died at the Westwood Manor on 13 February 1986.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of 163 photographic images taken by and collected by Millie Gamble dating 1905 to about 1920. The photographs include scenes of the Tryon area and its residents depicting everyday life - family and friends, school groups, picnics, beach scenes, farming, fishing, buildings, and community events. Several of the images include Millie's nieces Hope and Adelaide Ives. Several of the images include the Tryon Woollen Mills building.
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- English
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
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Associated materials
See also: Acc2905 photograph of Millie Gamble, 1976; Acc3469 exhibition catalogue "Rediscovery. Canadian women photographers 1841-1941", London Regional Art Gallery, 1983 by Laura Jones; and "Remember yesterday. A history of North Tryon, Prince Edward Island, 1769-1992" by North Tryon Historical Association, 1993
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General note
Copy prints are located in photograph binders in Reading Room.
General note
No images exist for numbers 149 and 150. Not all negatives have been printed. Descriptions in brackets indicate that the negative has not been printed.
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- Gamble, Millie (Creator)
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- English