Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

96-01-01-a039315
Item
[ca. 1860]

Image is a posed portrait of a woman standing outdoors and wearing a short wool cape. Image appears to be reproduction that has been mounted on carte de visite. Inscription beneath image is illegible due to damage to emulsion on original image.

[West Coast woman]

96-01-01-a039296
Item
[ca. 1860]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image is a posed portrait of a woman clothed from the waist down in a blanket seated on a box or trunk. The woman is seated outdoors in front of a blanket hanging on the wall of a house.

Victoria Square, Montreal

96-01-03-a039363a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts an exterior view of Victoria Square, Montreal, Quebec, including the statue of Queen Victoria. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "J. G. PARKS, PHOTOGRAPHER. 195 1/2 ST. JAMES STREET, MONTREAL". Handwritten inscriptions on the verso read "Victoria Square, Montreal" and "No 24".

Victoria B.C. Clams

96-01-01-a039292
Item
[ca. 1860]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image is a posed portrait of a woman wearing what appears to be a Coast Salish woven cedar hat and carrying a basket of clams on her back. In the lower righthand corner of the image is a handwritten inscription which reads "Victoria B.C. Clams". Photographer information printed on verso with the inscription "Mrs. R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, And Dealer in all Kinds of PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. Stereoscopic and Large Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for sale. Corner of Douglas and Johnson Sts, VICTORIA, B. C."