Subject: St. Eugene Mine
Pierre Cronin and Andrew Paul, Ktunaxa
Pierre Cronin, discoverer of the St. Eugene Mine at Moyie,BC and Andrew Paul, Ktunaxa East Kootenay residents
| Internal ID: | 0002.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Day Shift at St. Eugene Mine, Moyie BC 1908
Image from newsprint showing the day shift mining crew at the St. Eugene Mines in Moyie, BC 1908
| Internal ID: | 0002.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1908 |
Bull wheel on top of St. Eugene Mine head frame
Bull Wheel placed on top of a head frame at the St. Eugene Mine, Moyie, BC
| Internal ID: | 0002.0011 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | August 30th 1964 |
Tramway and Shaft House at Moyie, BC
Image of the Tramway and Shafthouse in Moyie, BC
| Internal ID: | 0002.0012 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
View of Moyie from St. Eugene Concentrator
View from the St. Eugene concentrator, looking north at Moyie and staff houses.
| Internal ID: | 0002.0016 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Portal and Log Building - Moyie
Image of the portal and original log building at the St. Eugene Mine in Moyie BC. Image taken in the 1960's.
| Internal ID: | 0002.0019 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Moyie from top of Mine Headframe
Image of Moyie BC taken in the 1960's from atop of the mine headframe.
| Internal ID: | 0002.0020 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Peter (Pielle Tête de Fer), Discoverer of the St. Eugene Mine
Unused sepia real photo postcard of Pielle Tête de Fer, nicknamed Peter, the discoverer of the St. Eugene Mine on horseback grouped with fellow Ktunaxa.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0073 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1905 |
Peter (Pielle Tête de Fer), Discoverer of the St. Eugene Mine
Unused sepia real photo postcard of Pielle Tête de Fer, nicknamed Peter, the discoverer of the St. Eugene Mine on horseback grouped with fellow Ktunaxa.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0074 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1905 |
Serious Accident at Moyie Concentrator
Serious Accident at Moyie Concentrator; September 2nd, 1926
| Internal ID: | 0042.0150 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 2nd 1926 |
Hamilton, John & W.J.
Newspaper article two successful prospectors state that Southeast Kootenay is one of the most fruitful fields for industrious prospectors to be found in the world.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0200 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 12th 1898 |
Cranbrook C.P.R. Ad
Advertisement touting Cranbrook as the town destined to be smelting, commercial and railway center of East Kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0277 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 4th 1898 |
Mining
All thoughts in Cranbrook are in the direction of mining.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0316 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 16th 1917 |
East Kootenay Survey
Correspondent makes a trip through the East Kootenay and tells the story of the future that awaits the people who will devote their energies and talents to gathering the bountiful harvest of wealth that nature has in waiting for them in that valley.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0560 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 5th 1897 |
W.J. Langley Dies
Former Fort Steele and Moyie miner dies of heart failure in California.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0735 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 23rd 1930 |
Bishop Blesses Hospital
New Westminsters' Catholic bishop visits and holds services in Cranbrook, Moyie, Fernie and St. Marys Mission before presiding over the blessing of the new hospital in Cranbrook.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0862 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 8th 1900 |
A.E. Watts
Early pioneer who took the Crow's Nest Pass trail to Cranbrook two years before the railway tells of the growth along the railway line from prior to now.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0987 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 19th 1908 |
Serious Accident at Moyie Mine
Reporting on a serious accident at the Moyie Concentrator after employee falls into drive belt.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0123 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 2nd 1926 |
St. Eugene Mine
Lay off of men at Moyie mine, even though mine surpassed previous records of concentrates.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0174 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 11th 1901 |
Sullivan Mine
Reporting on the first wagon load of ore being shipped from the Sullivan Mine, with the whole town celebrating.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0305 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 24th 1900 |
Ammonia Lake
Another person, local indian, knows location of the ammonia lake and is willing to take anyone there for $20.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0316 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 19th 1900 |
Brickyards
Article reporting two carloads of brick shipped to mine at Moyie.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0388 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 27th 1900 |
St. Eugene Mine
Newspaper excerpt from the Phoenix Pioneer - telling of the purchase of St. Eugene mine for $7000 and in six years third interest in mine is valued at $3 million.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0420 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 1st 1900 |
St. Eugene Mine
St. Eugene mine will be reopening as it is thought that the railway company has made concessions.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0469 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 31st 1901 |
St. Eugene Mine
Newspaper excerpt from Moyie Leader - reporting that the St. Eugene concentrator was closed down for a week, 160 men out of 270 men were laid off.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0470 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 31st 1901 |
Fort Steele Mining
Reporting on the town of Cranbrook as future capital of S.E. Kootenay is nearing completion of surveying with streets and avenues laid out.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0567 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 5th 1897 |
St. Eugene Mine
Newspaper excerpt from Mail & Empire in Toronto - reporting on a letter sent to a friend from a priest in East Kootenay speaking in glowing terms of the mining outlook in that district.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0576 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 5th 1897 |
Presbyterian Church
Reporting marriage of a St. Eugene Mine employee to a lady from Leduc, Alberta.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0653 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 6th 1907 |
J.F. Armstrong Remembers
Article featuring the offical facts by J.F. Armstrong on the condition of the South East Kootenay while he was appointed government agent.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0074 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 18th 1902 |
Cranbrook Lake
Newspaper excerpt Moyie Leader - letter to their editor from Fort Steele doctor urging them to protest Cranbrook for wanting to steal water from Moyie lake, the same way Cranbrook stole Fort Steeles government offices and railway line.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0195 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 8th 1907 |
Review of Progress
Review of Cranbrook and district's progress during 1911 and outlook for 1912.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0469 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 4th 1912 |
Cranbrook Cemetery
Mr. Mills, proprietor of Kings Hotel in Fernie, visits Cranbrook to erect a monument to the memory of his brother who was killed in St. Eugene mine.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0568 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 21st 1922 |
St. Eugene Mine Discoverer Indian Pete
Ktunaxa "Indian Pete" and his wife, Elizabeth going to the CM&S company office to collect the monthly cheque for discovering the large St. Eugene Mine at Moyie - 1924.
| Internal ID: | 0196.0049 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1924 |
Norman Burdett c.1925
Personalities of Kimberley, B.C. - Norman William Burdett, worked for St. Eugene Mine, Sullivan Mining Co. and The Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company c.1925
| Internal ID: | 0196.0106 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
St. Eugene Mine
St. Eugene Canadian Mining Company Ltd., Moyie, BC
| Internal ID: | 0240.0064 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Mill Hockey Team
Mill hockey team at Christmas '09, Moyie B.C. Men dressed in costumes playing hockey. A quote from the Moyie Leader of January 01, 1910: "All of 200 people gathered at the rink Christmas day to see the burlesque hockey game between the mine and the mill teams.... The makeups of the players were clever. Some accidents happened, but the injured were soon revived when 'Dr.' Sam Worthington would sally forth with his medicine case and apply restoratives...."
| Internal ID: | 0505.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1909 |
Moyie and St. Eugene Mine
Lake shore tramway & shaft house of the St Eugene mine at Moyie B.C. Moyie and Moyie Lake in the background.
| Internal ID: | 0505.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Moyie and St. Eugene Mine
Lake shore tramway & shaft house of the St Eugene mine at Moyie B.C. Moyie and Moyie Lake in the background.
| Internal ID: | 0505.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
St. Eugene Mine, Moyie, B.C.
St. Eugene Mine headframe and concentrator above the town of Moyie, B.C. The C.P.R. railway spur tied into the Crows Nest Pass Railway.
| Internal ID: | 0505.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
St. Eugene Mine, Moyie, B.C.
St. Eugene Mine headframe and concentrator above the town of Moyie, B.C. The C.P.R. railway spur tied into the Crows Nest Pass Railway.
| Internal ID: | 0505.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Moyie Lake from the Highway
A view of Moyie Lake from Highway 3, with some old footings from the St. Eugene Mine complex in the foreground.
| Internal ID: | 0505.0021 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Moyie Lake from the Highway
A view of Moyie Lake from Highway 3, with some old footings from the St. Eugene Mine complex in the foreground.
| Internal ID: | 0505.0022 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
St. Eugene Concentrator
A view of the concentrator buildings at the St. Eugene Mine at Moyie, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0506.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
St. Eugene Mine Heritage Marker
St. Eugene Mine historic sign on Highway 3 along the shore of Moyie Lake.
| Internal ID: | 0507.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1988 |
St. Eugene Concentrator
Remains of the St. Eugene concentrator, taken approx 1988.
| Internal ID: | 0507.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1988 |
St. Eugene Mine
Disintegrating walls of the St. Eugene mine powder magazine, taken approx. 1988.
| Internal ID: | 0507.0010 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1988 |
St. Eugene Consolidated Mining Co.
A panoramic view of the workings of the St. Eugene Consolidated Mining Company on the lake shore at Moyie.
| Internal ID: | 0509.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1901 |
St. Eugene Mine
Workers taking a break on a platform, possibly at the St. Eugene mine. Workers names unknown.
| Internal ID: | 0509.0011 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
St. Eugene Mine
The head frame above Moyie townsite, along with some of the houses at the mine site.
| Internal ID: | 0509.0013 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
St. Eugene Mine
A portion of the old headframe of the St. Eugene Mine above Moyie and Moyie Lake.
| Internal ID: | 0509.0032 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
Indian Pete Portrait
A portrait of Indian Pete (or Pierre Ironhead). He is credited with discovering the original St. Eugene Mine deposit.
| Internal ID: | 0510.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
James Cronin and Mrs. Cronin
James Cronin and Mrs. Cronin standing in front of the St. Eugene Mine portal. Cronin was one of the early investors in this property.
| Internal ID: | 0510.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
St. Eugene Mine
Miners working at the Consolidated Mining & Smetling Co. of Canada operation at Moyie, the St. Eugene Mine 1911.
| Internal ID: | 0510.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1911 |
St. Eugene Miners
Miners posing in front of ore cars from the St. Eugene mine at Moyie.
| Internal ID: | 0510.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
St. Eugene Mine
The headframe at the St. Eugene mine above Moyie, 1950.
| Internal ID: | 0510.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
St. Eugene Concentrator
Concentrator and other buildings at the St. Eugene mine at Moyie, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0510.0026 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
B.C. Stop of Interest Sign
Presentation in front of the St. Eugene Mine plaque at the pull-out alongside Moyie Lake. Does anyone know the poeple? Dan Melody added: The older gentleman with the hat and suspenders is my grandfather Clive Bateman, long time resident of Moyie.
| Internal ID: | 0510.0027 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
B.C. Stop of Interest Sign c.1971
Presentation in front of the St. Eugene Mine plaque at the pull-out alongside Moyie Lake c.1971. The Gentleman on the right, wearing the hat Clive Batemen. Long time resident of the Moyie area, living on his Parent's farm, just 5 miles South of Moyie, across from the Mine.
| Internal ID: | 0510.0029 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1971 |
B.C. Stop of Interest Sign
Presentation in front of the St. Eugene Mine plaque at the pull-out alongside Moyie Lake. Does anyone know the poeple?
| Internal ID: | 0510.0030 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
St. Eugene Mine Buildings
The concentrator and other buildings at the St. Eugene mine site at Moyie, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0510.0031 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
St. Eugene Mine Office
St. Eugene mine office and home of the General Manager, 1907. L-R, J.M. Turnbull, Major A.W. Davis, R.H. Stewart (standing), E.O. Kamm, William White, ?, ?,
| Internal ID: | 0510.0035 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1907 |
St. Eugene Mine Heritage Marker
Erection of the St. Eugene Mine heritage sign on Highway 3 near the city of Moyie. The gentleman in the hat, back to the photographer, is Clive Bateman, long time resident of Moyie.
| Internal ID: | 0513.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Early Moyie Panorama
A panorama view of Moyie and the extensive mining operation of the Consolidated Miningand& Smelting Company at the St. Eugene Mine, Moyie, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0513.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Workers at the St. Eugene Mine
Some of the miners working at the Consolidated Mining & Smetling Co. of Canada mine at Moyie BC, the St. Eugene Mine - 1911. Does anyone know these men?
| Internal ID: | 0513.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1911 |
Moyie, B.C.
A long view of Moyie and the St. Eugene Mine from the middle of Moyie Lake.
| Internal ID: | 0513.0013 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Moyie Family at Top Mine Site
Taken at the St. Eugene Mine site in the spring of 1938, top to bottom: Henry, Florence, Dennis, Stella, Jack, Jessie, Mom. What is the family name?
| Internal ID: | 0515.0030 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1938 |
View from the St. Eugene Concentrator
looking north from the St. Eugene Concentrator, with the St. Eugene Mine offices in the foreground.
| Internal ID: | 0515.0056 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Miners On the Sidewalk
Miners standing in a row, on a sidewalk in front of the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Moyie. The event is unknown.
| Internal ID: | 0515.0067 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Sled and Snowshoes
Group traveling with a sled and snowshoes, St. Eugene Mine. March, 1904.
| Internal ID: | 0515.0088 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1904 |
St. Eugene Mine
Men standing with snowshoes in deep snow, St. Eugene Mine. March, 1904.
| Internal ID: | 0515.0089 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | March 1st 1904 |
St. Eugene Mine
Upper townsite at the St. Eugene Mine. March, 1904.
| Internal ID: | 0515.0090 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | March 1st 1904 |
Moyie City c. 1899
Moyie City and the St. Eugene Mine and concentrator c. 1899..
| Internal ID: | 6011.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1899 |
