Guide to the Alexander Gardner Photographs of British Boundary Commission Photographs circa 1865-1867
PC 96

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882.
Title
Alexander Gardner Photographs of British Boundary Commission Photographs
ID
PC 96
Date [inclusive]
circa 1865-1867
Extent
1.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 box, 5 items
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Five photographic prints of images originally created by the British Boundary Commission in 1860-1861, depicting Fort Colville, Fort Vancouver, and the Kootenay Mission.

Preferred Citation

[Item description] Alexander Gardner Photographs of British Boundary Commission Photographs, 1821-1882 (PC 96)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Alexander Gardner was one of the preeminent U.S. photographers during and after the Civil War. He owned a studio in Washington D.C. The British Boundary Commission was one of the groups conducting the northwest boundary survey, following the settlement of the U.S./Britain northwest border in 1946 as the 49th parallel.

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Scope and Content

Five 8.5"x7" mounted second-generation photographic prints of historic northwest settlements. All are labeled but undated. Two are of Fort Colville, two of Fort Vancouver, and one of the Kootenay Mission. All bear common branding: "A. Gardner, Photographer. 511 Seventh Street, Washington. Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington." However, these second-generation images, photographs taken of photographs. The original images were British Boundary Commission photographs (ca. 1860-1861); those images were later photographed by Gardner on behalf of the British and American Joint Commission for the Final Settlement of the Claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies, which was investigating claims submitted in 1865 by those companies for losses suffered in relinquishing their rights below the U.S. - British border.

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Arrangement

The five images are in their original order, as identified by lettering. Titling below is taken verbatim from the mounts. H.B. Co. abbreviates "Hudson's Bay Company's," while B.B. Commission is "British Boundary Commission."

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2016

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • British Boundary Commission.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Vancouver Barracks (Wash.) -- Photographs
  • Fort Colville (Wash. : Army garrison) -- Photographs

Subject(s)

  • Rural missions -- British Columbia.
  • Washington (State)
  • British Columbia
  • Photographs

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Detailed Description of Collection

item

Roman Catholic Mission on left bank of Kootenay river. United States Photographs no. 1. 

A

H.B. Co. Fort Colville. United States Photographs no. 2. 

B

H.B. Co. Fort Vancouver. United States Photographs no. 3. 

C

Camp of B.B. Commission, Fort Vancouver. United States Photographs no. 3.5. 

D

View from Fort Colville looking across the Columbia. United States Photographs no. 10. 

E