Postcard of Empress Hotel Conservatory, Victoria, BC Canada
- CA RRU 025-008-1-67
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- 1910-1920
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Postcard of Empress Hotel Conservatory, Victoria, BC Canada
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Peter and Ingeborg Bugslag at their cottage by the service entrance to Hatley Park
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Peter Bugslag was a carpenter and caretaker employed at the Hatley Park estate. Several of his children also worked for the Dunsmuir family.
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The greenhouse and conservatory were constructed and installed by the Lord and Burnham Company and they later used the estate installation in their promotional material. The glass house complex had a full time manager and required 60 tons of coal and 200 cords of wood per year to heat. The ornate conservatory pictured had a central dome of about 30 ft square, with two side galleries, each 60 ft long. Flowers were grown inside that were intended for display in the castle and in later years it was also used for food production. According to a former gardener, interviewed in the 1950s, Laura Dunsmuir said that the conservatory was an extravagance in a private garden and that it should be in a public park.
Inside Conservatory with central dome on left, steps down to greenhouse on the right
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The greenhouse and conservatory were constructed and installed by the Lord and Burnham Company and they later used the estate installation in their promotional material. The glass house complex had a full time manager and required 60 tons of coal and 200 cords of wood per year to heat. The ornate conservatory pictured had a central dome of about 30 ft square, with two side galleries, each 60 ft long. Flowers were grown inside that were intended for display in the castle and in later years it was also used for food production. According to a former gardener, interviewed in the 1950s, Laura Dunsmuir said that the conservatory was an extravagance in a private garden and that it should be in a public park.
Stone lined paths in Japanese garden in winter, waterwheel on left
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The upper Japanese garden at Hatley Park was designed by Japanese landscape architect Isaburo Kishida. The garden was installed in 1909 and developed by Tadashi Noda from 1913-1927. This image is looking north into the upper Japanese garden.
group of nine adults [Hatley Park staff] and one child at the [Esquimalt Lagoon] beach.
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The poor quality of the reproduction makes most of the people unidentifiable, however the man on the far left is William Edward John ('Fred') Mann.
Photo of a group of 20 people gathered around a table
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A large group of Hatley Park staff and families are gathered in the home of (probably) Peter and Ingeborg Bugslag, who are at the head of the table on the right hand side of the image. Also in the picture are some of the daughters of Peter and Ingeborg; John Jameson, footman, is possibly the man seated third from left and behind him are the chauffeur, Dirk Frans Van Maastricht, and gardener, Phillip Francis Hayward (holding his daughter). Other people are unidentified.
Child and dog running on path to conservatory
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Image shows the west side of the walled garden with the greenhouse and conservatory. Fruit crops are grown either side of the pathway.
Minnie Hayward and daughter in front of conservatory entrance
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Phillip Francis Hayward in work overalls at conservatory entrance
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The greenhouse and conservatory were constructed and installed by the Lord and Burnham Company and they later used the estate installation in their promotional material. The glass house complex had a full time manager and required 60 tons of coal and 200 cords of wood per year to heat. The ornate conservatory pictured had a central dome of about 30 ft square, with two side galleries, each 60 ft long. Flowers were grown inside that were intended for display in the castle and in later years it was also used for food production. According to a former gardener, interviewed in the 1950s, Laura Dunsmuir said that the conservatory was an extravagance in a private garden and that it should be in a public park.
Newly built garages from the west
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The stables and garage building was added as part of the extensive estate development by Brett and Hall, 1912-1914. The building was U-shaped with the stables on the east side and the garages on the west. Homes for the head coachman and the chauffeur were attached at the north end of each wing. The land around the building was cultivated for growing cereal crops.
Hayward family and another man sat on front steps of cottage
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two women sat on grass outside of walled garden holding their babies
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The image shows the castle newly completed, although the label is signed by Mrs. Humphreys. Kathleen Dunsmuir married Arthur Selden Humphreys in 1915 so the Christmas card cannot predate 1915.
Woman in a black skirt holding a dog
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unknown man (possibly Peter Bugslag), Minnie and Phillip Francis Hayward
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Image is probably taken outside the gardener's cottage, home of Minnie and Phillip Francis Hayward. Peter Bugslag was a carpenter and caretaker at the Hatley Park estate.
Neptune Steps and fountain court at Hatley Park soon after completion.
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The Neptune Steps and Fountain Court to the north of the castle were added as part of extensive development of the Hatley Park estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914. Note that the lions were originally at the top as part of the fountain court. They moved to the base of the steps sometime between 1920 and 1937.
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The greenhouse and conservatory were constructed and installed by the Lord and Burnham Company as part of the estate development by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall. The glass house complex had a full time manager and required 60 tons of coal and 200 cords of wood per year to heat. The ornate conservatory had a central dome of about 30 ft square, with two side galleries, each 60 ft long. Flowers were grown inside that were intended for display in the castle and in later years it was also used for food production. According to a former gardener, interviewed in the 1950s, Laura Dunsmuir said that the conservatory was an extravagance in a private garden and that it should be in a public park.
Hayward family outside cottage at Hatley Park
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While this image does show the Hayward family outside a cottage at Hatley Park, the surrounding trees suggest it is not the gardener's cottage by the walled garden. Three identical cottages exist on the estate - the gardener's cottage, the footman's cottage, and the butler's cottage. This is most likely the footman's cottage at the north east of the estate, near the original stables and the service entrance to the estate.
Postcard of Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC Canada
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A man standing in a long greenhouse behind rows of potted geraniums
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The shape of this greenhouse is not the same as the Lord and Burnham greenhouses at Hatley Park and may have been on the estate prior to the improvements made by landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912 to 1914. It may also be somewhere other than Hatley Park.
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Many Chinese workers were employed in the gardens at Hatley Park and Phillip Francis Hayward supervised several of the men as manager of the greenhouse complex.
Phillip Francis Hayward and helper on path towards rose garden
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