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Fred J. Claxton fonds [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1865]-1910.

Reference:

R9970-0-X-E

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

198809

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Fred J. Claxton fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

[ca. 1865]-1910.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

171 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of: an album of twenty-six views of Fred J. Claxton's family, including eleven Kodak #1 views taken at Victoria and Bella Bella, British Columbia; views of R.C.P. Co. Cannery, S.S. aboriginal settlements and activities, and aboriginals of Honolulu; identified portraits include Fred J. Claxton, Enid and Violet Claxton, W.J. Coltman, W.H. Anderson, A.S. Robertson, and U. King.

Album containing 47 portraits of the Claxton family and friends: cartes-de-visite taken in Montreal and the UK; tintype and amateur portraits and a view taken at Lake Louise, Alberta; identified portraits include Andrew Robertson (chairman, Montreal Harbour Commission); Mrs. T. James Claxton, T. James Claxton; Mrs. T. James claxton with children, Fred, Alice, Carrie and George; "Tartar" Claxton; Lady Sarah Lambart; Agnes Wilson; Rev. Walter Naish. Photographs are by Notman, J. Inglis, Summerhayes & Walford, W. Notman & Son, Charles A. Candy, P. Devine, Henry W. Salmon.

Two albums containing 98 views taken on Fred J. Claxton's trip to the Klondike, 1898-1899, including views of Chilcoot Pass, Canyon City, Bennett, Taku, Dawson, Fort Selkirk, Bonanza Creek Valley, Yukon River, Lake Le baye, White Pass railway, Bella Bella; Skaguay and Dyea, Alaska. The miner's certificate of Fred J. Claxton is appended to album 4.

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Claxton, Fred J

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Claxton, Fred J

Biography/Administrative history:

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Claxton, Fred J : Fred J. Claxton, a collector.

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General note:

Acquired from an American descendant of Fred J. Claxton by Argonaut Book Shop.

Arrangement note:

Arranged in four albums.
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Klondike River Valley (Yukon)

Klondike, Vallée du (Yukon)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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119-080197-3
1992-393 DAP
92-015
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Photographs: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy negative number.

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