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Photographs and images created prior to 1900. Held within the Prairie Ephemera Collection.
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Colour illustration, captioned, of “Winnipeg’s Main Street Looking North – About 1876.” Appears to have been cut from a larger piece of paper, perhaps a pamphlet or magazine.
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B&W Woodburytype print of Sir Garnet Wolseley, with brief biography. Image is labelled “Sir Garnet Wolseley.” Also on the page are “Lock & Whitfield” and “Woodbury Process.” Brief biography of Sir Wolseley, titled “Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, K.C.B., G.C.M.G., Major-General.” Includes mention of his leadership in the successful campaign against the Riel Rebellion in 1870. Slight stain on the bottom edge.
Taken from [Cooper, Thompson, and Lock & Whitfield. "Men of mark: A gallery of contemporary portraits."] London: [Sampson Low], 1876.
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B&W print, mounted, captioned, damaged, of Regina landscape and men outside the Leader Company Limited (i.e. Regina Leader-Post) building.
Fragile
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See also -- City of Regina Archives photo CORA-RPL-H-2
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B&W print, mounted, of Winnipeg cityscape.
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Photography studio.
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Sepia print, mounted, of the Winnipeg post office. Created by William Notman and Sons, Montreal.
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The Battleford Industrial School was located in the Old Government House building. Set of three photographs:
- 8” x 10” sepia photograph, mounted, of students and teachers outside the old Northwest Territories Government House, c.1895-6
- 5.5” x 7.5” B&W photograph of teachers and students outside the old Northwest Territories Government House, c.1884 (inscription on back of photo gives date as c.1895)
- 5.5” x 7.5” B&W photograph of students and instructor inside carpenter’s shop, c.1884.
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B&W print with a caption edited to say “Mission Indians near Lebret, Sask.” Photograph shows Native school children and their teachers sitting on a hill overlooking Mission Lake. Reverend Joseph Hugonard and Mr. George Harrison, sitting on the left are identified by Rev. Salamon. One of three (3) prints made in 1978 by Omer Lavallée, Archivist of the Canadian Pacific Archives. Lavallée sent the prints to Reverend G. C. Salamon of the Sacred Heart Rectory, Lebret, Sask. in order to confirm their origins. Find correspondence under PE000572 (F-2-0-0-11), PE000573 (F-2-0-0-12) & PE000574 (F-2-0-0-13). According to the correspondence, the original photographs were taken in the 1880s by "Professor Buell."
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B&W print of a man wrapped in a blanket standing beside a bake oven. Rev. Salamon identified the bake oven as belonging to the Qu’Appelle Industrial School in Lebret, Saskatchewan. One of three (3) prints made in 1978 by Omer Lavallée, Archivist of the Canadian Pacific Archives. Lavallée sent the prints to Reverend G. C. Salamon of the Sacred Heart Rectory, Lebret, Sask. in order to confirm their origins. Find correspondence under PE000572 (F-2-0-0-11), PE000573 (F-2-0-0-12) & PE000574 (F-2-0-0-13). According to the correspondence, the original photographs were taken in the 1880s by "Professor Buell."
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B&W print of the same man as above standing in a cemetery full of graves covered by little huts. According to Rev. Salamon, the photo shows the cemetery of Lebret Saskatchewan. Part of three (3) prints made in 1978 by Omer Lavallée, Archivist of the Canadian Pacific Archives. Lavallée sent the prints to Reverend G. C. Salamon of the Sacred Heart Rectory, Lebret, Sask. in order to confirm their origins. Find correspondence under PE000572 (F-2-0-0-11), PE000573 (F-2-0-0-12) & PE000574 (F-2-0-0-13). According to the correspondence, the original photographs were taken in the 1880s by "Professor Buell."
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B&W print, mounted, captioned, of the Royal North-West Mounted Police buildings, titled “R.N.W.M.P. Ten Mile” & “2nd Ten Mile”. See also PE000116 for the negative, F-3-1-0-11.
Ten Mile Post was located on Battle Creek south of Fort Walsh, Saskatchewan.
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Print negative of PE000115, F-3-1-0-10 - Print of two Royal North-West Mounted Police buildings, Ten Mile & 2nd Ten Mile.
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B&W print in fair condition, slightly curled and torn around edges. Image shows a corral with two men standing around a calf while two other men hold it to the ground and yet another brands it.
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B&W print in fair condition; some damage around edges and corners, and unidentified green smudges on upper middle/left of photo. Image is the same as PE004965—two men on ground holding calf, one man branding, two men watching—but from a different angle.
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B&W newspaper print of a drawing of a cowboy, from the newspaper The Graphic. Print features the cowboy in the foreground, with a woman, house, and cattle in the background. Caption reads 'Across the North American continent by the Canadian-Pacific Railway - "The new North West"; drawn by our special artist, Mr. C. E. Fripp'.
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B&W print, wide format, framed, of Calgary in 1890. Photograph is actually two photographs printed together to create a panoramic shot, though the lighting is slightly different between the two photographs.
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B&W print of buildings in Bankhead, Alberta
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B&W print of Elm Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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B&W print, mounted, of the staff at the General Hospital in Medicine Hat, North West Territory [present day AB]. Staff names are marked on the mat. Possible damage to photograph by backing paper.
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B&W print, mounted, showing students and teachers in front of the Red Deer Indian Industrial School schoolhouse. Inscription on the back indicates that print was given to a Mrs. P.G Laurie by an E. Matheson.
Mount is water-stained and damaged on the edges; print bears some slight damage.
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B&W print, mounted, damaged backing, of a large group of men on horseback and in carriages, caption mostly missing “?? Annual Hunt”, J. Lowndes photographer, poss. Calgary.
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Charles Wesley Mathers was born in Lucknow, Ontario in 9 January 1868 to Irish immigrants, Christopher and Rachel (Graham) Mathers. In 1891 Mathers moved to Edmonton, Alberta to work at a photography studio. Mathers was one the the earliest photographer from Edmonton. In 1896 Mathers married Minnie Jane Magee and had one son.
Mathers photographed life in northern Canada during the turn of the century. In 1901 he accompanied William H. Connor, an independent trader from Edmonton to the mouth of the Mackenzie River and along the river routes of the Northwest Territories. Mathers documented his trip including photographing hunting and trading activities and later produced the souvenir album "The Far North" with photographs of his travels. Mathers is also known for photographs related to the Klondike Gold Rush.
Mather passed away in California in 1950.
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B&W print, captioned, of Main street Fort Saskatchewan in 1898. Scene includes shops, men on the sidewalk and one woman with a bicycle. Photo taken by Charles Mathers of Edmonton.
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B&W print of Jasper Avenue, looking west, Edmonton.
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B&W photograph print. This mounted print shows the General Hospital in Edmonton. Founded by the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, the "Grey Nuns," the hospital opened in 1895.
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Image is of a man riding a bronco while five other watch on horses. Engraved on image is “Steele H. Winnipeg & Calgary” and that the bottom of the image is “59532 Bronco Riding.”
Image appears to have been bent and has faded into brown.
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A stereoscopic photo captioned “part of Regina, N.W.T.” Features part of a town and a group of men standing outside of a building with a cart.
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A stereoscopic photograph of Fort Macleod possibly taken in the spring.
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A photograph of Fort Ellice in Manitoba. Mounted on a Notman and Fraser mount, but not a Notman and Fraser photograph.
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Six photographs taken at or around Fort Qu’Appelle. Each photograph has a description on the back. Descriptions: “A Barber’s Emporium, Riel Rebellion. Page 31 Scarlet & Gold 13th Annual, Legislature Library,” “Lebret Mission Fort Qu’Appelle,” “The Tenth Royals E.R. Transportation Riel Rebellion 10th Royals Toronto,” “Certainly. The Tenth Royals at Fort Qu’Appelle E.R.,” “Winnipeg Cavalry Troop escorting 12th Battalion out of Fort Qu’Appelle 1885,” “Winnipeg Cavalry Troops at Fort Qu’Appelle Rebellion 1885.” Underneath each photograph is “Entered According to Act of parliament of Canada in the Year 1885 by Prof. Buell in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.”
Established by royal charter as an English fur trading company mandated to explore and exploit large parts of North America.
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A blank postcard that contains a picture of an old blockhouse and three men and one women posing in front of it.
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Three photographs of Indigenous women with babies in carriers. First photograph features a baby in board baby carrier with ornate beadwork. The second features a mother with her child in a board baby carrier with plaid and striped cover and tumpline support strap across forehead. The third features a women with child in baby belt tumpline and plain blanket. On each mounting board is written “Hall & Lowe – 499 Main Street, Winnipeg”
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A posed photograph of Red Crow (or Makesto) who was the head chief of the Blackfoot at the time. Makesto is holding a club with feathers and tassles on it.
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Two identical photographs that depict an indigenous man (Chief Little Pine) sitting down and a white man standing next to him.
Charles Wesley Mathers was born in Lucknow, Ontario in 9 January 1868 to Irish immigrants, Christopher and Rachel (Graham) Mathers. In 1891 Mathers moved to Edmonton, Alberta to work at a photography studio. Mathers was one the the earliest photographer from Edmonton. In 1896 Mathers married Minnie Jane Magee and had one son.
Mathers photographed life in northern Canada during the turn of the century. In 1901 he accompanied William H. Connor, an independent trader from Edmonton to the mouth of the Mackenzie River and along the river routes of the Northwest Territories. Mathers documented his trip including photographing hunting and trading activities and later produced the souvenir album "The Far North" with photographs of his travels. Mathers is also known for photographs related to the Klondike Gold Rush.
Mather passed away in California in 1950.
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A photograph of men standing around the wreckage of a train wreck. The photograph is captioned with “231 Wreck on the C&E Near Leduc May 29, 1899.” The mounting is captioned with “C. W. Mathers …Photographer. Edmonton, N.W.T.”
Top right corner of mounting board torn off.
Charles Wesley Mathers was born in Lucknow, Ontario in 9 January 1868 to Irish immigrants, Christopher and Rachel (Graham) Mathers. In 1891 Mathers moved to Edmonton, Alberta to work at a photography studio. Mathers was one the the earliest photographer from Edmonton. In 1896 Mathers married Minnie Jane Magee and had one son.
Mathers photographed life in northern Canada during the turn of the century. In 1901 he accompanied William H. Connor, an independent trader from Edmonton to the mouth of the Mackenzie River and along the river routes of the Northwest Territories. Mathers documented his trip including photographing hunting and trading activities and later produced the souvenir album "The Far North" with photographs of his travels. Mathers is also known for photographs related to the Klondike Gold Rush.
Mather passed away in California in 1950.
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A photograph of a possible hunting party near Edmonton (dealer’s description). Features men (some holding guns) standing around several pack horses.
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A posed photograph of Plains Cree Chief Bob Tail (full name: Bob Tailed Horse). Caption on verso: “8480 Bob Tail Indian Chief.”
All four corners of mounting board are damaged.
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Depicts 574 ½ Main Street, Winnipeg, between 1897 and 1899. Members of the Canadian Militia are riding past on horseback off to the side. A man leans on a bicycle at the crosswalk, and another on a cane, near a horse and wagon. An elaborate network of electrical wires runs on poles between the viewer and a grand building standing in a park.
Photo has some small stains and minor scratches. It is either faded or somewhat overexposed. The mat has been roughly cut and torn around the edges.
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Of a rotary snow plough at work.
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Two portraits of a woman in ethnic clothing, potentially Hungarian or German, or possibly a theatrical costume. One image has a prop of a wicker bench and trellis with flowers.
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One close-up photograph, of of COALDALE LETHBRIDGE N. W. T. showing the front portion of the home of Elliot T. Galt. Lethbridge (Alta.)
Some subject matters on the porch including seven chairs (including two rocking chairs).
Elliot T. Galt. was a prominent figure in Lethbridge's early coal mining industry.
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One photograph of 15 Sweet Sixteen Cadets.
Verso with masking tape to edges from a previous mounting, else very good.
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Four photographs of first nation women. Two are of a woman posing next to a horse and a dog and Two are of another woman standing in front of an indigenous tipi. Southern Alberta.
The photos are taken by amateur photographers.
Excellent.
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1 photograph postcard showing Alexandria Public School, built ca. 1904 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, and 12 small double-sided photo cards showing various scenes and locations captured in Alberta and Wetaskiwin area.
Images include:
"Alexandria Public School"; "Birds-Eye View Wetaskiwin"; "Indians in Camp"; uncaptioned image of a Books and Stationery retail store; "Merchants Bank Block"; "Luca's Grove"; "A Good Crop of Oats"; "Pearce Street" [Wetaskiwin]; "Battle River"; "A Pretty Drive"; "A Row of Elevators"; "Hauling Firewood"; "Prince of Wales Hotel".
Some staining from glue on the gauze binding attaching the smaller photo cards to the postcard. Otherwise excellent.
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A photograph of a farm with horses and carriages. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
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A Photograph of Railway Workers. Group of men posing for the photographer standing in front of two tents and 2 horses.
There are some damages to the photo.
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A Photograph of Railway Workers. Group of men posing for the photographer, some are riding horses
There are some damages to the photo.
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Two rare photographs of the Manitoba and North-Western Railway.
The first photo is titled "Valley of Assiniboine River & Manitoba and North-Western Railway". Portage La Prairie, Man. 1880s. Albumen print. 13" X 16", edge to edge. Small ticket of photographer J.F. Rowe posted on the rear.
The other photo is titled "Passenger Station and General Offices (Portage La Prairie), Manitoba and North-Western Railway. Albumen print. 13" X 16", edge to edge. Small ticket of photographer J.F. Rowe posted on the rear.
The Manitoba and North-Western Railway was granted a charter in 1882. Before being bought out by CPR, they operated from 1883 - 1891. The M. & N.W. Railway built their main line between Portage La prairie and Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
Surface soiling in margins of mount.
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Sepia toned photograph of men, horses, and farm equipment. Caption underneath reads “Threshing Scene on Portage Plains on Line of Canadian Northern Ry.” Bottom right corner of cardboard mount damaged, imprint of “W. C. Lusk” mostly visible.
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Sepia-toned photograph showing a group of women ready to pull a plow or tiller that is being steered by a man. Photographer's imprint reads "Welford, Cor. of Main & Pacific Ave. Winnipeg"
Discolouration of card mount in bottom left corner, some damage to photograph.
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Photographs depict logging camp in Manitoba ca. 1890s. 4 photographs include modern typed captions naming individuals and dating the photographs.
5 images are group photographs of men working at the logging camp. 3 captions indicate the presence of a Douglad Stephens in the photographs.
1 posed portrait of 2 young women wearing crocheted shawls captioned "Edna Darcy. She was engaged to Jim Stephens but died before they were married."
1 uncaptioned photograph is an over-exposed duplicate of the photograph captioned "Douglad Stephens - 1890's. He is the first man in the picture. Logging in Manitoba." 1 uncaptioned photograph is a group photograph of 6 men standing in front of a log cabin.
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photograph of three men on horseback in polo gear from 1854. The note on the back of the photograph indicates that the men are part of the Beaver Creek Polo League. There is a small crowd of people and several wagons in the background. There is also a very faint mark on the photograph in the bottom right corner listing the photographer’s name: A. S. Smith in Calgary, Canada. Sydney Alfred Smyth was a well-known photographer who was active in the late 1800s.
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A photograph of a group of people, a dozen horses, and several wagons standing outside in a field. The photographer, known as “The Ranchmen’s Photographer” according to the embossment under the photo, was S. A. Smyth from Calgary, Alberta. Sydney Alfred Smyth was a well-known photographer who was active in the late 1800s.
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A cabinet card with a photograph depicting a large herd of horses. The photograph is captioned “1026, Ranching Scenes in Alberta, A Band of Horses.” Underneath the photograph, the photographer’s names “Boorne & May Limited” and the location “Calgary, Alberta” are embossed into the cabinet card.
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A cabinet card with a photograph depicting a farmer harvesting grain while being pulled in a cart by three horses. The photograph is captioned “1005, Harvesting Scene in Alberta, Near Calgary.” Underneath the photograph, the photographer’s names “Boorne & May Limited” and the location “Calgary, Alberta” are embossed into the cabinet card.
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A pair of sepia toned photographs of coal miners and mining equipment around Galt Mines. The North Western Coal and Navigation Company, formed by Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, operated in the area of what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. Captioned photo reads "Job of Coal Chutes and part of Lethbridge."
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A photograph of people on a stage. At the center and back of the stage men in suits are sitting or standing behind a podium that says "Mobile," towards the front and to the sides of the stage men in striped suits are sitting on chairs holding various musical instruments, and there are two people sitting cross-legged in the center of the stage. Visible above the stage is a rolled up theatre curtain containing advertising for local businesses, including the Grenfell Sun newspaper. Caption under photograph reads "Mobile Minstrels. 1896"
Photograph is extremely faded and difficult to make out. A darkened copy is included.
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A yellow sepia-toned photograph of three men, two horses, a dog, and a wagon tipped on its side, with various items scattered about in the grass. A larger and darker copy of the photograph is included.
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A cabinet card with a photograph depicting Devil’s Lake. The photograph was taken by S.A. Smyth who was located in Calgary, N.W.T. The caption in the lower left corner of the photograph reads “137, Devil’s Lake, from the west, winter.” Snow can be seen on the ground and there is a small iceboat on the lake.
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A holiday cabinet card that reads “Wishing You A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year” embossed in gold with small embossed designs around the words. The photograph depicts a large herd of sheep and two herders on horseback in the background. The creators' names, “Boorne & May,” are listed on the back of the card. They were photographers in Calgary, N.W.T., and there is handwriting on the back stating the photograph was taken in July 1892.
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A photograph depicting two horses hauling ice across the frozen Devil’s Lake. Two people are pictured using the iceboat and a third person is standing on the frozen lake. There is snow on the mountains and the hillside in the background. The photograph was taken by S.A. Smyth who was located in Calgary, N.W.T. The caption in the lower left corner of the photograph reads “602, Raising ice on Devil’s Lake.”
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A cabinet card with a photograph depicting two men kneeling beside a canoe on the shore. In front of the canoe is a pile of large fish. The photograph was taken by Boorne & May who were photographers from Calgary, N.W.T. The caption under the photograph reads “169, Catch of Fish, Lake Minnewauka, Banff.”
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A collection of cabinet cards depicting notable Calgarian figures posed in front of the same background which consists of a wolf head mounted on the wall, and various photographs hanging over a table with some books and flowers on it. All of the men in the photographs are sitting in a chair. All of the photographs were taken in Calgary, Alberta in 1893 by [R. Randolph Bruce]. These four cabinet cards and photographs are from a series of photographs taken of members of the Calgary organization known as the Pack of the Western Wolves. The first card depicts D.H. Andrews with the caption “I have used no other.” The second card depicts Dr. Lorne Campbell and the caption reads “$10 or 40 days!!” The third card depicts J. Stone and the caption reads “The farming sportsman.” The fourth and final card depicts R.W. Richardson and the caption reads “The Agricultural Monopolist.”
Dealer information names James Penrose as the photographer, but stamp on verso reads "Fred A. Bill, 1623 Van Buren St., St. Paul, Minn."
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A small, hand-trimmed, yellow sepia-toned photograph of people and horse-drawn wagons standing in a road with buildings in the background. A short letter on the back provides information on one of the buildings, the "Custom's House and offices for the Canadian officials."
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A sepia-toned image of two men in front of a house. The photographer's imprint indicates the location is somewhere near Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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A sepia-toned photograph of ten men posing outside on a bench. Caption reads "W. Hanson Boorne, View Artist, Alberta, N. W. T." Date estimate is dealer-provided.
Some residue on image.
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A sepia-toned photograph of a building with men, boys, horses, and horse-drawn wagons outside. The boys appear to be loading newspapers into one of the wagons, and there is paper mess on the dirt road, mostly in front of the door to the building. Other distant buildings are visible in the background.
Discolouration and scuff marks on card, top and bottom edges slightly bent upwards in a curve.
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A sepia-toned photograph of an aen charet, or Red River cart, pulled by a horse and stopped in front of a clothing store. A First Nations man is standing behind the horse while holding a rifle, a child is standing in the cart, and a woman is standing behind the cart with her arm on the child's shoulder. Several white men are watching from the boardwalk, one of them holding a child. Location and date estimate are dealer-provided.
Discoloration of card along top and right edges, and top of photograph.
Charles Wesley Mathers was born in Lucknow, Ontario in 9 January 1868 to Irish immigrants, Christopher and Rachel (Graham) Mathers. In 1891 Mathers moved to Edmonton, Alberta to work at a photography studio. Mathers was one the the earliest photographer from Edmonton. In 1896 Mathers married Minnie Jane Magee and had one son.
Mathers photographed life in northern Canada during the turn of the century. In 1901 he accompanied William H. Connor, an independent trader from Edmonton to the mouth of the Mackenzie River and along the river routes of the Northwest Territories. Mathers documented his trip including photographing hunting and trading activities and later produced the souvenir album "The Far North" with photographs of his travels. Mathers is also known for photographs related to the Klondike Gold Rush.
Mather passed away in California in 1950.
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A cabinet card depicting a group of people standing outside in front of La Banque Jacques Cartier. On the back of the card is a handwritten message from Serenine and Eugenie, written in French, addressed to their mother and wishing her a Happy New Year. The card was written in Edmonton, Alberta on January 1, 1895. The photograph was taken by Charles W. Mathers in Edmonton, Alberta. The handwriting on the back reads “ À notre bonne maman avec les meilleurs souhaites de bonne année, Sérénine & Eugénie. Edmonton, Alberta, 1e Janvier 1895” which translates to “To our good mother with best wishes for a Happy New Year, Sérénine & Eugénie. Edmonton, Alberta, January 1, 1895.”
Charles Wesley Mathers was born in Lucknow, Ontario in 9 January 1868 to Irish immigrants, Christopher and Rachel (Graham) Mathers. In 1891 Mathers moved to Edmonton, Alberta to work at a photography studio. Mathers was one the the earliest photographer from Edmonton. In 1896 Mathers married Minnie Jane Magee and had one son.
Mathers photographed life in northern Canada during the turn of the century. In 1901 he accompanied William H. Connor, an independent trader from Edmonton to the mouth of the Mackenzie River and along the river routes of the Northwest Territories. Mathers documented his trip including photographing hunting and trading activities and later produced the souvenir album "The Far North" with photographs of his travels. Mathers is also known for photographs related to the Klondike Gold Rush.
Mather passed away in California in 1950.
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A cabinet card depicting the Edmonton River Valley. On the back of the card is a handwritten message from Sérénine and Eugénie, written in French, addressed to their mother and wishing her a Happy New Year. The card was written in Edmonton, Alberta on January 1, 1895. The photograph was taken by Charles W. Mathers in Edmonton, Alberta. The handwriting on the back, which is barely legible, reads “ À notre bonne maman avec les meilleurs souhaites de bonne année, Sérénine & Eugénie. Edmonton, Alberta, 1e Janvier 1895” which translates to “To our good mother with best wishes for a Happy New Year, Sérénine & Eugénie. Edmonton, Alberta, January 1, 1895.”
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A sepia-toned portrait of three First Nations people, two women and one child, posing in traditional dress. Dealer's note(?) on verso dates it to 1895.
Bottom right corner is missing, chip in top left corner. Some discoloration spots.