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A.A. Chesterfield fonds
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Cree Group

Photograph shows a group of six Cree (two male, four female) arranged three standing in the back, and three kneeling in the front. In the background there is a Tepee to the left, and trees in the right, The women are all wrapped in shawls and blankets, and are wearing dresses. Both men wear hats, and the one who stands in the back holds an axe in his hands.

Winter Rapids

Photograph shows rapids in winter, flowing over rocks and ice. The banks to either side are snow covered, and several fir trees are visible. The river seems to be at the bottom of a ravine, as both banks slop sharply upward.

SS Eldorado

Photograph of a very large ship, resembling an ocean liner, almost centered in the middle of the Hudson Bay. Horizon line divides the composition in half, leaving only water and sky as the background.

Man in fur hat and fur coat

Photograph is portrait style; background is eliminated, the man is shown centered, looking out at the viewer. The only part of him visible beneath the mass amounts of animal furs he wears is his face, which is wrinkled. He neither smiles nor frowns; he has a mustache.

Sailing a Canoe

Photograph shows a man in a canoe with two white sails gliding through a calm section of river. There is a somewaht rocky hill side on the shore behind him, and a few bolders and shrubs in the left hand side of the foreground. The man's back is to the viewer, he is wearing a cap.

Encampment

Photograph is of an encampement of four Cree men, dressed in western style clothing, sitting on a hillside over looking GWR. They have pitched a tepee to the right, and there are boxes of supplies to the left. The men all have their backs to the viewer, as they watch a small ship make its way ashore.

Cree in Canoes

Photograph depicts four canoes on a river, filled with Cree families. Some are being paddled, and some are drifting. In the distance there are snowy hills, and a bare sky. Some of the Cree look toward the viewer.

Fur Trapper

Photograph depicts Chesterfield himself (?) standing over a dead fox, in a grassy field, with some snow. Chesterfield is dressed in tall fur boots, dark baggy pants, and a white coat trimmed in a three stripe pattern, with his hood thrown back. He is smoking a pipe and looking at the body of the fox rather then at the viewer.

Moose

Photograph depicts a moose at close range, laying down in the foliage of a forest. There is snow on the ground, and a few fallen trees in the back ground.

Chesterfield and Trap

Photograph depicts Chesterfield kneeling in the snow under a fir tree. He is checking an animal trap, intended for small animals. There is an axe laying in front of him. The figures are spatially arranged in a diagonal line reaching from the bottom left hand corner to the upper right. This image is available in its original form or its flipped one.

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