Collection

About the photographs

There are almost three hundred images in the entire Ida Madeline Warner (Mattie) Gunterman Photograph Collection, one hundred and fifty of which have been digitized during this project. Images in the collection exist primarily as glass plate negatives and black and white prints. Subjects include: pioneer and camp life in interior British Columbia; men in the Nettie-L Mine; results of hunting expeditions; women and children skating on frozen ponds; family picnics; masquerade parties; and humourous activities in the cookhouse.

Mattie and Henry dressed for a masquerade ball Mattie Gunterman's photographs are raw and intense providing a rich, powerful resource to researchers who are seeking examples of early pioneer life in British Columbia. The collection lends itself well to a wide variety of audiences locally, nationally and internationally, including: film and television companies, architects and city planners, students, teachers, historians, librarians, and writers.

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Navigation Bar: VPL 2261; 1903; Beaton, BC; Photographer: Mattie Gunterman; Packer Andy Daney raw-hiding supplies to the Nettie-L mine with Anne and Rose Williams and three local children (Henry Gunterman is second from the right)

Top Left: VPL 2271; 1901; Beaton, BC; Photographer: Mattie Gunterman; Rose Williams and Mattie in the rafters of the Nettie-L dining room; Bill Gunterman is armed with two brooms

Bottom Right: VPL 2274; 1903; Beaton, BC; Photographer: Mattie Gunterman; Mattie and Henry dressed for a masquerade ball