Harry Pollard (photographer)
Canadian photographer
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Harry Pollard (1880–1968) was a Canadian photographer known for his photographs of First Nations peoples in Western Canada.
1880
businessman
Harry Pollard | |
|---|---|
| Born | Harry Pollard 1880 Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada. |
| Died | 1968 (aged 87–88) |
| Occupations | photographer businessman |
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]
