Material Type

Photograph

Date Range

Ca. 1884

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

Black and white photograph Negative available

Physical Condition

Good

Acquisition Source

Magrath Charles Alexander

Scope and Content

The big house occupied by the Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company Edmonton. Magrath's comments read: “It was on the hills, a short distance north of the fort. The Alberta Legislative Buildings now occupy the site of the big house.” The photograph was taken about 1884. Chief Factor Richard Hardistry is standing in centre. To his right , Reverend. J. McDougall (sitting down). To his left, Leslie Wood, the next to him is unknown to me. The 3rd who is standing up, is William Pearce, Dominion Land Surveyor, with whom I was acquainted, as I had entered the land surveying profession. He was very much older than me.

Notes

Photograph description were written by Charles Alexander Magrath in 1944. Magrath comments on this photograph twice, once on the first page of the album, and also on the page where the photograph is pasted

Supplied source: Title based on contents of photograph.

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

19770244001

Collection

Archive

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