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Lilian Bland fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1792
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1875 - 1935

The fonds consists of 1,398 glass plate negatives, glass lantern slides, celluloid prints and celluloid negatives, the majority of which were taken by Lilian Bland. The photographs reflect the varied and unique life of Lilian Bland and her family. The fonds includes several photographs of the Mayfly, the bi-plane Lilian famously designed, constructed, and flew. Other photographic subjects include horse-riding and horse-racing, Lilian's fathers' artwork, her husbands' travels in China, family photographs, birds and bird-watching, her travels in Europe, California, and British Columbia, and photographs documenting her years spent as a settler living on the Quatsino Sound in Vancouver Island and in California with her family.
Other record types in the fonds include Lilian Bland’s unpublished memoir, and the original enclosures for the photographs including boxes, envelopes, and box lists.
The finding aid for the fonds, attached as a PDF, includes a spreadsheet of images as they were received upon donation to Rare Books and Special Collections. A brief description created by the donor is available for each image in the finding aid.

Bland, Lilian Emily

An Old Time Princess

Image of a First Nations woman named Ar-tatse or also known as Ne-Kar-At-See or Lucy Moon, the daughter of Carlity of the Quatsino sub-group. Caption on photograph states the costume she is wearing is made from a cedar tree.

Leeson, Ben William

Passing of the Siwash

Image of a First Nations man named Cul-Tetsam with a blanket wrapped around him. Ruins of the village Klaskeno can be seen in the background. The caption on the photo states that "siwash" is the name of a "the old blanket indian".

Leeson, Ben William