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Elsie Holloway
Elsie Holloway (1882–1971) was a Canadian photographer known for her portraits and historical events in Newfoundland. Biography Elizabeth-Mary “Elsie” Holloway was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's in 1882. She was the daughter of Henrietta Palfrey and Robert E. Holloway. Her father was a college professor and amateur landscape photographer who introduced his two children, Bert and Elsie, to photography. In the early 1900s, after their father's death, Elsie and Bert established the Holloway Studio in St. John's, which was among the first portrait studios in Newfoundland. Bert specialized in landscapes and Elsie specialized in portraits. In 1915 Bert enlisted for service in World War I and died at the battle of Monchy-le-Preux (Newfoundland) Memorial, Monchy-le-Preux in 1917. Elsie, meanwhile made portraits of many of the Newfoundland Regiment enlistees in St. John's. After the war, Holloway kept the studio open, and continued to create portraits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Of Newfoundland
Newfoundland Colony was an English and, later, British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland off the Atlantic coast of Canada, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English settlement on the island, which was at first seasonal, rather than permanent. It was made a Crown colony in 1824 and a Dominion in 1907. Its economy collapsed during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and Newfoundland relinquished its dominion status, effectively becoming once again a colony governed by appointees from the Colonial Office in Whitehall in London. In 1949, the colony voted to join Canada as the Province of Newfoundland. History Indigenous people like the Beothuk (known as the ''Skræling'' in Greenlandic Norse), and Innu were the first inhabitants of Newfoundland and Labrador. During the late 15th century, European explorers like João Fernandes Lavrador, Gaspar Corte-Real, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier and others b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
