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Photographs by Hanne Wassermann Walker
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1926-September 1970 (Creation)
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2080 photographs and other materials
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Subseries consists of photographs, negatives, and associated materials (envelopes, metadata papers), most of which were created by Hanne. These images document aspects of her life in Europe prior to immigrating to the United States and eventually Canada. There are photographs from her travels in Austria, France, Italy, and other countries, which reveal an interest in hiking, landscape photography, and architecture. There are also many photographs taken of Hanne’s friends, family, and even an apparent boyfriend/lover with whom she travelled extensively in the 1920s and 1930s. After arriving in North America, Hanne’s photos capture her life with husband George Walker — their hiking trips, the home they made for themselves in Vancouver, the many dogs they owned and loved over the years, and their friends and family in North America. Hanne’s interest (not to mention her education as a young woman) in portrait photography is also reflected in this subseries through the many pictures taken of herself, George, and the members of several local families, including the Koerners. Hanne also photographed the many sculptures she produced while living in Vancouver — sculptures which are not part of this fonds and are likely impossible to ever locate/recover.
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Physical condition
Some materials are in moderate-to-poor condition. Some photographic negatives exhibit signs of deterioration such as blue discoloration and a vinegary odour. (These have been stored separately from the rest of the collection to prevent further contamination.) Most of the envelopes containing negatives are quite dry and brittle. Some negatives had already decayed substantially at the time of their donation to RBSC and ultimately had to be thrown out.
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- German
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Includes: 1715 small b&w photographs, 64 small colour photographs, 169 medium b&w photographs, 91 large b&w photographs, 231 b&w negatives, 47 colour negatives, 810 envelopes containing negatives, prints, and textual information, and 5 cm of textual materials.