Yay for the digitization of archival material! For those of us with highly restricted travel opportunities, it's a godsend. The National Archives of Canada has four photographs online which I strongly suspect belong to our family. Here they are:
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| Miss Harmon, Feb. 1871, Ottawa, Topley Studios |
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| Miss Harmon, May 1869, Ottawa, Topley Studios |
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Mrs. Harmon, December 1869, Ottawa, TopleyStudios.
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| Mrs Harmon, December 1869, Ottawa, Topley Studios. |
These all seem to be photographer's proofs from Topley Studios, the same studio which took photographs for Abby Maria Harmon when she was putting together her school prospectus (see previous post). Despite the fact that the first name of the sitter is not included and one set of proofs are marked "Mrs. Harmon" while the other two are "Miss Harmon", I believe these are all portraits of Abby Maria. I think all the portraits strongly resemble each other in figure, face, hair and dress, and my eagle-eyed husband noticed that the sitter is wearing the same necklace in three of the portraits. We have one confirmed photograph of Abby Maria Harmon (again, see previous post) and, although these photos are from a few decades earlier, I see many strong similarities. I have emailed the Archives to see if they can identify the sitter any further, and am awaiting their reply.
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