James Powell’s latest blog post in Today in Ottawa’s History is the story of William James Topley, a giant of nineteenth-century Canadian photography. LAC holds the vast Topley archive; look to it for photos of Ottawa’s and Parliament’s elites; purchased in 1936 for $3,000.
https://todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com/2024/12/07/william-j-topley-studio/
A few sampjes. https://thediscoverblog.com/tag/topley-studio/
Once upon a time when LAC was worth browsing, they had a Topley project – nowarchived or Wayback machine….
https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20120411212832/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/topley/index-e.html