Accession Number

2012.007.002.002

Description

Sepia toned photograph of three women sitting on horses in front of steps to a building. At the top of the steps, there is a doorway with four people standing, apparently looking at the camera.

Narrative

The people in this photograph and the location have not yet been identified.

History of Use

This album was created by the James and Laura Dunsmuir family at Hatley Park.

Some of the images of Hatley Park in the album show minimal landscaping, suggesting those photos date from when the house was newly completed, around 1910. At least one of the album's photographs was used as a post card and a postmark on the back shows a date of 1929, giving an approximate date range for the photographs in the album.

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 her 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 1910

Dimensions

6.5 x 11.1 cm

Support

Paper, Photographic paper