The Redwood Photo Album, pages 27-28

5/22/2811

Photo by William Barrett
Bognor Regis, England
1861-1863
5/22/2812

Photo by William H. Illingworth
St. Paul, Minnesota
After 1867
William H. Illingworth built his reputation by accompanying two American military expeditions that aimed to suppress Indigenous peoples and promote colonization in the west. He documented General Custer's campaign against the Dakota people in the 1870s.

Ellen Arabella, Mary Isabella, Florence & Harriet Louisa Inkster

5/22/2813

Photo by Ryder Larsen
Red River Settlement (Winnipeg
1866-1870
This photo shows the four eldest daughters of Mary Todd & William Inkster: Ellen Arabella (left), Mary Isabella 'Bella' (right?), Florence (front centre), and Harriet Louisa (seated centre?).
A version of this photo circulating on genealogy websites appears to have the names mixed up. The girl in the centre looks to be the oldest, which means she must be Harriet Louisa and not Bella. This photo also suggests that the published birthdates for some of these women are be incorrect. This photo was printed no later than 1870 based on the "Ruperts Land" label, but the girl in the centre looks to be about 12 years old -- meaning she would have been born in the 1850s.
5/22/2814

Photo by Duffin & Caswell
​Winnipeg
1877-1881
The same picture of this mysterious, mutton-chopped man is also in another photo album owned by different women from the Inkster family. The other copy even includes a romantic note.
5/22/2815
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Photo by Steele & Wing
Winnipeg
1887-1892

Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne

5/22/2816

Photo by Joel Emmons Whitney
St Paul, Minnesota
1851-1867
Andrew Bannatyne was an early businessman who became fabulously wealthy operating a general store near Portage and Main.  Like James Ross, he joined Louis Riel's Provisional Government in 1869 and argued for peaceful terms with Canada. He is commemorated by Bannatyne Avenue.
5/22/2817

Photo by Duffin & Co
Winnipeg
1877-1881
5/22/2818
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Photo by Duffin & Co.
​Winnipeg1877-1881
Unfortunately the note and name written on this photo are mostly illegible.

"To Harriet
from Lizzie(?)
​Lownick(?)"