Hirschfeld, Alfred Cyril^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1866 - 1926  (60 years)

• Name	Hirschfeld, Alfred Cyril
  	VARIANT NAMES: Hirschfeld, Albert; Hirschfield, Albert or Alfred.
  Birth	8 Jun 1866	London, Eng., UK
  Gender	Male
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1898	Yukon Territory
  Business Address/Year	29 Apr 1899-2 Jun 1899	Atlin, BC
  	He may have been at this address prior to 29 Apr 1899. The 2 Jun 1899 date is based on his 3 Jun 1899 Atlin Claim ad.
  	Address: 1st Street between Discovery Street Atlin, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1900	Atlin, BC
  	Address: Pearl St. Atlin, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	3 Jun 1899-1900	Atlin, BC
  	The 3 Jun 1899 date is based on his Atlin Claim ad.
  	Address: Pearl St. between 1st and 2nd Atlin, BC Canada
  Marriage	10 Jun 1902	Vancouver, BC   [8]
  	Bride: Marguerite Ethel Miller
  Death	8 Nov 1926	San Francisco, CA
  Person ID	I455	Camera Workers | H, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		A.C. Hirschfeld's photography business, Atlin, BC. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. D-06272.
  		A.C. Hirschfeld's photography business, Pearl St., Atlin, BC, 1899-1900. Left to right, the three men are E.L. de Lamare, Paris; A.C. Hirschfeld, London; and E. Crom, Paris. In another BC Archives photograph, Item A-06725, the men are posed differently. Image courtesy of BC Archives Item F-00178.
  		A.C. Hirschfeld's photography business, Pearl St., Atlin, BC, 1899-1900. Left to right, the three men are E.L. de Lamare, Paris; A.C. Hirschfeld, London; and E. Crom, Paris. In another BC Archives photograph, Item F-00178, the men are posed differently. Image courtesy of BC Archives Item A-06725.
  		A.C. Hirschfeld portrait, 1899-1900. Enlargement of BC Archives, Item A-06725.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		A.C. Hirschfeld news, Vancouver Province, 15 Sep 1900, p. 9. A description of the losses suffered in the 31 Aug 1900 Atlin fire.
  		A.C. Hirschfeld ad, Atlin Claim, 3 Jun 1899, p. 1.
  		A.C. Hirschfeld ad, Atlin Claim, 29 Apr 1899, p. 1. This ad appeared in the first issue. Note the misspelling of his surname.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He worked the Alaska and Klondike towns in 1898 and moved to Atlin by Apr 1899 (BVIPA photo no. HP018639/A-06713). Hirschfeld's photo studio was destroyed in the Aug 1900 fire. He purchased the Atlin Claim in Dec 1900 and sold it the following year. Hirschfeld eventually settled in Vancouver, but appears not to have practiced professionally there. In 1911, for example, he was the Vancouver manager of the Fort Fraser sales office of the Dominion Stock and Bond Corporation Limited. By 1915 he was secretary of the Red Rose Mining Company which had a copper and gold mine near Skeena Crossing. He married Marguerite Ethel Miller in Vancouver on 10 Jun 1902. Hirschfeld also became manager of the Atlin Lake Lumber Company that year (Yukon Archives photo no. 982). IDENTIFYING MARKS: "A. C. Hirschfeld" on negative, with many negatives also numbered. REFERENCES: HEN00; HEN01; Voters List, 1900 ("Hirschfeld, Albert Cyril"); Atlin Claim, 1900 09 01; News-Advertiser (Vancouver), 1902 06 11/4 (marriage); Who's Who and Why (1914); Letter, Yukon Archives, 1982 03 26; Letter, Mrs. J. E. Craddock to BVIPA, 1983 02 20; BVIPA accession registers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] COLLECTION: AHL. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Glass negatives. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA. [S63] COLLECTION: BMBM. [S174] COLLECTION: YWA. Copy prints. [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 8 Dec 1911, 29. Dominion Stock and Bond Corporation Limited ad [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 5 Apr 1915, 14. [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 10 Jun 1902, 1. "Wedding at St. James'"