Photograph depicts rows of palm trees shadowing the Pacific Park Motel with a mountain range in the background.
The images consists primarily of 130+ photographs taken by or belonging to Reverend R.W. Large, MD which depict communities on the Northwest Coast between approximately 1898 and 1920 including Bella Bella, Rivers Inlet, and Port Simpson, including native villages in which Reverend Large worked. Images show scenes of native fishing, canneries, mission hospitals, churches, girls schools, portraits of native families, and Northwest Coast totems. Other images include 25+ photographs and postcards from the Large family depicting ships and boats on the North Coast.
Photograph depicts the tops of two trees with a large body of water visible in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Looking towards the "Head" from Rivers Inlet Hospital"
Photograph depicts a painting of a river inlet with boats and houses hung on a fence.
Photograph depicts three unidentified men standing in front of an Indigenous totem pole.
Photograph depicts a totem pole and a tall wooden plant holder in front of a body of water.
Photograph depicts a landscape shot of a body of water with mountains in background and forested shore in midground.
Photograph depicts two unidentified men walking on a wooden bridge in a forest.
Photograph depicts a wooden bridge and pathway leading through a forest.
Photograph depicts a snow covered inlet with wooden poles and a lookout porch with a mountain in the background. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "CUNNINGHAM FLOAT WINTER 1915-16. PT ESSINGTON"
Photograph depicts a group of First Nations boys with a minister posed for a photo on what appears to be a boat. Possibly a Mission School class photo.
Photograph depicts a waterfall in a forested area with a riverbank in the foreground.
Photograph depicts a cannery on pilings over the water with other cannery buildings in the background.
Photograph depicts a First Nations family with two older girls both holding young children, two young boys and one older boy all posed for the camera on a porch.
Photograph depicts an elderly First Nations woman walking on a wooden walkway in front of a row of houses.
Photograph depicts two young First Nations women posed for the camera inside a house.
Photograph depicts four Indigenous totem carvings at Kitwanga with two wooden houses in the background.
Photograph depicts a First Nations family with a mother, father, and young girl posed for the camera in front of the house.
Photograph depicts a man holding a rifle over a dead bear in front of a wooden building. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Bear killed at Kinsquit(?)"
Photograph depicts cannery buildings on pilings with a body of water in the foreground and tree covered mountains in the background.
Photograph depicts several cannery buildings on pilings with water in the foreground and a forested area in the background.
Photograph depicts a view of cannery buildings from the shoreline with mountains in the background.
Photograph depicts a wooden ferry being steered by one man with two men waiting on a rocky shoreline. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Ferry across Kishpiax at Hazelton"
Photograph depicts a building under construction with wood planks on the dock in the foreground and a forested area in the background.
Photograph depicts the steamship Prince Rupert after being run aground on a rocky shoreline. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "STR. PRINCE RUPERT ASHORE NEAR RUPERT MAR 23. 1917."
Photograph depicts three men standing behind salmon hung to dry on a wooden deck. Annotation on recto of photograph states: ""Spring Salmon" Rivers Inlet, B.C"
Photograph depicts a tug boat hauling a line of small fishing boats across the water with a mountain in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Tow of Cannery Fishing boats"
Photograph depicts a man in a fishing boat in front of a line of fishing boats being towed by a tug boat on the water with the base of a mountain in the background.
Photograph depicts a wooden dock in the foreground with a large building and forest in the background.
Photograph depicts two women holding diplomas and wearing what appear to be nursing uniforms standing on either side of a man in a chair with trees in the background.
Photograph depicts the interior of an unidentified church with a view of the central altar and pipe organ.
Photograph depicts a man standing in front of an unidentified building with trees and a mountain range in the background.
Photograph depicts the steamship Prince Rupert run aground on a rocky shoreline. Annotation on recto of photograph states: ""Prince Rupert" On The Rocks. Yes Sir. Snow Storm. Near Prince Rupert, B.C. 23 Mar: 1917. F. Button Photo. Pr. Rupert. No. 576"
Item is a photo postcard of a painting by C.R. Patterson. This painting can be seen on p. 361 in an article titled "The Quest for the Cetacean" written by C. R. Patterson and published in The Pacific Monthly: A Magazine of Education and Progress (Vol. XX, July-Dec. 1908).
Photograph depicts a wooden boat run aground on a sandy beach. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "near Port Simpson"
Photograph depicts a boat titled Venture on the water with a mountain range in the background.
Photograph depicts a steamboat on the water with forested mountains in the background.
Photograph depicts a man standing in front of a wood shed beside a tent in a snow covered landscape.
Photograph depicts a man standing on a dry-docked boat in front of a wooden building with driftwood in the foreground.
Photograph depicts an unidentified boat run aground on a rocky shoreline.
Photograph depicts the steamship Prince George docked on the water with buildings in the background. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "G.T.P. S.S. "Prince George"
Photograph depicts the steamship Princess May run aground on rocks at low tide. Annotation on recto of photograph states: ""Princess May" on the Rocks, as seen at Low Tide"
Photograph depicts two houses with snow-covered mountains in the background and a grassy yard in the foreground.
Photograph depicts numerous buildings with a grassy field in the foreground and a mountain range in the background. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "The Hospital at Hazelton"
Photograph depicts a multi-level home with chopped wood in the foreground and a forested area in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Kitamaat Girls Home"
Photograph depicts four women on the front porch of a multi-level home. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Kitamaat E.L.M. Home"