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PH0534
Elite Photo Studio (Nanaimo, B.C.)
Elite Photo Studio
Collection
circa 1892-1900
.24 cubic feet (1 box and 1 folder)
10 photographic prints ; 5x7 inches
Collection materials
are in English.
Photographs of
Native Americans, circa 1892-1900
The Elite Photo Studio in Nanaimo, British Columbia, established in
January of 1893, was operated by Larss and Pierce (Per Edward Larss and Wesley
Cunningham Pierce). They sold a combination of landscape views, portraits and
photographs of various subjects, including Northwest coast Indians. Among these
were portraits of Angeline, the elderly daughter of Chief Seattle. The
partnership broke up when Larss decided to leave Canada in 1896 and move to
Colorado. When Larss left Nanaimo, Pierce went into business with E.C. Adams of
Vancouver and opened a studio in Seattle.
The collection consists of photographs of Native Americans mainly from
the Northwest. It also includes a photograph of small totem poles in a studio.
All the photographs are on mounts printed with "The Elite Studio, Nanaimo,
B.C." The photographs may possibly have been collected by E.C. Shaw.
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collection in digital format.
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Processed by Diane Burant, 2009.
Photographs transferred from the General Indian Collection,
2003.
Angeline, Suquamish Indian, -1896--Photographs
Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--Photographs
Photographers--British Columbia--Nanaimo
Totem poles--Photographs
Photographic prints
Photographs
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Native Americans
Photographs
1/1
1
Side view portrait of an Athabaskan Indian man possibly
from British Columbia, Canada
circa 1893-1896
1/1
2
Portrait of Athabaskan Indian man
possibly from British Columbia, Canada
circa 1893-1896
1/1
3
Studio portrait of Native American man
holding fish
circa 1892-1896
1/1
4
Old Native American woman seated and
smoking a pipe
circa 1894-1900
1/1
5
Old Native American woman seated outdoors
circa 1894-1900
1/1
6
Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief
Seattle seated with cane, wearing cross around neck
circa 1890-1892
The back of the mount has writing with a story about
Angeline.
1/2
7
Group of Native American women sitting
along side log house, possibly British Columbia
circa 1893-1896
1/2
8
Family group, possibly Kootenay Indians, in front of tepee
circa 1893-1896
1/2
9
Two totem poles in a photography
studio
circa 1893-1896
1/2
10
Nanaimo Bastion and cannons
circa 1893-1896