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An Apology re: July 3rd Glacier Media Advertisement
We are deeply sorry for any hurt and confusion our recent newspaper advertisement has caused. We see now that our choice of words could be interpreted as Barkerville making light of one of the darkest chapters in the history of the indigenous peoples of British Columbia. This was not our intention – in fact quite […]
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Barkerville’s archives help bridge shared Chinese and Canadian histories
November 21, 2019 (Barkerville, BC) – Unique Chinese and Canadian histories are being shared across the world thanks to a recent project partnership between Guangxi Normal University Press in China, and Barkerville Historic Town & Park’s archives in British Columbia. Thousands of Barkerville’s gold rush-era Chinese language archival materials will soon be published by the […]
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EXPERIMENTING WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographing the dress collection presented special challenges. Unlike the smaller pieces, dresses are long and bulky and don’t fit easily on a table. I needed a way to take long flat photos without putting too much pressure on the dress’s shoulders. I experimented with a few different methods before settling on a final arrangement. First, […]