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- Photographs
- Textual records
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1890-1935 (Creation)
- Creator
- Chambers, Arthur Hyde, Sr., 1852-1935 (family)
Physical description area
Physical description
ca. 550 photographs. and 0.01 m of textual records
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Frederick Dundas Todd came to Victoria in 1908, where he worked as Provincial Apiarist until 1921. He married Rebecca Keay, with whom he had three sons and two daughters. All of his sons became civil engineers.
The Chambers and Todd families are related by marriage; R.A.D. Todd, a son of Frederick Dundas Todd, married Phoebe Rosalie Chambers, daughter of Arthur Hyde Chambers.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Arthur Hyde Chambers was a Victoria photographer. He first married Annie Middleton in 1869, with whom he had one son. He later married Jessie Clark, in 1881, with whom he had three daughters and one son. Chambers ran a photographic studio in Victoria from the 1890s to 1900.
The Chambers and Todd families are related by marriage; R.A.D. Todd, a son of Frederick Dundas Todd, married Phoebe Rosalie Chambers, daughter of Arthur Hyde Chambers.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists primarily of glass plate and nitrate negatives, the majority of which are images of individuals and family groups, including members of the Chambers and Todd families.
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An item list is available for the glass plate negatives.
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Contact prints and copy negatives of many images are available.