Elite Photo Studio collection [graphic], circa 1892-1900.

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Elite Photo Studio collection [graphic], circa 1892-1900.

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The Elite Photo Studio 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.

.24 cubic feet (1 box and 1 folder)10 photographic prints ; 5 x 7 in.

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Elite Photo Studio (Nanaimo, B.C.)

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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 i...

Angeline, Suquamish Indian, -1896

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