Accession Number

2012.007.001.027

Description

Black and white photograph of 11 people, one cat, and one dog sitting on steps in front of a doorway. The shadow of the photographer can be seen in the lower right.

Narrative

Pictured L-R in the photo are (top row): Maurice Bromley-Wilson, James Dunsmuir; second row: Laura Miller Dunsmuir and 3 unidentified people; front row: Jessie Muriel Dunsmuir (also known as Muriel or Moulie), Arthur Bromley, Laura Mary (Maye) Dunsmuir (Mrs. Arthur Bromley), and 2 unidentified people. 

The unidentified woman in the front row may be Esther Bromley Tryon, sister of Arthur Bromley.

This circa 1905 photograph is mounted in a brown suede leather album that documents the life and times of the James and Laura Dunsmuir family from about 1895 onward. The album includes scenes at their house Burleith on Victoria's Gorge Waterway, various coastal locales north of Victoria, and parts of the United Kingdom.

History of Use

This photograph was taken in about 1905 and placed in an album created by the James and Laura Dunsmuir family at Burleith, their home on Victoria's Gorge Waterway. In 1906 it was probably taken by the family to Victoria's Government House where they lived while James served as British Columbia's eighth Lieutenant Governor. From there it was taken to the family's new house, Hatley Park, in 1910.

Sometime after Laura Miller Dunsmuir's death in 1937, the album became the property of Dola Frances Dunsmuir (also known as Mrs. Dola Cavendish) and was kept at her house Dolaura in Colwood, B.C. After hear death, the album was owned by her sister Kathleen's daughter, Judith Humphreys (also known as Mrs. Judith Joy). Her daughter donated the album to Craigdarroch Castle in 2012.

Date

circa 1905

Dimensions

8.7 x 8 cm

Support

Paper, Photographic paper

Country of Origin

England