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Historical photography of Atlantic Canada dating from 1870 |
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About Back in Time Photos
Back In Time Photos has been in the vintage photography business for the past ten years, specializing in reprinting historical Maritime photographs as far back as 1970. Our studio is located in the picturesque seacoast village of Sambro, Nova Scotia, within the Halifax municipality. All our photos are printed in the darkroom using the traditional methods that the photographers in our collection used to ensure that our photographs are as close to the originals as possible. We do not embellish our photographs with photoshop or other digital technologies, preferring the old fashion methods that have been used for over a century. It is our passion to provide these historical images to our customers, while continuing to carry on a historical heritage and tradition from the past. We carry a large archive of over 1700 images, 65% of which are original glass negatives, featuring the work of:
Biographies of Photographers
Joseph S. Rogers (1828-1887)  Joseph
Stetson Rogers was a native of the State of Maine who moved to Halifax
around1851, which he made his home. In May 1863 Rogers
opened his own studio, The People's Gallery, at 189 Barrington
Street. Photography was still a relatively new technology, but
Rogers' studio was at least the eighteenth to operate in the city. The
People's Gallery continued on Barrington Street until Rogers'
retirement in April 1874. Rogers turned over his negatives to fellow
photographer W.D. O'Donnell at 238 Barrington Street, disposed of his
gallery and good will to another photographer, Charles G. Mitchell, and
moved back to Maine.During his life, Rogers took over seven thousand photographs, of which only three hundred glass negatives survive today. What remains, however is a rich view of early life in Halifax during the mid 1800s, including scenes of public buildings and private residences, panoramas of Melville Island and the North West Arm, as well as scenic landscapes from around Nova Scotia, such as Windsor, Wolfville, Grand Pré and the Annapolis Railway. Rogers is also known for taking some of the earliest known photographic images of Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaq Indians. No other photographs of Halifax street scenes prior to those taken by Rogers have been located. Notman Studios  Born
in Paisley, Scotland, William Notman (1826-1891) left his homeland in
1856, bringing his family with him to Montreal where he established his
first studio. Known as "Photographer to the Queen", Notman was the
first Canadian photographer to earn an international reputation.
Recognized as one of the most influential photographers in North
America during the 19th century, William Notman ran seven studios in
Canada and another thirteen in the United States run by his managers
that he had carefully trained to maintain a consistently high quality
of product, one of the key factors in his success. The Notman Studio in Halifax was opened in 1864 and situated at 39, George Street just below the Citadel. It was first managed by William Webb, one of the chief photographers from the Montreal studio, but in 1876 Oliver M. Hill took over the position. When William Notman died in 1891 Hill bought the business, keeping the Notman name, and carried on until his own death in 1923. William Webb took numerous scenes of people and places in of Halifax including several views from the Citadel Hill, the Olde Town Clock, Halifax Harbour, the Government Buildings, ships in the harbour, the bustling streets with electric trams and horse-drawn carts, the vendors at the Halifax market, Point Pleasant Park and the Public Gardens, the military prison on Melville Island, George's Island, Public Gardens, as well as other parts of Nova Scotia including Bay of Funday. Harry Cochrane (1886-1970) 
Harry Cochrane was born in Manchester England and moved at an early age
to Rhode Island, then to Halifax in 1895. A skilled pianist, he
began playing the piano professionally at the age of twelve, where he
gained the nickname "Mr. Music". During his musical career,
Cochrane played piano for silent films at the Empire Theater as well as
becoming a well respected orchestra leader.In addition to his musical talents, Cochrane also had a keen interest in photography and took over two hundred glass negatives during his lifetime. Found in his basement after his death in 1970, these negatives were well preserved and produced excellent photographs. Now, Back in Time Photos has made available this Harry Cochrane collection of early 1900s photographs printed from his original glass negatives. Wallace R. MacAskill (1893-1956)  Born
in Cape Breton in 1893, Wallace Robinson MacAskill studied photography
at the age of 16 in New York. Upon graduation in 1907, he
returned to Cape Breton and opened his own photography studio, then
later moved to Halifax where he was employed by Elite Studios as a
printer. During that time, MacAskill took a series of photographs
of the Halifax Explosion and of general Halifax scenes which were later
printed in a postcard series by Underwood & Underwood.Eventually, MacAskill opened his own studio on historical Barrington Street. Specializing in commercial and newspaper photography as a business, MacAskill's true passion was marine and nautical photography, where he spent much of his free time taking photos of the sailing ships that ploughed the waters. MacAskill's style was inspired by soft focas impressionism, which stressed atmosphere over subject matter of the image, and this was to become the MacAskill trademark. During his lifetime, MacAskill was internationally renowned as a marine photographer and his photographs of sea-faring life won several medals and were exhibited at international exhibitions. One of his photographs of the Bluenose became the subject of a commerative postage stamp issued in 1929, and in 1937 another was used on the Canadian ten cent piece, where it still appears to this day. Three years after his death, the Photographic Association of America produces a retrospective of his work featuring fifty images. Being a ruthless critic of his own work, it is reported that MacAskill destroyed 99% of his own negatives, leaving only the very best images in tact. Today Wallace R. MacAskill is one of Nova Scotia's best-known photographers, valued especially for his seascapes and images of sailing vessels. The legacy he bequeathed to his native Nova Scotia is a magnificent collection of photographs, unequalled in quality and variety. |
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| Back in Time Photos - 127 East Pennant Road, East Pennant, Nova Scotia, B3V 1L8, Canada Phone- 1 (902) 346 3050 + Email- backintime@eastlink.ca |
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