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[Bookplate for Nancy Stuart Reid]

In black ink on white paper with visible chain and laid lines, two children sit reading under a tree. The paper also includes a watermark: 'NADA / Byron'.

Children; Trees

Reid, Nancy Stuart

Still Image

Nancy Stuart Reid was born in 1908 to Alexander T. Reid and Emily Fawcett. On June 16th 1927 she married Bruce Forbes Ross, a 28 year old sales manager in Guatemala City who was originally from Boston. At the time she lived at 30 South Dr., Toronto. UBC's Thomas Murray Bookplate Collection also includes another bookplate, owned by Alexander Fawcett Reid (likely Nancy's brother). This bookplate is an example of a naïve style of artwork, a style which is frequently used to represent children and children's pastimes and belongings as it does here. Alexander Fawcett Reid's bookplate has a similar style and it is likely that both bookplates were created for or by Nancy and Alexander while they were children, especially since this bookplate uses Nancy's birth name. The bookplate is likely printed on Byron Weston paper, possibly with a 'Canada' watermark.
References:
1) 'St. Thomas Times Journal: St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, May & June 1927, Extractions of Names for Births, Marriages, Deaths and Burials.' Indexed & Formatted for the Internet 29 March 2009 by Carol Van Harn. Ontario Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch. 2004 <http://www.elginogs.ca/Home/ancestor-indexes/newspapers/st-thomas-newspapers/sttj-1927-may-jun>.
2) '1927 marriages from MS 932: City of Toronto, Part 6, #3616-27.' Ancestry.com <http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/tor1927p6.htm>.

RBSC Bookplates

2011

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