| RCS/Fisher/Y3061B contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 8 |
No. 23. Squidding, Burin. Taken at dawn |
| 9 |
No. 2041. Old time sealers forcing through the Narrows |
| 10 |
No. 2142. A sealing crewing[sic] at work amongst the seals |
| 11 |
No. 2025. The 'Split' man's team |
| 12 |
No. 66. Labrador dogs. Cartwright, Labrador |
| 13 |
Government House |
| 14 |
No. 204. Rigoulette, showing Lord Strathcona's house |
| 15 |
No. 358. Saint Paul's Inlet, West Coast |
| 16 |
No. 602. Drying fish, Venison Tickle, Labrador |
| 17 |
No. 471. Tilt Cove, Copper mine |
| 18 |
No. 677. The Boat Run, Pauch [i.e. Pouch] Cove |
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Fisher photograph collection
| Title |
Government House |
| Reference |
Y3061B/13 |
| Creator |
Holloway, Robert E, 1850-1904, photographer |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1880-circa 1904 |
| Extent and Medium |
Good condition. |
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| Content and context |
243 x 196 mm. A view looking between trees and across the front lawn towards Government House, St. John's: 'Government House is a great stone building, ugly but extremely comfortable, rather like an old-fashioned English country house.. We found it a delighful house to live in.. It was built, I believe, by the Royal Engineers and cost an enormous sum of money, but the huge walls, monstrously thick as they are, do not always serve to keep out the damp.'(Williams 1913). The house was built for Sir Thomas Cochrane (Governor of Newfoundland 1825-1834) and first occupied by him in 1828. |
| Further information |
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A detailed description of the Government House, St John's can be found in: Williams, Ralph (1913), 'How I became a Governor', London: John Murray.
Indexed
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| Index Terms |
| Canada |
| Newfoundland |
| Newfoundland |
| North and Central America |
| Holloway, Robert E (1850-1904) photographer |
| No further on-line information. |
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