Artifact Room Items
The Recounting Huronia Collective toured the Huronia Regional Centre in October 2014, including a room full of objects that the Ministry of Community and Social Services had documented and academics were collecting to store at their institutional affiliations. This collection features photography of those artifacts, including inventory photography organized by the Ministry and photography from the Collective's site visit tour.
Clothes and Tailoring
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Marie Slark Holds Straight Jacket
A white woman in a black sweater and wire-rimmed glasses, with auburn bangs. She is holding up a white, long-sleeved straight jacket with loose ties. -
Patricia Seth Holds Straight Jacket
A white woman in a long blue shirt and curly gray hair, black pants, sandals. She is holding up a white, long-sleeved straight jacket with loose ties. -
Straight Jacket Sewing Pattern
Cardboard with two lines of underlined cursive writing, in red: "St Jacket size 40." -
Patricia Seth Holds Straight Jacket 2
Mid-range shot of a white woman in a blue shirt with curly gray hair. She is holding a white straight jacket.
Medical Equipment
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Examination Chair and Tray, and Vintage Wheelchair
White metal dentist chair with black cushions. Metal medical table on casters. Cherry wood wheelchair. Suit and nursing uniforms in background. -
Medical Equipment
Cherry wood box with metal clasps and felt interior lining. Black rubber pump with netting and cord. -
Medical Equipment 2
Two think hardcover books stacked. Metal kidney basin and bowls. On mint green counter. -
Medical Equipment 3
Metal medical tray with funnel, scissors and tweezers. Hanging metal weight. Anatomy charts in background.
Kitchen Supplies
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Adapted Spoons
Two spoons on a dark wood table. One is metal and bent, with a smooth black handle. One has a short ribbed handle, thicker at the base. Also on the table: two metal watering cans, post-it notes and permanent marker. -
Adapted Spoons 2
Two spoons on a dark wood table. One is metal and bent, with a smooth black handle. -
Mug
White plastic mug featuring three blue silhouettes and text: Huronia Regional Centre, Because You Care, Thank You Volunteer." -
Vintage Creamer
White porcelain serving cup with handle and spout. Ornamental blue band and gold leaf pattern around neck. Placed on a cardboard box.
Furniture
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Crib Cot
Front view of metal baby crib on casters with white bars across its top. Front door pulled down. Rust-red mattress pad. Second crib cot in background, with mint green mattress. White woman standing in the background. -
Crib Cots
Three cribs. Two crib cots in side view are have metal bars on casters with white bars across its top. Left crib cot has a rust-red mattress pad. Right crib cot has mint green mattress pad. Front view of third crib in foreground is smaller with white bars and cream and blue striped mattress pad. Head and base boards slope at corners. -
Chairs
Seven chairs facing forward. In background, from left to right: child's white chipped wood classroom chair; large wooden presidential chair with decorative back; child's blue-painted wood classroom chair; oak wood office chair on casters with sloping wrap-around arms; tall cherry wood chair. In foreground: child's pine wood classroom chair, cherry wood arm-less office chair on casters. -
Crib Cot Bars
White hand holding metal crib bar. Mint green and blue and cream striped mattress pads in background.
Electronic Equipment
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HRC Switchboard
Switch board in the artifact room. Options include carpenter, spch+hearing, area 7 nurse, plumber. -
HRC Switchboard 2
Switch board in the artifact room: five labeled rows, lined with lights, with one outlet plugged in. -
HRC Switchboard 3
Switch board in the artifact room: five labeled rows, lined with lights. Photo taken on an angle. -
Vintage Metal Headphones
Vintage metal over-the-ear headphones