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Sir John A. Macdonald

Sir John A. Macdonald

Studio photo of an aging Sir John A. Macdonald, c. 1885-1889, detail. Always fashionable in his dress and authoritarian in his posture, Macdonald’s expression in this portrait reflects […]
The Last Spike

The Last Spike

In this most iconic of Canadian historical photographs, the Hon. Donald A. Smith is seen driving the commemorative last spike to complete the Canadian Pacific Railway, on the […]
Lord Dufferin

Lord Dufferin

Lord Dufferin, nearing the end of his six-year tenure as Governor General, was photographed in Ottawa by William James Topley in 1878.
Sir Charles Tupper, 1870

Sir Charles Tupper, 1870

Sir Charles Tupper was at one time, the doctor of Sir John A. Macdonald. Later he became one of his cabinet ministers. Here he was in April 1870, […]
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, 1872

Sir John Alexander Macdonald, 1872

Sir John A. Macdonald photographed in 1872, by William Topley. One year later, Macdonald would resign as Prime Minister in the aftermath of the Pacific Scandal.     […]