Portrait of Harold Leslie Davis wearing a graduation robe.

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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2011.039.025

Title

Portrait of Harold Leslie Davis wearing a graduation robe.

Date

[191-?].

Description

Black and white portrait of Harold L. Davis. Harold is wearing a dark graduation robe over top of a collared shirt and patterned tie. He is looking to his left, and there is a band with light coloured, likely white, fur on either side of it across his chest.

People/Subject

Davis, Harold Leslie

Harold Leslie Davis was born on March 20, 1895 in Langley to parents Elizabeth (nee Henderson) and Henry Davis of Milner. He was attending college when he enlisted for service during the First World War. He married Lila Myrtle Stickney and farmed in Milner, on the family farm on 216th Street. They had children Gordon Leslie, Henry Hugh, Beatrice Jean, and Harold Oliver. Harold Leslie Davis passed away at Royal Columbian Hospital on October 12, 1966 at the age of 71 and was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.

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