Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
Man and calf on Springfield Ranch, [ca. 1900]
NC-43-128
Hugh Beynon Biggs photographs
A brief history of the photographer and his work is in the Archives Main Catalogue.
How to view the photographs
The Hugh Beynon Biggs photographs are rich in views of ranching, the Beynon area of Alberta, the Biggs family, the Springfield Ranch, and the construction of the Canadian Northern Railway.
You may view all the currently digitized Biggs photographs (about 300) in date order.
You may search the Biggs photographs by subjects, places, people or dates by using the Archives Photographs search screen. Always enter Biggs in the 'Photographer/Illustrator' box to limit your findings to Biggs images, then refine your search by entering search terms in the other boxes on the screen. Several examples are given below:
- Enter Biggs in the 'Photographer/Illustrator' box AND Springfield in the 'Keywords/Phrase' box to find photographs of the Springfield Ranch.
- Enter Biggs in the 'Photographer/Illustrator' box AND cattle in the 'Keywords/Phrase' box to find photographs of livestock.
- Enter Biggs in the 'Photographer/Illustrator' box AND Mabel in the 'People' box to find photographs of Hugh Biggs' wife Mabel Biggs.
- Enter Biggs in the 'Photographer/Illustrator' box AND 1910 in the 'Year(s)' box to find photographs taken in this year.
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