Hirschfeld, Alfred Cyril^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1866 - 1926  (60 years)

• Name	Hirschfeld, Alfred Cyril
  	VARIANT NAMES: Hirschfeld, Albert; Hirschfield, Albert or Alfred.
  Birth	8 Jun 1866	London, Eng., UK
  Gender	Male
  Home Address/Year	1900	Atlin, BC
  	Address: Pearl St. Atlin, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1899-1901	Atlin, BC
  Death	8 Nov 1926	San Francisco, CA
  Person ID	I455	Camera Workers | H, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2017

  
  

• Photos		A.C. Hirschfeld's photography business, Atlin, BC. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. D-06272.
  		A.C. Hirschfeld's photography business, Atlin, BC. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. F-00178.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He worked the Alaska and Klondike towns in 1898 and moved to Atlin by Apr 1899 (BVIPA photo no. HP018639/A-06713). Hirschfeld's photo studio was destroyed in the Aug 1900 fire. He purchased the Atlin Claim in Dec 1900 and sold it the following year. Hirschfeld eventually settled in Vancouver, but appears not to have practiced professionally there. He married Marguerite Ethel Miller in Vancouver on 10 Jun 1902. Hirschfeld also became manager of the Atlin Lake Lumber Company that year (Yukon Archives photo no. 982). IDENTIFYING MARKS: "A. C. Hirschfeld" on negative, with many negatives also numbered. REFERENCES: HEN00; HEN01; Voters List, 1900 ("Hirschfeld, Albert Cyril"); Atlin Claim, 1900 09 01; News-Advertiser (Vancouver), 1902 06 11/4 (marriage); Who's Who and Why (1914); Letter, Yukon Archives, 1982 03 26; Letter, Mrs. J. E. Craddock to BVIPA, 1983 02 20; BVIPA accession registers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] COLLECTION: AHL. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Glass negatives. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA. [S63] COLLECTION: BMBM. [S174] COLLECTION: YWA. Copy prints.