PHOTOGRAPH DESCRIPTION FORM

ACCESSION NUMBER/CALL NUMBER:- P1993:316

NATURE OF ACQUISITION:- Donation
PERSON, INSTITUTION, ETC. ITEM OBTAINED FROM & ADDRESS:-
Paulette Phillips
2 Baker Street, Yarmouth, NS B5A 2W7
OWNERSHIP HISTORY OF ITEM:-
These original glass negatives were produced circa 1895-1915 by Eugene Meuse, photographer and inventor of Amirault’s Hill, Yar. Co., NS. They later became the property his son-in-law, Charles Doucet, who had married Juliette Meuse, dau. of Eugene. They lived for many years at 2 Baker St., Yarmouth, NS where Juliette still lives in 1995. Charles Doucet was a photographer and artist himself. At different times he made prints from these negatives, and then in some cases made copy negatives from the prints. Our archives approached the family in 1993 about donating these important negatives to the archives. Paulette Phillips, dau. of Charles & Juliette Doucet was at the time living with her widowed mother at 2 Baker St. It was she who contacted other family members for their agreement on the placement of the negatives. Later another grandson of Eugene Meuse, Franklin Moulaison of Amirault’s Hill, NS took a number of these photographs through that community in an effort to further identify some of the photographs.
PRESENT OWNER OF ORIGINAL ITEM & ADDRESS:-
Argyle Township Court House Archives
P.O. Box 101, Tusket, NS B0W 3M0 902-648-2493
NATURE & DESCRIPTION OF ORIGINAL ITEM:-
Black & white
exterior photograph developed from a glass plate negative
SUBJECT MATTER IN PHOTOGRAPH:-
Three young fishermen on the deck of a fishing vessel. All three are probably from Amirault’s Hill, Yar. Co., NS. The young man in the center is the photographer, Eugene Meuse, son of Gabriel & Genevieve (Boucher) Muise of Amirault’s Hill, NS; the other two men are unidentified. Eugene Meuse took several such “self-portraits.” He adopted the spelling “Meuse” for his surnname. All other family members used “Muise”, including his parents and siblings. The photograph is remarkable for its detail of fishermen’s clothing of the time. Note the fish scales on the photographer’s boots. He was about 15 years of age here. He started his work as a photographer very early in life.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:-
MEUSE, EUGENE, 1885-
FISHERMEN – AMIRAULT’S HILL, YAR. CO., N.S.
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ITEM:- [Approx.]:- 1901
NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER IF KNOWN:-
Meuse, Eugene
TYPE OF PHOTOGRAPHER:- Professional
ANY INFORMATION PRINTED ON ITEM PERTAINING TO PHOTOGRAPHER, STUDIO, FINISHER, ETC.:- [None]
NO INFORMATION WRITTEN ON PHOTOGRAPH:-
ANY RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OR COPYING OF ITEM:-
Original negative may not be borrowed. Permission must be obtained from ATCHA in order to use or reproduce this image
ARCHIVES NOW HAS:-
Original glass negative, copy negative & prints
LOCATION:-
CALL NUMBER:- P1993:316
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