Mattie Gunterman Collection

This is a selection of photographs from the Mattie Gunterman Collection. Use the Vancouver Public Library's Historical Photographs search to find more photographs from this collection.

Description

Welcome to Beaton and Lardeau Valley in the Kootenay District of British Columbia at the turn of the twentieth century. From dish washing to berry picking, community picnics to masquerade balls, Madeline Gunterman's photographs reveal spontaneity, directness and a lively sense of moment that affords the viewer a unique glimpse of pioneer life.

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Boys with Canada goose they have shot
Cedar log that has split a tree
Children on swings
Group at mine entrance in the snow
Group of Thomson's Landing residents
Horses pulling rawhides
July 1 celebration in Beaton
Loggers with logging equipment
Madeline (Mattie) Gunterman and Ann Willliams looking out of the doorway of log cabin at snow
Mattie and Henry Gunterman in costume
Mattie Gunterman, 3 poses
Mattie Gunterman and family on Dewdney Trail
Mattie Gunterman at approximately 20 years of age
Mattie Gunterman dressed as a hobo
Mattie Gunterman posed by a tree stump
Mattie Gunterman riding her horse 'Nellie'.

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