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Savannah, John Victoria (B.C.) With digital objects
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Clara Cameron

The item is a b&w photograph mounted on a "Paris panel" cabinet card. The photograph is a studio portrait of Clara Cameron with a guitar, taken by John Savannah. Notes on the back of the photograph say that she was the daughter of Daniel Cameron and was married to James Pottinger.

Kerr & Begg's book store, Victoria

The item is a copy print made from an albumen print contained within NW 971M S656 "British Columbia: A description of its natural resources, commercial advantages, leading mercantile and business houses, 1891-2" / P.R. Smith.

Teams and sheds of P. Hansen, Discovery Street, Victoria

Item consists of one photograph depicting teams and sheds of P. Hansen, Victoria. The photograph has been identified as a John Savannah photograph based on its publication in "Souvenirs, Victoria Police Department, February, 1902" [NWp 971.82 P766v] with a caption that reads: "Mr. Hansen does by far the largest general teaming business in Victoria, as well as the general scavenger business of the city. He contracts for all kinds of teaming, excavating, filling, etc., and has for sale building sand, gravel and trap rock. He is the pioneer in his line in the city, and employs a large number of men. The above illustration shows some of his teams ready to start to work. The office is No. 49 Discovery Street, Telephone No. 184"

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