1897. “Baby Ryde,” part of the Notman Photographic Archive at the McCord Museum, shows a doll-like Doris wearing baptismal garments that include a white bonnet.
1902. “Missie Ryde,” as inscribed in the Notman Photographic Archive at the McCord Museum, shows Doris as a child in a ruffled lace dress, seated on an ornate chair.
1919. “Miss D. Ryde,” as indicated in the Notman Photographic Archive at the McCord Museum, depicts Doris as a young adult, around the same time that she took part in the Women’s Canadian Club.
1919. “Miss D. Ryde,” as titled in the Notman Photographic Archive at the McCord Museum, shows Doris as a young adult, gazing at the future ahead.
1929. “G.P. Hedges,” as inscribed in the Notman Photographic Archive at the McCord Museum, depicts Geoffrey Paget’s passport photo, taken before he and Doris traveled from Montreal to England on The Duchess of Richmond.
1930, December 20. Geoffrey and Doris Hedges star alongside one another in the Montreal Repertory Theatre’s rendition of Somerset Maugham’s “The Constant Wife”, directed by Martha Allen.
1930. Doris’s mother, Edith Sarah Dawes of the Dawes Brewery dynasty, photographed in pearls
1931. Artist Richard Jack paints an opulent portrait of “Mrs. Geoffrey Hedges,” as noted in the records at the McCord Museum.
1934. Geoffrey Paget Hedges photographed in a dapper suit, at around the same time that he is working as a stockbroker
1939, March 3. Doris Hedges and her father, W.O. Ryde, are photographed golfing together at the Belleair Country Club in Florida – an image that is reproduced for the Montreal Gazette’s Social section.
1942, August 25. Geoffrey Paget Hedges’ passport photo, in which he sports his Royal Canadian Airforce uniform, according to the Notman Photographic Archive at the McCord Museum.
1941, October 15. Doris Hedges’ passport photo, as indicated in the Notman Photographic Archive at the McCord Museum, in which she appears to be wearing Royal Canadian Airforce attire.
1945, July. Anne Kew photographs Doris Hedges for Elizabeth Douglas’s article, “Mind Over Microphone” in The Montrealer.
1947, December 15. Doris appears in the McGill Daily ahead of her upcoming talk at the university’s writing club.
1949, November 19. Doris appears in an advertisement in the Montreal Gazette for her upcoming role in the Montreal Repertory Theatre’s 20th anniversary production of The Constant Wife.
1949. Doris appears in the Montreal Repertory Theatre’s program for its anniversary production of The Constant Wife, directed by Louis Mulligan (November 24 to September 3 1949).
1954, February 27. Doris poses in front of a painting of herself for an iconic image that appears in the Montreal Gazette.
1954. Doris’s photo is published in the Montreal Gazette alongside a review of her most recent book, The Dream is Certain.
1957, January 19. A portrait of Doris appears in Maclean’s along with her short story, “A Tango and a Feast with the Faun,” in which she recounts her most memorable meal as an adolescent in Katrina Buell’s Parisian entourage.
1968, August. Doris Hedges, dressed as elegantly as ever, at age 72
1970, March. Geoffrey Paget Hedges photographed at age 73
1971, December 7. A determined Doris is shown gazing forcefully ahead in the Montreal Gazette’s advertisement for her final novel, Inside Out.