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Portrait of Charles Ostertag, retired underground coal miner and surface mine operator

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1982

Reference:

R11931-3-0-E, Volume number: 1

BAN no.:

2005-00292-5

Item no. (creator):

3

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3614266

Context of this record:

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Lawrence Chrismas Collection

Portrait of Charles Ostertag, retired underground coal miner and surface mine operator
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1982

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Place:

Evansburg, Alberta,

Place of creation:

Alberta

Extent:

1 photograph: silver gelatin print; 27.7 x 35.4 cm.
Positive Paper Silver - gelatine

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a portrait of Charles Ostertag, retired underground coal miner and surface mine operator, 1982, by Lawrence Chrismas.

Provenance:

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Chrismas, Lawrence, 1941-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Chrismas, Lawrence, 1941- : Lawrence Chrismas was born in 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta. He is a photographer, writer and mining historian who captured the way of life of Canadian miners through portraits and interviews.

Works located in: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

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Custodial history:

Acquired directly from the artist

Signatures and inscriptions note:

in pencil, verso b.l.l.: Lawrence Chrismas/05 / Title: Charles Ostertag, Retired Underground / Coal Miner and Surface Mine Operator / Evansburg, Alberta / Date of Photography: 1982 / Date Printed: 2005

Series added entry:

Alberta Miners: a tribute/photography and text by Lawrence Chrismas, 1993, p. 172

Container note(s):

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PA-215278 : Colour slide also available

Subject heading:

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Portraits

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2005-00292-5
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of a staff member from the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [R11931]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 3

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R11931] PA-215278

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Lawrence Chrismas, Library and Archives Canada, R11931-3, PA-215278
Copyright: Lawrence Chrismas
Restrictions on use: nil

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