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Photograph depicts two unidentified men playing tennis in foreground. Buildings stand in midground, including what appears to be the All Saints Anglican Community Church. Forest and mountain in background.

Photograph depicts palletizer machinery, where bags of asbestos fibre were shrink-wrapped and made ready for shipping pallets. Palletizer was located near shipping (believed to be in mill building). Unidentified man visible in machinery on far left.

Photograph depicts passengers exiting CP Air plane on runway. Unknown man and air traffic controller in foreground.

Photograph depicts two unidentified policemen standing in front of RCMP vehicle in snowy area. Trees, power lines and unidentified building visible in background.

Photograph depicts unidentified men and women in front of yellow building with the signs "POST OFFCE / BUREAU DE POST / CASSIAR, B.C.", "NO PARKING". Three cars (one with siren on top) can be seen in foreground; forest in background.

Photograph depicts unidentified men and women at counter in Royal Bank at Cassiar, B.C. Two employees stand behind counter.

Photograph depicts unidentified man descending front steps of red building with the sign "ROYAL BANK". Snow in foreground.

Photograph depicts group of men, women, and children exiting main entrance of building believed to be the school at Cassiar, B.C. Trees and bicycles in foreground.

Photograph depicts unidentified youth seated at library tables. Group of smaller children can be seen sitting between bookshelves in background. Two adults visible on far right; chalk boards and posters on wall in background.

Photograph depicts shovel in excavation area of mine, loading ore haulage truck believed to be a Wabco "haul pak".

Photograph depicts machinery in snowy area of mine. Euclid ore haulage truck in foreground, cassiar pickup truck visible in lower area in midground. Blasthole drill in front of track shovel in left background, Wabco ore haulage truck visible behind other machinery in right background.

Photograph depicts mine area. Switchback road and higher benches in background. Blasthole drills, track shovels, and ore haulage trucks can be seen on level in foreground and higher bench in background. Mountains visible in distance. Benches in background speculated to be located on the mine's West Peak.

Photograph depicts Sue and David Pewsey to right of unidentified man in food line. Dishes in foreground, group in background.

Photograph depicts ore cars on cables running between tramline towers. Flowers in foreground, mine valley and McDame mountain in background. Tramline ran through mine valley, between loading station (2000.1.13.19.197) in mine and dump station at mill on plantsite (2000.1.1.3.19.124)

Photograph depicts man looking at coats in what appears to be the clothing section of a store.

Photograph depicts woman standing to right of bookshelf. Chair in foreground, door and bookshelves in background.

Photograph depicts three women wearing white aprons while conducting tests on asbestos fibre in lab area, miscellaneous equipment throughout room.

Photograph depicts wheel bulldozer in snowy unknown area of mine.

Photograph depicts part of the vacuum dust control and removal system in the Cassiar mill building. Unidentified man can be seen at rotary air-lock, in which heavy blown dust would collect before dropping to plenum conveyor resting just above floor. From here, the dust would eventually be expelled at the tailings pile outside of the mill. Second unidentified man can be seen climbing steps in background. This section of the mill was located above the lab.

Photograph depicts Zora Ivanovska in safety gear, vaccuming asbestos dust from "hall screen" in mill (slanted vibrating tables with varying mesh sizes, used to separate different lengths of fibre). Mill General Foreman Tony Pinto is visible on far right, with unidentified man.

Photograph depicts unfinished building in construction area. Long structure speculated to be a sluicing trough in foreground, forest in background.

Photograph depicts yellow conveyor belt in foreground over gravel pit, dump truck behind in midground. Mountains visible in background. Photo speculated to have been taken at the plant or near the Cassiar airstrip. Stamped annotation on recto of photograph: "JUN. 1987".

Photograph depicts Cornel Neronovitch at a Peden Hill sawmill. Caption on back of photograph states: "Cornel Neronovitch".

Photograph depicts Cornel Neronovitch standing by a 'Maple Leaf' Chevrolet truck near the Peden Hill sawmill. Raw logs are stacked and chained on the truck.

Man and woman sit on large barrels in dark area. Dog stands on right. Illegible annotation on recto of photograph: "Mr. Lev and self at Brew and [Chaisr?] Winery [Lakevill?] Cal. Sitting on '[puncheon?]' '[...?]' in the background."

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. lumber train at Cowichan Lake to go to Crofton Mill on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. wrecking train unit at Vancouver station.

Photograph depicts hull being transported by crane on left and flatbed pulled by bulldozer on right. Men in construction area in foreground, body of water and hills in background.

Photograph depicts hull being transported by crane on left, flatbed visible on right. Men in construction area in foreground, body of water and hills in background.

Photograph depicts lumber and brush piles, forest in background. Crane semi-visible on left, small boat semi-visible on right.

Photograph depicts crane on left of two boat hull portions being positioned together. resting on trailer flatbed pulled by truck. Men and bulldozer in foreground, body of water and hills in background.

Photograph depicts partially-assembled boat hull resting on supports in construction area near body of water, hills visible in background. Truck & crane on right.

Photograph depicts crane to right of railway tracks, flatbed and large metal structure in background.

Image depicts what appears to be a small mill in the community of Crescent Spur, B.C.

Image depicts what appears to be a small mill in the community of Crescent Spur, B.C.

Image depicts a logging truck with its trailer being attached on top of it. A Crestbrook Forest Industries sawmill is located in the background.

Image depicts a man attaching a logging trailer to a crane on a wooden structure to stack the trailer on the truck. A Crestbrook Forest Industries sawmill is located in the background.

Image depicts a sawmill in the Danson Industrial Park in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts a the Danson Industrial Park in Prince George, B.C.

The David Davies Railway Collection encompasses all facets of railway history specifically in the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory. The collection consists of research material accumulated over the course of more than fifty years, and includes monographs, periodicals, articles, clippings, railway timetables, photographs, maps and plans, and excerpts. Material covers public, tourist, and private (industrial) railways, including: CPR, KVR, E&N; CNR, CNoR, GTPR; and PGER, BCR. The collection excludes material regarding streetcar systems and rapid transit, but includes long distance electric interurbans.

Photograph depicts a derelict copper smelter at Princeton, BC. The ore comes from Copper Mountain.

Photograph depicts a derelict gold mine at Hedley, BC.

Photograph depicts two pick hammers laid in asbestos fibre. Annotations on note glued to recto of photograph: "ASBESTOS"; "Detail view of asbestos talus. Early test pit near top of showing. Western slope." Areas of image have been labeled "A" and "B". Photo caption under printed copy of image in 1952 Annual Report: "A - Asbestos fibre partially opened by frost action. B - Serpentine rock originally containing the asbestos fibre."

Photograph depicts group of nine men standing on lawn in front of building known as "House 130" or "Director's Lodge". Left to right: Andre Beguin, unknown, Charles Rainforth Elliot, Jack Christian, W. Harold Connell, Plato Malezemoff (from Newmont Mining), Tam Zimmermann, Ken A. Creery, Fred Martin Connell. Daffodils and tulips planted in foreground, trees and mountains in background. Most men featured in photo are believed to be members of Cassiar's Board of Directors; Beguin was a General Superintendent.

Photograph depicts group of eight men standing on lawn in front of building known as "House 130" or "Director's Lodge" (see item 2000.1.1.3.19.88). Left to right: Nick Gritzuk, Charles Rainforth Elliot, Jack Christian, W. Harold Connell, Plato Malezemoff (from Newmont Mining), Tam Zimmermann, Ken A. Creery, Fred Martin Connell. Daffodils and tulips planted in foreground, trees and mountains in background. Most men featured in photo are believed to be members of Cassiar's Board of Directors.

Photograph depicts group of eight men standing on lawn in front of building known as "House 130" or "Director's Lodge". Left to right: Nick Gritzuk, Charles Rainforth Elliot, Jack Christian, W. Harold Connell, Plato Malezemoff (from Newmont Mining), Tam Zimmermann, Ken A. Creery, Fred Martin Connell. Elliot appears to be comparing height with Gritzuk. Trees and mountains in background. Most men featured in photo are believed to be members of Cassiar's Board of Directors.

Photograph depicts group of eight men standing on lawn in front of building known as "House 130" or "Director's Lodge". Left to right: Nick Gritzuk, Charles Rainforth Elliot, W. Harold Connell, Jack Christian, Fred Martin Connell, Ken A. Creery, Plato Malezemoff (from Newmont Mining), Tam Zimmermann. Gritzuk appears to be pointing at photographer. Trees and mountains in background. Most men featured in photo are believed to be members of Cassiar's Board of Directors.

Photograph depicts group of eight men standing on front steps of Cassiar's Main Office building. Top, left to right: Ken A. Creery, John Drybrough. Middle, left to right: John E. Kennedy, Tam Zimmermann. Bottom, left to right: Fred Martin Connell, George Washington Smith, W. Harold Connell, Charles Rainforth Elliot. Windows and doors to office in background, flowers in bottom right foreground. Photo believed to have been taken on the same day as items 2000.1.1.4.3.4 - 2000.1.1.4.3.6.

Photograph depicts group of eleven men standing in line in the Cassiar valley. Left to right: Jack Christian, Charles Rainforth Elliot, John Drybrough, John E. Kennedy, Fred Martin Connell, W. Harold Connell, Ken A. Creery, George Washington Smith, Tam Zimmermann, [Fred Murray]?, Nick Gritzuk. Power lines and mountains in background. Most men featured in photo are believed to be members of Cassiar's Board of Directors. Photograph was originally framed with note "Summer 1961" written on cardboard backing.

Photograph depicts group of eight men standing in line in the Cassiar valley. Left to right: Charles Rainforth Elliot, John Drybrough, John E. Kennedy, Fred Martin Connell, W. Harold Connell, Ken A. Creery, George Washington Smith, Tam Zimmermann. Power lines and mountains in background.