Accession Number

2012.007.001.058

Description

Black and white photograph of five children, outside, placed in descending order of size.

Narrative

Depicted in this photograph (L to R) are Emily Elinor Dunsmuir (Elinor), Joan Marion Dunsmuir (Marion), Jessie Muriel Dunsmuir (Moulie or Muriel), Kathleen Euphemia Dunsmuir (Kat), and James Dunsmuir Jr. (Boy). They are standing in descending age and height order in the grounds of Burleith, the Dunsmuir family home on the Gorge waterway from 1891-1906.

History of Use

This photograph was taken in about 1897 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 1897

Dimensions

8 x 8 cm

Support

Paper, Photographic paper

Country of Origin

Canada