F. W. Micklethwaite


Frank William Micklethwaite was a prominent Canadian photographer, professionally known as F.W. Micklethwaite, whose photographs of Toronto and the Muskoka area form an important and unique photographic record of the province of Ontarios history in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Micklethwaite specialized in outside views and landscapes, as well as architectural and commercial photography, and he was one of Torontos best known photographers. His images of Toronto have been credited for making the 19th century streetscapes come alive.

Micklethwaite was born in AshtonunderLyne, Lancashire, England on March 13, 1849. His family emigrated to Ireland in the 1850s, where his father, William Barton Micklethwaite, practiced photography in Newry, County Down. The younger Micklethwaite studied photography while in Ireland, and emigrated to Toronto around 1875. After working for three years as a proof reader for The Mail newspaper, he opened a commercial photography business atQueen Street West in 1878. He later opened a studio, the location of which changed frequently until he established it at 243 Yonge Street in 1910. Micklethwaite also took up residence in Port Sandfield each summertime, and he took thousands of photographs of the Muskoka lakes area and wealthy cottagers.

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