Topley, Horatio Nelson^[1]

• Name	Topley, Horatio Nelson
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	Ottawa, ON
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	Jun 1894	Alaska/Yukon?/BC? Boundary; Yukon
  Person ID	I716	Camera Workers | T, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2016

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A brother of William James Topley (1845-1930) who took over the Ottawa studio of William Notman in 1872, H.N. Topley often photographed for the Geological Survey of Canada. He photographed the Alaska/Canada boundary in the early summer 1894, as well as scenes in BC. Historian David R. Richeson found a Public Works letter register entry for the Topley Studio sale of $33 of views of the Yukon District in 1900 (OOA, RG 11, vol. 1998, entry March 26/1). H.N. Topley was later employed by the Department of the Interior. [2] REFERENCES: (Victoria) Colonist, 1894 06 13/3, "Scientific Photography"; Hall (1967); Koltun (1980); Letter, David R. Richeson, 1985 01 17.

  
  

• Sources

  [S152] COLLECTION: OOA (Reliability: 3). Negatives and prints [S851] LAC archival records (Reliability: 3). "Moving Here, Staying Here: The Canadian Immigrant Experience: Commissioned Photography" by Jim Burant, Library and Archives Canada. URL (accessed 30 2016): http://collectionscanada.ca/immigrants/021017-1700-e.html