frozenfirehose

Duke Connaught at Ruins, Ottawa (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• B-59 said:

  Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was Governor General of Canada at that time (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Arthur,_Duke_of_Connaught_an...)
  
  Another photo with the Duke of Connaught:
  
  
  Most likely this man on the photo (detail from the higher resolution image):
  

• Ryan (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for your research B-59, and thanks for providing the hi-res detail. We'll add a bit of information to this record the next time we update.

• hockadilly said:

  Parliament buildings fire in February 1916? canadaonline.about.com/od/parliament/p/parlbldgsfire.htm

• Dean Z said:

  As a note, this image would have likely been taken in February 1916 note the frozen hoses and damaged building. The Government of Canada moved quickly to rebuild Parliament, and the Duke of Connaught re-laid the cornerstone for the new parliament in September 1, 1916. www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprec...

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks Dean Z, we'll update the date field.