Accession Number

2012.007.001.072

Description

Black and white photograph of three girls all dressed in white petticoats with black stockings and black boots, standing on a roof.

Narrative

Depicted in this photograph (L to R) are Emily Elinor Dunsmuir (Elinor), Joan Marion Dunsmuir (Marion), and Jessie Muriel Dunsmuir (Moulie or Muriel). They are standing on the roof at Burleith, the Dunsmuir family home on Victoria's Gorge waterway. This photograph was taken in the morning, and the girls are facing east. In the background are hills that are today part of Greater Victoria's Langford and Highlands areas.

History of Use

This photograph was taken in about 1901 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 1901

Dimensions

3.7 x 5.2 cm

Support

Paper, Photographic paper

Country of Origin

Canada