Harry Pollard (photographer)

Harry Pollard
Born Harry Pollard
1880
Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada.
Died 1968
Occupation photographer
businessman

Harry Pollard (1880–1968) was a Canadian photographer know for his photographs of First Nations peoples in Western Canada.

Career

Pollard was born in 1880 in Tillsonburg, Ontario. His father, James, was a photographer. In May 1899, Pollard moved to Calgary where he opened a photography studio.[1] Among his most notable photographs are those documenting the First Nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy living in Canada - the Tsuu T'ina Nation, the Siksika Nation and the Kainai Nation.[2][3]

In 1924, Pollard was press photographer for Associated Screen News, a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway. He was hired to take promotional pictures of ocean cruises, and his job took him around the world 14 times.[4]

The Harry Pollard photograph collection is in the Provincial Archives of Alberta, having been acquired by the provincial government in 1964.[1]

Personal life

Pollard was married Eleanor Tillen, who was named Miss Canada in 1908.[5][1] Together they had five children - Harry, William, Laura, Martha and Helen.[1] Pollard died at the age of 87 on July 9, 1968.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Harry Pollard fonds". HeRMIS. Provincial Archives of Alberta. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Savchenko, Glib (13 July 2016). "Canadian Indians in 1910s in Harry Pollard's Photographs — Bird In Flight". Bird In Flight. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Arbuckle, Alex Q. "1910: Magnificent portraits of First Nations people of Alberta". Mashable. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Guelph Mercury, 11/3/2007
  5. ↑ "Elbow Park Oral History Project: Helen Firmstone May 6, 1999" (PDF). Glebow Archives. Retrieved 19 July 2018.


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