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Wide angle photograph of Prince Rupert sometime during the winter. There is snow on the ground and a marge mountain range is visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert looking East from Waterworks J.D.A Pho 5/2."

Photo of entire ship building plant, including several vessels in the foreground. Hills are visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Ship Repair and Ship Building Plant. Prince Rupert BC. Frank E Kirby, William T Donnelly, Engineers. 17 Battery Place. NYC."

Photograph of the Prince Rupert wharf. A small vessel is docked, and a large tree is in the foreground. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Wharf & Harbor. Allen Photo."

Photograph of the Prince Rupert wharf. A small vessel is docked, and a large tree is in the foreground. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Wharf & Harbor. Allen Photo." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "766[?]"

Photograph depicts an unidentified man walking on path in front of Bishop Ridley's home. Several children can be seen in fenced yard in midground.

Handwritten annotation below image reads: "Ridley Home and Mission house Metlakahtla."; on verso: "Chapter XXVII / Heading for Chapter / Ridley Home Metlakahtla".

Photograph depicts village buildings along shore.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "67 Section of Massett as it is".

Photograph depicts a large ship behind dock buildings. Railroad crosses foreground, hills visible on shore in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Drydock Prince Rupert".

Photograph depicts a large ship behind dock buildings. Railroad crosses foreground, hills visible on shore in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Ship in Pr. Rupert dry dock during Great War 1915?".

Photograph depicts a large ship behind dock buildings. Railroad crosses foreground, hills visible on shore in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Pr. Rupert Drydock".

Child stands in distance beside tall totem pole. Tree stumps in foreground, forest and mountains in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "[Sanabati near Upper Queen?] Kasaan Alaska".

Church stands behind white fence, road and power lines in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "St. Andrew's Church, Sandwick, [?] Campbell River Rd (Maud Highway) The mother church in the '[?] District'."

Photograph depicts a figure with two heads standing above stone reading "Here lies the last but not the least because He is the last of all his line the [?] Tribe ABEL WARD SOLOMON WARD". Bushes, building, and hill visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Port Simpson BC".

View of the road descending to the waterfront. Buildings and forested area are visible on either side of street. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert BC. '07."

Wide angled photograph of a sunset on the waterfront in Prince Rupert. Several buildings are silhouetted in the foreground. Annotation on recto: "Sunset, Prince Rupert, BC No. 4465."

Gathering of tents in Vickersville with the harbour and mountains in the distance. Annotation on recto reads: "Vickersville Prince Rupert o/n[?] 1908."

Wide angle photograph showing 3rd and 2nd Avenue in Prince Rupert. Many buildings, both commercial and residential, and some tents are situated along the wooden roads. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert, BC. 3rd Avenue 2nd Avenue Allen Photo Aug 6/09."

Wide angle photograph showing the intersection of 3rd Avenue and 6th Street, as well as 5th Street in Prince Rupert. Many buildings are visible along the wooden street including a building in mid-construction. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert, BC. 6th Street 3rd Ave. 5th St Allen Photo Aug 6/09."

Miscellaneous items are scattered in yard behind totem, house partially visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Insert this illustration in Chapt. II. No. 2. 'Tlingit Totem.'"

Groups of men and women can be seen gathered on paths between two large totem poles.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Totem Park Pr Rupert park."

Photograph depicts a totem pole standing on what appears to be a large wooden deck or boardwalk, view of the city in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Totem pole in park in Prince Rupert".

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Sandy beach in foreground, forest on hill in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Kai sun W. Coast Q.C.I."

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of wood building, hills visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Poles on QC Isl."

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of remains of wood structures, forest visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "A deserted Village, Q.C. Islands [...]" (various notes crossed through on verso).

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of remains of wood structures built along sandy shore. View from above, forest on hill in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "[? illegible] Deserted village West Coast QCIs."

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Blanketed canoes sit on beach in right foreground; forest in background.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “skidegate village Queen Charlotte Islands as it appeared forty years ago"; "Rev W.E. Collison Prince Rupert"; "Hughes"; "1".

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of forest trees, fallen logs on beach in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Indian Totems along beach on Q.C. Islands"

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of wooden houses on right. Hills on shoreline visible in background.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: "West Coast QCIs."; "[Old?] Kassan Alaska."

Photograph of a train traveling through Prince Rupert. Several people are gathered on the dock and around various buildings. Two small vessels are docked in the harbour. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert, Waterfront. Allen Photo May '4."

Photograph of three Tsimshian mortuary poles. Two crossed logs rest atop the three poles. Annotation on recto reads: "Indian Mortuary Poles Nr Prince Rupert BC McRae Bros."

Photograph depicts two men handling fishing net in canoe full of fish. Hills visible on opposite shore in distance.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Oolichan Fishing on Nass River".

Photograph of a half-demolished building attached to a large dock. A large group is milling around the damage. Debris litters the water. Annotation on recto reads: "Undesired result of big blast at Prince Rupert. August 13 1908. Allen Photo."

Four women and one child stand on shore in foreground. Village buildings and totem poles (crest poles?) stand in background against forest.

Unknown buildings can be seen in background.

Shoreline perspective of an unidentified coastal village situated on B.C.’s north coast. European style houses run parallel to a rocky shore. Seven men and one child stand within this frame and totem poles and a mortuary pole are also visible along the shoreline.

Photograph depicts an empty canoe floating beside a canoe full of fish. Hills visible on opposite shore in distance.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Loaded with fish - Nass River".

Photograph depicts buildings along shore; bridge and boardwalk cross forest in right foreground. Hills visible in distance.

Handwritten annotation below image reads: "Port Essington from bridge"; on verso: "Heading or full page Illustration Chapter XXIII No2".

River crosses midground, hills on distant shores can be seen in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "No. 32, First Beginning Prince Rupert, showing Church Hall, with cross. Insert Page 136".

View of the road descending to the waterfront. Buildings and forested area are visible on either side of street. Mountains clear in the background.

Photograph depicts a row of houses and fenced yards on right, separated from more buildings on left by grassy area.

Printed on image: "Metlakahtla Nr. Prince Rupert. Allen Photo June '11"; handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Metlakatla B.C. North West Coast of America / Collison".

Photograph depicts community buildings on shoreline, water in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on image reads: "Wrangle, Alaska."; on verso: "Fort Wrangle, Alaska Territory. visited by W.H.Collison, C.M.S. 1877. Prior to the establishment of any mission, [...? illegible] 1875 - 1876. Presbyterian. Insert this illustration of Wrangle on Page 77 as marked."

Wide angle view of Prince Rupert harbour taken from the water. Forest and mountains are visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert BC '07."

Rev. W.E. Collison sits to left of totem pole, smoking a pipe (oldest son of Marion and Archdeacon W.H. Collison). Log fence can be seen in front of forest in right background.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “W.E. Collison at Massett, QCIs."; "Dad beside totem pole".

Archdeacon W.H. Collison and an unidentified man on the "Dawn," Collison's boat. Forested hills and several buildings are visible in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "The 'Dawn' Archdeacon Collison's boat."

Group stands and sits on front steps of rectory. Left to right: Rev. William Edwin Collison, Mabel and John Maxwell Collison, Alice Collison. (William, Max, and Alice are sons and daughter of Archdeacon W.H. Collison).

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Dad & Auntie Al with Aunt May & Uncle Max at the rectory St. Luke's church [...?]".

Warf construction visible in foreground. Background consists of a few built structures and several tents, location unidentified.

Photograph depicts village buildings along shore.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Massett in Winter dress."

Young boy stands among bushes in snow, totel pole in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “WE Collison Totem on QCIsl."