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Cattle Scene, *Coldstream Ranche*, Vernon B.C., n.d.

Cattle Scene, *Coldstream Ranche*, Vernon B.C., n.d.

Much of the Okanagan Valley was divided into large cattle ranches until the area became overgrazed.
The Aberdeen Family, 1897

The Aberdeen Family, 1897

L to R- standing: Dudley Gordon, Lord Aberdeen, Haddo Gordon and Archibald Gordon; seated: Marjorie Gordon and Lady Aberdeen A formal portrait of the Aberdeen family taken in […]
Lord and Lady Aberdeen, 1898

Lord and Lady Aberdeen, 1898

Detail of a formal portrait of Lord and Lady Aberdeen after becoming the Governor General of Canada (1893-1898).
Coutts Marjoribanks and his Ranch Foreman, late 1880s

Coutts Marjoribanks and his Ranch Foreman, late 1880s

Coutts Marjoribanks (seated on the left side) with his North Dakota Ranch foreman (‘Bernie’ Kelly) are dressed in their cowboy attire. Coutts, like many other young ‘remittance men’, looked […]
Coldstream Ranch Fruit Orchards, c.1895

Coldstream Ranch Fruit Orchards, c.1895

The Coldstream Ranch land closest to Long  (Kalamalka) Lake was subdivided into fruit lots to attract new settlers and to raise funds to offset some of the Aberdeens’ […]
“Kodaking and Being Kodaked at Guisachan B.C.”, 1891

“Kodaking and Being Kodaked at Guisachan B.C.”, 1891

Kodak photo of Lady Aberdeen ‘Kodaking’ Guisachan Farm on the Aberdeens’ first visit.  It is likely that Lady Aberdeen set up the two Kodak cameras and had her daughter […]
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