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Boorne and May fonds
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Fonds
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Physical description
1 photograph album (100 prints) -- 40 photographs : prints
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Biographical history
The photographic firm of Boorne and May, a portrait, landscape and architectural business, operated in Calgary and Edmonton, N.W.T. (now Alberta) between 1886 and 1893. William Hanson Boorne, 1859-1945, and his cousin, Ernest Gundry May, opened their Calgary studio in 1886, later expanding the business to Edmonton. During its short life, Boorne and May was one of the most prestigious photographic firms in western Canada.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds consists primarily of presentation album titled "Landscapes," containing one hundred views along the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. The album contains many popular views of the period and is inscribed to "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne & May's Compliments. Calgary. January 1889." Also includes individual prints of similar views to those in the album and include views as far west as Yale, B.C. Twenty-two prints, attributable to Boorne and May through photographer numbers and titles on the fronts, are stamped "From J. Nicholson, Photo Artist, Boissevain, Man." on the reverse. Nicholson was a professional photographer at Boissevain, Manitoba between 1888 and 1893. His business was sold to Jas. E. Miers in 1893.
Notes area
Physical condition
Condition of album is fair; pages warped
Immediate source of acquisition
Acquired by donation, transfer and purchase, 1968-1985, 2004
Arrangement
Language of material
- Language is English
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Restrictions on access
Some restrictions on access to originals;Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
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Finding aids
Finding aids and reference tools: basic description, selected modern reference prints, digital images in Alberta InSight database;On-line documents (click on "View photographs" below)
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General note
Record No. V10<br><br>
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- Boorne and May (Subject)