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Nerlich and Company[1, 2]


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  • Name Nerlich and Company
    Gender Unknown
    Business Address/Year 189-?-191-?  Toronto, ON Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2360  Camera Workers | N, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2025

  • Photos
    Wm. Notman and Son photograph of CPR 100-ton mountain engine, near Field, BC, 1889.    		Wm. Notman and Son photograph of CPR 100-ton mountain engine, near Field, BC, 1889.
    The photographer was William McFarlane Notman. This photograph was published as a stereograph by Nerlich and Company with a copyright date of 1905. It is not known if Nerlich and Company had permission to issue the photograph as a stereograph. Courtesy of McCord Stewart Museum, VIEW-2508.
    Nerlich and Company stereo, copyright 1905.    		Nerlich and Company stereo, copyright 1905.
    This photograph of a CPR locomotive, a coal car and two passenger cards was originally taken in 1889 by the Montreal firm Wm. Notman and Son. The photographer was William McFarlane Notman. It is not known if Nerlich and Company had permission to publish the Notman photograph as a stereograph.
    Nerlich and Company stereo, copyright 1905.    		Nerlich and Company stereo, copyright 1905.
    According to the BC Archives description of this photograph it depicts Tow-kau-ahl, the fish charmer, and his sister Taul-kun, of Duncan, BC. This portrait was also reproduced as a postcard by the Victoria firm T.N. Hibben and Company. The BC Archives version of this photograph is credited to either A.H. Maynard or Frank Halhed.
    T.N. Hibben and Company postcard, 190-?    		T.N. Hibben and Company postcard, 190-?
    According to the BC Archives description of this colorized photograph it depicts Tow-kau-ahl, the fish charmer, and his sister Taul-kun, of Duncan, BC. This portrait was also reproduced as a stereograph by Nerlich and Company. The BC Archives version of this photograph is credited to either A.H. Maynard or Frank Halhed.
    A.H. Maynard or Frank Halhed photograph, 189-?    		A.H. Maynard or Frank Halhed photograph, 189-?
    The photograph depicts Tow-kau-ahl, the fish charmer, and his sister Taul-kun, of Duncan, BC. This portrait was also reproduced as a postcard by the Victoria firm T.N. Hibben and Company and a stereograph by Nerlich and Company. Part of the A.H. Maynard collection, the BC Archives version of this photograph is credited to either A.H. Maynard or Frank Halhed. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item F-05165.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Stereo and postcard publisher.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This is the same firm as the long-lived Toronto "fancy goods" and toy store. While Nerlich and Company published a 50-year history in 1908, there is no mention in it of stereo publishing. Elder (2012, p. 234) provides a capsule history of its postcard publishing, noting that the name Nerlich and Company came into use in 1875 and that in 1900 a single warehouse was built at 146-148 Front St., Toronto, ON, to merge all aspects of its business.
    • FORMATS: Stereographs; postcards.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Nerlich & Co." on print mount front; print mount may also be titled "Canadian Scenery Ocean to Ocean" and copyrighted (for example, "Copyrighted 1905"); print surface may be titled.

  • Sources 
    1. [S942] COLLECTION: OTPL.
      Postcards and stereographs

    2. [S1082] Complied by T. K. Treadwell and William C. Darrah; updated by Wolfgang Sell, Treadwell and Darrah (1994a), (National Stereoscopic Association, 1994, updated 28 Nov 2003), 178.