Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Early Indian Scenes and Portraits, Vancouver Island (North)
General material designation
- Photograph
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Title statements of responsibility
- Compiled City Archives, City Hall, Vancouver 1941;* Photographs and coloring by Benjamin W. Leeson, Esq. of Leeson Point, Quatsino and Vancouver, Canada.
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File
Reference code
AM54-S4-1-A-15
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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[1894?] - [1939?], reproduced [ca. 1941] (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1 album (86 photographs) ; silver gelatin prints, some hand col. ; 18 x 23 cm or smaller
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Archival description area
Name of creator
(1878-1970)
Custodial history
Scope and content
File is album containing photographs of West Coast First Nations people, works of art and buildings (interior and exterior views). The photographs in the album were originally taken by B.W. Leeson between 1894 and 1939 while he was living in Quatsino Sound, where he worked as a customs official. The album includes detailed captions written by Leeson.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Items in Album A-15 have been assigned numbers in the range: A-15-1 to A-15-86.
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Script of material
Location of originals
Many of the original negatives are part of the Vancouver Public Library's historical photographic collection.
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Name access points
- Leeson, Ben Williams (Photographer)