File MS-3100.10 - Photographic Views of British Columbia 1867-1870 [Edwin Knight Album]

The Gorge.  Victoria Arm.  Vancouver Island.
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Photographic Views of British Columbia 1867-1870 [Edwin Knight Album]

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  • graphic material

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  • Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the album, and the inscription within the album: "Edwin Knight, March 1871". Edwin Knight was Frederick Dally's uncle.

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MS-3100.10

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  • 1870-1871 (Creation)

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1 brown leather-bound album containing 55 black and white photographic prints.

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(1838-1914)

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The album contains views taken between 1867 and 1870, and includes photographs of Esquimalt, Victoria, Sooke and other places on Vancouver Island; views of New Westminster, Burrard Inlet, and scenes along the Cariboo Road, and photographs of gold mining operations and communities in the Cariboo District. The album also includes a number of images of First Nations individuals, photographed by Dally to illustrate the different "types" of First Nations in British Columbia.

This type of album was made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser. The album was owned in 1871 by Frederick Dally's uncle, Edwin Knight.

The captions are presumed to have been written by Frederick Dally.

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Unknown. As this album was presumably presented to Dally's uncle, Edwin Knight, by Dally himself, it may have been returned to Dally upon his uncle's death on January 15, 1879. This may have been one of the albums purchased from Dally in 1914.

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For conservation reasons, no access is provided to either the album or any of the original glass plates from which these views were produced.

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Accession number(s): 198510-001

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  • Box: 001068-0001