
Photo 2 / J.W.Tyrell (Interior of shack built around fireplace at Fort Reliance by “Buffalo Jones” N.W.T. — 1900)
Photo 3 / Credit: Burke (Edmonton)/Library and Archives Canada/PA-029843 (Native woman sitting next to fire in Peace River District, Alberta, Canada — 1911)
Photo 4 / Credit: John Boyd (Figures before the fireplace at the Boyd cottage, Bala, [Ont.] — Aug 17, 1917)
January 10, 2015 at 11:54 am
Great photos, that last one looks so cosy with the two women sitting in front of the fire.
January 10, 2015 at 1:18 pm
It does look cozy. When I clicked on the photo, I noticed that there is a woman lying on a daybed to the right of the fireplace. She and the lady nearest to her are reading newspapers. Based on the date of the photo, they were midway through World War 1. It leaves me wondering if they are reading about the progress of the war. It would be interesting to know the relationship between the women (mother, sister, daughter, aunt). Perhaps a man absent from the photo was serving overseas.
January 10, 2015 at 1:25 pm
So there is! I like it even more now. But yes, perhaps not such a contented scene as it appears.