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A destroyed British tank, exact mark unknown

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-319
  • Item
  • 1921-1924
  • Part of K. McCann

In the early 1920s, Dunsmuir sisters, Dola and Muriel, and Muriel’s husband, Edward Molyneux, took time to tour the ruins of Europe in the aftermath of the war. Edward Molyneux was an ideal tour guide for the sisters, having served in 1915 with the Duke of Wellington Regiment on the Western Front. Although he was promoted to Captain for his actions in battle, injury resulted in the loss of sight in his left eye and withdrawal from active duty.

Muriel and Dola sat on top of a destroyed British tank, exact mark unknown

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-322
  • Item
  • 1921-1924
  • Part of K. McCann

In the early 1920s, Dunsmuir sisters, Dola and Muriel, and Muriel’s husband, Edward Molyneux, took time to tour the ruins of Europe in the aftermath of the war. Edward Molyneux was an ideal tour guide for the sisters, having served in 1915 with the Duke of Wellington Regiment on the Western Front. Although he was promoted to Captain for his actions in battle, injury resulted in the loss of sight in his left eye and withdrawal from active duty.

Dola(?) and Muriel on top of a destroyed British tank, exact mark unknown

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-321
  • Item
  • 1921-1924
  • Part of K. McCann

In the early 1920s, Dunsmuir sisters, Dola and Muriel, and Muriel’s husband, Edward Molyneux, took time to tour the ruins of Europe in the aftermath of the war. Edward Molyneux was an ideal tour guide for the sisters, having served in 1915 with the Duke of Wellington Regiment on the Western Front. Although he was promoted to Captain for his actions in battle, injury resulted in the loss of sight in his left eye and withdrawal from active duty.

Laura Dunsmuir and a man playing croquet

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-26
  • Item
  • 1903-1909
  • Part of K. McCann

Image is likely taken at Dallam Tower, Cumbria, UK, home of the Bromley family. Laura Mary 'Maye' Dunsmuir married Arthur Bromley in 1904.

Laura Dunsmuir playing croquet

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-26
  • Item
  • 1903-1909
  • Part of K. McCann

Image is likely taken at Dallam Tower, home of the Bromley family. Laura Mary 'Maye' Dunsmuir married Arthur Bromley in 1904.

sternwheeler on the water, Atlin, BC.

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-158
  • Item
  • 1901
  • Part of K. McCann

The building on the left advertises White Pass and Yukon Route, a rail route completed in 1900. Photo probably by AC Hirschfeld. Taken in Atlin. BC.
James Dunsmuir travelled to Atlin in August 1901 as part of the provincial govt's Atlin Committee investigating mining licenses to aliens, among other things

group at a mine shaft.

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-157
  • Item
  • 1901
  • Part of K. McCann

Caption reads: societe miniere de la colombie britannique. Boulder Creek, Atlin BC, Aug. 1901. Photo by AC Hirschfeld.
James Dunsmuir travelled to Atlin in August 1901 as part of the provincial govt's Atlin Committee investigating mining licenses to aliens, among other things

Sternwheeler Clifford Sifton

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-149
  • Item
  • 1899-1904
  • Part of K. McCann

The Clifford Sifton ship was built in 1899 on Bennett lake and travelled between Bennett, Dawson and White Horse. It was wrecked in 1904. The ship was named for the Minister of the Interior, Clifford Sifton (1896-1905) who implemented various policies to encourage immigration to western Canada.

Goldrush town buildings

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-145
  • Item
  • 1895-1905
  • Part of K. McCann

Possibly Dawson City. The Ora, Nora, and Flora (see building on right) were steamships built at Albion Ironworks for Francis Rattenbury. He started a business transporting people across Bennett Lake during the Klondike goldrush

sternwheeler named Canadian

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-147
  • Item
  • 1898-1905
  • Part of K. McCann

The Canadian was built in 1898 and ran until 1937. It was the largest of ships in the Yukon

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