Portraits from the first 100 years of photography
In 2011 I bought an album of family snapshots from British Columbia. No one in the album is identified by last name, so I haven't been able to identify the family. Some of the photographs were taken during the years 1915-1917, according to handwritten annotations. A girl named Hazel appears in many of them, so... Continue Reading →
This photo has three words penciled on the back: Near Peggy's Cove. The fishing village of Peggy’s Cove, and nearby Peggy's Point Lighthouse, are about an hour from Halifax, Nova Scotia. I've never been to the province of Nova Scotia, but my mother has a connection to it--of sorts. Her mother was adopted, as a... Continue Reading →
The back of this cabinet card is blank, so I can't say for sure that the sitters are father and daughter, but it's a safe bet. At first I thought he might be wearing a clerical collar, but they always clasp in the back, rather than the front. His suit is simple but well-tailored. Her... Continue Reading →
The image above is the right half of a stereograph (stereoview) published by Benjamin West Kilburn and James M. Davis in 1898. The Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896 and lasted until 1899, with many fortune hunters arriving in the summer of 1898. Canadian authorities required all prospectors to bring a year's supply of food, weighing... Continue Reading →
Tokens of Companionship 
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