Ministry of
Government and Consumer Services
Fonds C 231
ca. 5011 photographs
600 metres of motion picture film
The Walter Moorhouse fonds consists of photographs and motion picture film taken by Walter Moorhouse depicting Moorhouse’s family, his homes, and the community in which he lived.
Moorhouse also captured the activities and students at the schools where he was employed, as well as those of the Daily Vacation Bible School and the Y.M.C.A. where he volunteered. There is a significant number of landscape photographs taken during Moorhouse's travels throughout Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada, Germany, and England as well as still life photographs of animals, flowers, trees, and various inanimate objects. Moorhouse's images provide a wealth of visual documentation concerning clothing and dress, social and family relationships, recreation and toys, and the lifestyle of an affluent family during the early 20th century.
The fonds is arranged into eighteen series.
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Walter Moorhouse (1883-1957) was an amateur photographer who lived in Islington, Ontario with his wife and four children.
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Moorhouse, Walter, 1883-1957Approximately 1,000 negatives taken by Walter Moorhouse are in the custody of the Toronto Board of Education Archives. These negatives focus exclusively on the activities and students at Jarvis Collegiate.
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Reference Code | Series Title |
C 231-1 | Walter Moorhouse family photographs |
C 231-2 | Walter Moorhouse Maplewood Farm photographs |
C 231-3 | Walter Moorhouse school activity photographs |
C 231-4 | Walter Moorhouse Muldrew Lake photographs |
C 231-5 | Walter Moorhouse community of Islington photographs |
C 231-6 | Walter Moorhouse travel photographs of Copper Cliff, Quebec, and Timmins |
C 231-7 | Walter Moorhouse Couchiching camping trip photographs |
C 231-8 | Walter Moorhouse Islington Y.M. - Y.W.C.A. photographs |
C 231-9 | Walter Moorhouse Welland Y.M.C.A camp photographs |
C 231-10 | Walter Moorhouse Temagami bush photographs |
C 231-11 | Walter Moorhouse travel photographs in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia |
C 231-12 | Walter Moorhouse still-life photographs |
C 231-13 | Walter Moorhouse snow scene photographs |
C 231-14 | Walter Moorhouse experimental photographs |
C 231-15 | Walter Moorhouse travel photographs in Western Canada |
C 231-16 | Walter Moorhouse flower photographs |
C 231-17 | Walter Moorhouse travel photographs in Europe |
C 231-18 | Walter Moorhouse home movies |