Copy print is located in the photograph binders in the Reading Room
Albert W. Mitchell was born on 12 June 1868, the son of Nathaniel and Hannah Mitchell of Charlottetown. He worked at the mercantile firm of Prowse Bros. most of his working career, was an active adherent of Methodism, and a prominent member of the Odd Fellows. He is best known as a talented amateur photographer. He died on 11 April 1906 of Bright's disease and tuberculosis.
Published
This collection consists of a photograph depicting Mt. Stewart bridge with the Bourke house and outbuildings on the far side of the bridge in the distance. One man with a bicycle and two women are standing in the roadbed this side of the bridge. One of the Bourke mills is partially visible. The photograph was likely taken by A.W. Mitchell. The mount is inscribed Cloud Hill, Charlottetown.
John Roche Bourke was a prominent landowner, merchant and shipbuilder. In the 1880's he lived at Mt. Stewart Bridge, Prince Edward Island, where he operated a general store as well as operating flour, saw, and carding mills. Bourke, his wife Isabell, and their four children left the Mt. Stewart area in the 1890's.
The photograph was donated to the Public Archives and Records Office by Joanne Power on 21 September 1993
See also Acc3466/HF72.66.6.34: Mitchell photograph of Bourke home and mills taken from across the fields
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