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2005.3.63 · Item · [ca. 1946]
Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

Handwritten annotation on recto of photo reads: "Harry Monson Edmonton Prince George." Harry reclines on bed under window, surrounded by personal effects. Photograph was taken after nightfall. Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Harry talked my dad into selling him my boat".

2006.9.11 · File · c.1977
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

File consists of 1 audiocassette of people interviewed by Bob Harkins. Side A consists of interviews with Bill Jones of the Fort George Railway Society, Walter Gill formerly of the BC Provincial Police, and Bob Sebastian, of the Carrier First Nation. Side B consists of interviews with Ella Fry, a trapper from Valemount and Prince George boxer Harold Mann.

2011.12.03 · Item · ca. 1950
Part of Giscome, BC Historical Photograph collection

Photo depicts a street perspective cars lining Third Avenue, in Prince George, BC, ca. 1950. Annotation recto reads: "3rd Ave Prince George BC Photo J. Wrathall." Handwritten annotation in pen on verso of postcard reads: “This is the equivalent of our Granville Street. Both theatres are located here as well as Hudson Bay Co., banks, library & stores.”

Clear Cut Logging
2012.13.1.122.03 · Item · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a highway, and a section of mountain in the background which is bare due to clear-cut logging. It is possibly somewhere near Prince George, B.C.

Suspended Trailer
2012.13.1.122.09 · Item · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a trailer for a logging truck suspended off the ground by a wooden structure. This is used to load the trailer onto the back of the truck. The name on the truck says "Rormarniewich Trucking Ltd."

2013.6.36.1.153.03 · Item · [June 1996]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd, Prince George. Visible is a General Motors switcher, built in 1959. Aqcuired in 1981. Its sister locomotive had just returned from some major servicing at CN shops in P.G. Built in 1954 and acquired in 1989. Would not be used until business picked up. Pulp trade in world doldrums at the time the photograph was taken.

2013.6.36.1.153.07 · Item · [June 1996]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken in front of the 'main line' that led to a pulp mill and river crossing. To the left was a lesser used connector to the CN main line. Behind the camera was a 4-track interchange yard. Beyond that, the CN line to Alberta could be found.

Highway
2012.13.1.7.246 · Item · Mar. 2003
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a highway, possibly Highway 97, in Prince George, B.C.

GTP Roundhouse
2012.13.1.019 · Subseries · [between 1979 and 1983]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File contains slides depicting images of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway roundhouse in Prince George, B.C.

Photographs
2000.13.1 · Series · 1914 - 1997
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Series consists of photographs relating to Ray Williston's life from childhood to recent times, air photographs of Prince George, photographs of Bangladesh, and a listing of photographs slated for use in Mr. Williston's biography "Forests, power and policy: the legacy of Ray Williston" written by Eileen Williston and Betty Keller.

Documents
2000.8.2.1 · File · 1917, 1930
Part of Ferry family fonds

File consists of three booklets relating to Mr. Carney Ferry.

2002.12.17.1 · Item · c.1970-c.1989
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Item consists of transcript and tape summary of interview with historian Frank Leonard who discusses the history of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, its impact on the development of Prince George and Prince Rupert. Also discusses rivalries between owners of the newspapers Fort George Herald and Fort George Tribune.

Harkins, Bob
2005.3 · Collection · 1945 - 1946

Collection consists of 73 photographs featuring the construction of the John Hart Highway in Prince George, BC from 1945-1946. Images depict construction, machinery, workers, bunkhouses, persons, wildlife, and buildings all associated with this construction project around the Summit Lake region of the city.

John Hart Highway
2008.26 · Collection · 1939 - 1956

The Mabel Rutherford Photograph Collection consists of 8 photographs depicting images of Red Rock and region: family, road and rail construction, landscape, farming equipment.

Rutherford, Mabel
Flooded Railway Camp
2009.5.3.96 · Item · [1936?]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts lane in front of tent buildings flooded with water, forest trees in background. Photograph taken from canoe, portion of canoe visible in foreground. It is believed that this photograph may depict the Island Cache in flood, at Prince George, BC.

Flooded Railway Camp
2009.5.3.97 · Item · [1936?]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts lane in front of tent buildings flooded with water. Tree in midground, forest trees in background. A man can be seen between first and second row of tent buildings. Photograph taken from canoe, portion of canoe visible in right foreground. It is believed that this photograph may depict the Island Cache in flood, at Prince George, BC.