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Hirschfeld, Alfred Cyril

Hirschfeld, Alfred Cyril[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1866 - 1926  (60 years)

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  • Name Hirschfeld, Alfred Cyril 
    • VARIANT NAMES: Hirschfeld, Albert; Hirschfield, Albert or Alfred.
    Birth 8 Jun 1866  London, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1899-1900  Atlin, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Pearl St.
    between 1st and 2nd
    Atlin, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1900  Atlin, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Pearl St.
    Atlin, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 10 Jun 1902  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Bride: Marguerite Ethel Miller 
    Death 8 Nov 1926  San Francisco, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I455  Camera Workers | H, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2023 

  • Photos
    A.C. Hirschfeld's photography business, Atlin, BC.    		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, Pearl St., Atlin, BC, 1899-1900.    		A.C. Hirschfeld's photography business, Pearl St., Atlin, BC, 1899-1900.
    Left to right, the three men are E.L. de Lamare, Paris; A.C. Hirschfeld, London; and E. Crom, Paris. In another BC Archives photograph, Item A-06725, the men are posed differently. Image courtesy of BC Archives Item F-00178.
    A.C. Hirschfeld's photography business, Pearl St., Atlin, BC, 1899-1900.    		A.C. Hirschfeld's photography business, Pearl St., Atlin, BC, 1899-1900.
    Left to right, the three men are E.L. de Lamare, Paris; A.C. Hirschfeld, London; and E. Crom, Paris. In another BC Archives photograph, Item F-00178, the men are posed differently.
    Image courtesy of BC Archives Item A-06725.
    A.C. Hirschfeld portrait, 1899-1900.    		A.C. Hirschfeld portrait, 1899-1900.
    Enlargement of BC Archives, Item A-06725.

    Documents
    A.C. Hirschfeld news, Vancouver <i>Province</i>, 15 Sep 1900, p. 9.    		A.C. Hirschfeld news, Vancouver Province, 15 Sep 1900, p. 9.
    A description of the losses suffered in the 31 Aug 1900 Atlin fire.
    A.C. Hirschfeld ad, <i>Atlin Claim</i>, 3 Jun 1899, p. 1.    		A.C. Hirschfeld ad, Atlin Claim, 3 Jun 1899, p. 1.

  • 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. In 1911, for example, he was the Vancouver manager of the Fort Fraser sales office of the Dominion Stock and Bond Corporation Limited. By 1915 he was secretary of the Red Rose Mining Company which had a copper and gold mine near Skeena Crossing.
      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 
    1. [S43] COLLECTION: AHL.

    2. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA.
      Glass negatives.

    3. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA.

    4. [S63] COLLECTION: BMBM.

    5. [S174] COLLECTION: YWA.
      Copy prints.

    6. [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 8 Dec 1911, 29.
      Dominion Stock and Bond Corporation Limited ad

    7. [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 5 Apr 1915, 14.

    8. [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 10 Jun 1902, 1.
      "Wedding at St. James'"