Studio Arthur Gendreau: Historic Photographs of Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere (2/3) | Kamouraska, Qc
A few days ago reader Brian O’Hara shared some historic photographs of Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere which had been taken by a relative of his – a M. Arthur Gendreau. Today Brian is sharing a truly superb image of M. Gendreau himself, standing inside his photography studio with two young children (perhaps his own?). It’s a fascinating glimpse into the interior of a ca.1925 photography studio.
Attention camera buffs!
If you can identify anything in these pictures,
please drop me a line in the comment box below.
* * * * *
* * * * *
Related Posts:
Studio Arthur Gendreau: Historic Photographs of Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere (1/3)
* * * * *
Sort of Sepia Saturday (see link in sidebar)
Comment from “Sepia Saturday” Alan Burnett - “Very much Sepia Saturday. I am sure in one or another of those big glass cases there was a bottle of sepia toner.”
Update from Brian
“I am glad everyone is enjoying these photos. Uncle Arthur was a great guy. The children in the photo are Lucy and Alphonse. Inside, behind the store, was his portrait studio and behind that was his developing lab. His father was also a photographer. His name was Cleophas Gendreau and he lived in St. Prosper Co. Dorchester. I have some photos of this town at about 1900 that I will send to Evelyn.”
Brian O’Hara
13 Comments »
Leave a Reply
MAJOR INDEXES
VINTAGE POSTCARDS
Index: Vintage Postcards – Quebec
Index: Vintage Postcards – New Brunswick
Index: Vintage Postcards – Assorted
GENEALOGY
Index: Quebec & New Brunswick Cemeteries
New cemeteries – Val Brillant & Grande-Riviere
Index: Kahnawa:ke & the Iroquois | QC/ON
Recently updated
Index: Early French Canadian Pioneers
Newly updated with surname variations
Index: Theriaults | France – Acadie – NB – QC
Index: Mignier Lagaces | France – QC – NB
Index: Legers | France – Acadie - QC – NB
Index: Luces | Channel Islands – QC
Index: Evelyn in Montreal
Updating
*
Index: Recent Family History
-
YOUR COMMENTS
steve lemire on General Index: The Iroquois of… Evelyn Yvonne Theria… on General Index: The Iroquois of… steve lemire on General Index: The Iroquois of… Shelly on General Index: The Iroquois of… Evelyn Yvonne Theria… on A Canadian Family Headstone: A… steve lemire on General Index: The Iroquois of… Jacques Orsali on A Canadian Family Headstone: A… Angela Gonneau on A Canadian Family M-Line: Evel… Angela Gonneau on A Canadian Family M-Line: Evel… Angela Gonneau on From Lisbon to La Nouvelle Fra… Peter W. Coutu on History Of Kahnawake | Links T… R Pouliot on Kahnawa:ke – Home of the… R Pouliot on Kateri Tekakwitha – Her … Kevin John Parrish on Index Cemeteries Valerie Legge on Welcome – Soyez Les…
Very much Sepia Saturday. I am sure in one or another of those big glass cases there was a bottle of sepia toner.
M. Gendreau looks very proud of his studio and his children. Another fascinating glimpse of the past.
Agreeing with Alan here but can’t quite make out all the cameras…what’s more amazing is that they still manufacture film for some of them!
I don’t recognize anything in the photo, but I can tell that whoever ran the shop was a very organized individual. Just look at the neat rows behind those doors!
Great photos, Evelyn! Glad to see you taking part in Sepia Saturday!
Kat
Beautiful photos. I have a pic of my husband’s great grandparents’ general store from about the same time period. I must share it in SS, as well!
Wonderful genealogical blog!!
Interesting photo and an even more interesting close up peek at the cabinets.
A photographic cabinet of curiosities! Much as I love old family photos, I love ones of stores and daily life even more. Was this in France or Quebec?
This is from a store in historic Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere, Quebec. Reader Brian O’Hara has family roots in that area.
I’m so glad you are joining us for Sepia Saturay! Wonderful photographic shots! I agree with Alan…sepia toner for sure!
Wonderful photos–they really conjure up the shop!
This is a great sepia saturday post! The photos are amazing.
Nice photos!
The post card from Caughawaga with chief pokenfire, to the right is John D Mayo, my uncle, brother to Eleanor Martin, son of Margaret Diabo Martin. I would like to know who is the father to Michael Joseph Martin and David Martin, sons of Eleanor Isabel Martin who was born in 1945 in Montreal or Caughawaga,Quebec.