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Hoy Self-Portrait, c.1910

Black-and-white portrait of a seated man with a mustache, wearing a suit and tie, posed against a plain backdrop.

C.D. Hoy, Hoy Self-Portrait, c.1910, P1655 Barkerville Historic Town Archives.

In the spring of 1909, Hoy arrived in the gold mining town of Barkerville, and there he picked up a camera for the very first time. It is not known how he got this camera, how he learned to operate it, or where his portrait studio might have been: one day he was an underemployed gold miner and the next he was a photographer. He later settled in Quesnel, a nearby town, and he became a well-respected community member, a father of twelve, and, for many, the man you visited to get your photograph taken.

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Black-and-white portrait of a seated man with a mustache, wearing a suit and tie, posed against a plain backdrop.

Hoy Self-Portrait, c.1910

Black-and-white photo of a woman in a long dress and wide-brimmed hat standing beside a wooden chair in front of a wooden building.

Mathilda Joe, c.1910

Black-and-white photo of seven men in early 20th-century clothing and hats standing in a line outside a wooden building.

Group of men in front of C.D. Hoy’s store in Quesnel, c.1910

Black and white photo of a young woman sitting in a chair with her arm resting on the back of the chair.

Laura (Yee) Sing / Mrs. Won Gar Wong, c.1915 / 1912

Black-and-white portrait of an elderly East Asian man wearing traditional clothing and a cap, seated and facing the camera.

Lim Poi (likely), c.1910

Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit and tie, seated on a stool and facing the camera.

Chinese man in business suit and traditional Chinese shoes, c.1910

Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit seated with legs crossed, holding a cigarette, with Chinese calligraphy banners and a wall calendar behind him.

Chinese man in Revolutionary background, 1912

Black-and-white portrait of a man in a hat sitting cross-legged on a chair, reading a small booklet, with books, a clock, and a 1912 calendar behind him.

Caucasian man with pamphlet / Long Jim, 1912 / c.1912

Black-and-white photo of three people standing outdoors on grass, a woman and two men dressed in early 20th-century clothing.

Cecilia, Marvin, and August (Sr.) Baker, 1910–20

Black-and-white portrait of a woman standing beside a seated man in a studio setting, both wearing early 20th-century clothing and looking at the camera.

Betsy Adams (née Duchamp) and George P. Adams, c.1910

Black-and-white photo of a well-dressed couple standing in a doorway, the woman leaning on the man with her hand on her hip, both facing the camera.

C.D. Hoy and Josephine Alexander, c.1915

Black-and-white photo of a person wearing a hat, sitting on a horse in a dirt street with wooden buildings in the background.

Kong Shing Sing on a horse on Barlow Avenue in Quesnel, c.1910

Black-and-white portrait of a seated man with a mustache, wearing a suit and tie, posed against a plain backdrop.

Hoy Self-Portrait, c.1910

Black-and-white photo of a woman in a long dress and wide-brimmed hat standing beside a wooden chair in front of a wooden building.

Mathilda Joe, c.1910

Black-and-white photo of seven men in early 20th-century clothing and hats standing in a line outside a wooden building.

Group of men in front of C.D. Hoy’s store in Quesnel, c.1910

Black and white photo of a young woman sitting in a chair with her arm resting on the back of the chair.

Laura (Yee) Sing / Mrs. Won Gar Wong, c.1915 / 1912

Black-and-white portrait of an elderly East Asian man wearing traditional clothing and a cap, seated and facing the camera.

Lim Poi (likely), c.1910

Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit and tie, seated on a stool and facing the camera.

Chinese man in business suit and traditional Chinese shoes, c.1910

Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit seated with legs crossed, holding a cigarette, with Chinese calligraphy banners and a wall calendar behind him.

Chinese man in Revolutionary background, 1912

Black-and-white portrait of a man in a hat sitting cross-legged on a chair, reading a small booklet, with books, a clock, and a 1912 calendar behind him.

Caucasian man with pamphlet / Long Jim, 1912 / c.1912

Black-and-white photo of three people standing outdoors on grass, a woman and two men dressed in early 20th-century clothing.

Cecilia, Marvin, and August (Sr.) Baker, 1910–20

Black-and-white portrait of a woman standing beside a seated man in a studio setting, both wearing early 20th-century clothing and looking at the camera.

Betsy Adams (née Duchamp) and George P. Adams, c.1910

Black-and-white photo of a well-dressed couple standing in a doorway, the woman leaning on the man with her hand on her hip, both facing the camera.

C.D. Hoy and Josephine Alexander, c.1915

Black-and-white photo of a person wearing a hat, sitting on a horse in a dirt street with wooden buildings in the background.

Kong Shing Sing on a horse on Barlow Avenue in Quesnel, c.1910

Hoy Self-Portrait - Art Canada