Accession Number

2012.007.001.084

Description

Sepia toned photograph of five girls and one man. Two of the girls are sitting on the man's knee, in front of a house.

Narrative

Depicted standing in this photograph (L to R) are Marguerite Little, Joan Marion Dunsmuir (Marion), and Jessie Muriel Dunsmuir (Muriel). Sitting on the man's lap are possibly Lucy Anna Little and Kathleen Euphemia Dunsmuir (Kat). The man is possibly Joshua Eugene Freeman (Eugene), brother-in-law to Francis Deans "Dib" Little. They are at Beaufort House, the residence of the general manager for the mines in Cumberland, built in 1898. The general manager at the time this photograph was taken was Francis "Dib" Little.

History of Use

This photograph was taken in about 1898 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 1898

Dimensions

8.4 x 9.6 cm

Support

Paper, Photographic paper

Country of Origin

Canada