Accession Number

2018.005.002

Description

Black and white photograph. The foreground of the image consists of the tops of trees on a bank. Mid ground is a bay with a wharf and warehouse. A point wraps around the bay. The background is water with land, either an island or the other side of an inlet.

Narrative

This photograph is believed to be taken in the area of southern Vancouver Island, B.C. It was collected by Dunsmuir family members in the 1890s, along with the album (2018.5.1). It is useful in presenting the story of early Victoria in exhibits, publications, and on social media. It was collected for these reasons.

History of Use

 

This photograph was once owned by Joan Olive Bryden (1887-1959) and prior to that, by her mother Elizabeth Hamilton Bryden (nee Dunsmuir – 1848-1901) or her grandmother Joan Dunsmuir (1828-1908).  It is known to have been kept at the Bryden house in Esquimalt named Dalzellowlie, and next at the Macdonald farm in North Saanich called Duntulm. At the time of its donation to Craigdarroch, it was house in the Oak Bay residence of Joan Dunsmuir’s great great granddaughter.

Date

circa 1895

Dimensions

20 x 24 cm

Subject/Image

Land/seascape scene with a wharf

Medium

Photographic

Support

Paper, Photographic paper

Country of Origin

Canada