Accession Number

2014.014.014a-b

Description

Photograph (b) of three young sisters (Jean Lilias Patricia Macdonald, Elizabeth Mary Katherine Macdonald, and Catherine Henrietta Maude Macdonald) wearing matching rain jackets and hats laying on their stomachs on a table carpet. Setting is an outdoor area with bushes and trees in the background. Each girl is propped up on her elbows. The girl on the left looks directly at the camera while the other two look to the left of the camera. Mounted in a grey wood frame (b) and matted. Beige label with red writing and floral (leaves) border on the back reads "C.H. Smith & Co./Pictures and Frames/611 Fort Street Victoria B.C."

Narrative

This framed photograph of three sisters in raincoats lying on a table carpet spread out on a lawn includes (L to R) Jean Lilias Patricia Macdonald (1913-2000), Elizabeth Mary Katherine Macdonald (1911-1979), and Catherine Henrietta Maud Macdonald (1914-1998).

History of Use

This photograph was used by John William Bryden at his Royston B.C. beach house until 1953 and later his daughter until being donated to Craigdarroch in 2014. For several years in the late 20th Century, this photograph was stored in the basement of the Gartley Road, Royston B.C. home of John William Bryden's sister, Lucy Lenore Bryden (aka Mrs. John Ryland). The basement flooded, and this Bryden family photograph, and many others, were damaged and/or destroyed. 

John William Bryden was the uncle of the Macdonald sisters. His sister Joan Olive Bryden was their mother. 

Dimensions

1.75 x 27 x 22.5 cm

Material

Wood; Paper, matboard

Subject/Image

(L to R) Jean Lilias Macdonald (1913-2000), Elizabeth Mary Katherine Macdonald (1911-1979), and Catherine Henrietta Macdonald (1914-1998).

Inscription

611 Fort Street

Country of Origin

Canada