From Alexander Graham Bell to Retro Gamers: Uncovering Hamilton’s Forgotten Gaming History by Sonya de LaatGaming culture is alive and well in Hamilton today. On any given night, you’ll find enthusiastic players at gaming cafes along James Street or Concession Street. Shops abound in this city with role playing adventure games, board games and video games to entertain almost everyone. So, what does a random woman sitting in the middle of a McQuesten family photograph from 1903 have to do with today’s gaming culture? Whitehern Historic House & Garden belonged to the McQuesten family, who lived there over three generations from 1851-1968. Thousands of artifacts, including the family’s correspondence, furnishings, and personal belongings were included in the home when it was handed over to the City to become a museum, which opened in 1972. Among the archives are the family’s photographs, which museum staff use in ongoing research of the family and in public programming.
Most of the photographs in the collection are of immediate family, including the one pictured below. The photograph includes members of the McQuesten family sitting on the front steps of the densely vine-covered house. It includes, from left to right, Ruby, Uncle Calvin, Thomas, Hilda, Mary Baldwin, Margaret Edna and Mrs. Mary Baker McQuesten, the matriarch, seated in a wicker rocking chair. In the middle of this relaxing scene sits a mystery woman (with an oversized bow-tie). Who is the random lady in the middle of this McQuesten family? The photograph only identifies the woman as Miss Mewburn.
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