- CA RRU 025-002-1-6-156
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- 1895-1905
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Caption reads: falls in Pine Creek Canyon, Atlin, BC. Photo by AC Hirschfeld
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Part of K. McCann
Caption reads: falls in Pine Creek Canyon, Atlin, BC. Photo by AC Hirschfeld
Byrdie Dunsmuir and her aunts on a tree stump
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Eldest daughter of James and Laura Dunsmuir, Sarah Byrd "Byrdie" is on the left of this image. Her aunt, Mary Jean (Dunsmuir) Croft, is seated at bottom left.
man in carriage outside a gate
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toddler by hay bales with spade
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Large group, James Dunsmuir second from right
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Frank "Dib" Little, mine manager, and James Dunsmuir
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scenic shot of water and mountains
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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
people panning for gold, Laura Dunsmuir 5th from left
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Commission and Storage, Atlin.
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Caption reads: At Discovery, Atlin, BC. Photo by AC Hirschfeld
Sarah 'Byrdie' Dunsmuir in theatrical costume, dressed as Vivandiere
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girls in swim costumes ankle deep in water
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four unidentified girls in bathing suits
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man and woman at an outdoor event
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Loewen Sisters at quarantine fence at their home, Rockwood, on the Gorge
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This photo in the Dunsmuir collection is not the Dunsmuirs under quarantine, but friends of theirs. The sign on the fence reads:
“Scarlet Fever- This house quarantined until Oct. 31 by order of George Duncan.”
There was a small outbreak of scarlet fever in the fall of 1895, the possible timing of this photo. At the time, the city health officer, Dr. George H. Duncan, was praised for his swift action to contain the outbreak of contagious disease.
The women pictured are five of the six daughters of Joseph and Eva Loewen, who lived in a home called Rockwood on the Gorge waterway. They were not far from the Dunsmuirs, who in 1895 were living at their grand home on the Gorge, Burleith. The Loewen and Dunsmuir girls were friends and often played together on sports teams and performed in local concerts, several of them being accomplished musicians.
The Loewens sold Rockwood in 1908 and the house soon became associated with scarlet of a different kind. The new owner, Estella Carroll, was better known locally as “the Rockwood Madam” where she operated a house of ill-repute. The Dunsmuirs by this time were living at Government House and awaiting completion of their new home at Hatley Park.
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James Dunsmuir surveying a trestle
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