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John Christian fonds
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CA CVIC PR 236
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[ca. 1908-1920] (Creation)
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- Christian, John, d. 1933
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146 photographs
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John Christian was born in Nova Scotia and came to Victoria about 1895. He originally worked as a sealer and, about 1911, began work for the Consolidated Whaling Corporation as a whaler. In 1919 he married Gladys Maude Cameron, a niece of Agnes Deans Cameron, and they had two daughters, Phyllis and Creta.
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The fonds consists of copy negatives taken from loaned photo albums. Photo albums were created by Gladys Maude Cameron and John Christian. The majority of images are of unidentified individuals and places with many other images depicting the Christian and Cameron families and scenes of Victoria.
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BCAUL control number: CVIC-234
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- Christian, Gladys Maude (Subject)
- Christian (family) (Subject)
- Cameron (family) (Subject)