Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
BE2000.3.7 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Title |
Sunday School Picnic, Lorne Park |
Description |
A matted brown and beige photograph showing women and men seated on a grassy hill in Sunday outfits. There is a fence at the top of the hill with five men standing behind it and several men in motion. Written in black ink, on the back is 'Sunday School Picnic, Lorne Park'. and in pencil "Lorne Park". |
History |
The photograph is of a Sunday School Picnic in Lorne Park that the Graydon family may have attended. John Graydon was a member and trustee of the Methodist Church (now United Church) in Streetsville and Sunday School Superintendent for 40 years. "Nineteenth-century Protestant Sunday schools offered early Ontarians charity, literacy education, and religious instruction. Sunday schools also provided a number of leisure events for their students and supporters to enjoy" (Patricia Kmiec, University of Toronto) References: Death of Mr. John Graydon The Globe. January 25th 1904 Parading the Children: The Leisure Activities of Ontario's Protestant Sunday Schools, 1840-70/ Patricia Kmiec. University of Toronto. Historical Papers 2012: Canadian Society of Church History |
People |
Graydon, Hattie Graydon, Mabel Graydon, Mysia Graydon, John |
Copyright |
All rights belong to Museums of Mississauga In public domain. |