Accession Number

2012.007.003.005

Description

A black and white photograph of Laura Miller Surles (Mrs. James Dunsmuir) sitting on an elaborately carved and upholstered armchair, her feet resting on a metal footstool which sits upon a thick fur rug.

Narrative

Laura Dunsmuir looks young in this photograph, but appears to be wearing a wedding ring. It might have been taken in about 1882 when she was 24 years of age. The inscription of the photographic studio on the bottom of the print suggests that she and her husband James Dunsmuir were visiting San Francisco from their home at Departure Bay, Vancouver Island.  

History of Use

This photograph and the Dunsmuir family album that it comes from was passed down through Laura Dunsmuir's daughter Dola Frances Dunsmuir (Mrs. Henry Cavendish) to the family of her sister Kathleen Euphemia Dunsmuir (Mrs. Seldon Humphreys) from whom it was acquired by The Castle Society in 2012.  

Date

circa 1882

Dimensions

25 x 17.4 cm

Photograph Type

Albumen process

Subject/Image

Laura Miller Surles (Mrs. James Dunsmuir)

Support

Paper

Inscription

On front:
Marceau PARIS PANEL 1226 MARKET ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

On back:
(handwritten): "Would like this copied for each of the children."
Printed: Theo C. Marceau, Fotografer, 826 MARKET ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
SUCCESSOR TO GEO.D. MORSE, Phelan Building.

Country of Origin

United States of America