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Title proper
Imprint page with picture of SBS
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Item
Repository
Reference code
2008.1.3.2.3.16.27
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[1900] (Creation)
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Samuel Benfield Steele was born at Purbrook, Medonte, County Simcoe, Ontario on 5 January 1848 to Captain Elmes Steele and Anne MacIan Macdonald. His father served under Nelson and other Admirals in the Napoleonic Wars, moving to Canada in 1832, with his first wife and family. After the death of his first wife, Captain Steele married Sam's mother, and they had six children, Sam being the eldest.
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Scope and content
A picture of SBS in uniform, with a border of maple leaves drawn around the picture, a crown sketched on the top centre of the page, and a beaver on the bottom centre of the page. The reproduced photograph is sepia-toned; the border drawing is colored.
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- English