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Photograph depicts a view of a pile driver docked next to the Canadian Pacific Railway Pier at Vancouver, B.C. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Pile driver C.P.R. Pier Vancouver, B.C.".

Photograph depicts the MV Aorangi. This passenger vessel was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand and launched in 1924 for the Vancouver-Australia passenger route. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "motor driven ship Aorangi".

Photograph depicts a man dressed in a long coat and cap standing beside a 1920's car. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "E. A. Crowe and car Prospect Point Feb./25

Photograph depicts the MV Aorangi docked at Vancouver pier. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Vancouver to Australia".

Photograph depicts a Japanese steam launch boat during rescue efforts for the drowned crew of the Izumo. Several crew members are standing on deck, there is a Japanese flag on the stern. Handwritten annotation below the photograph reads, "Jap navy steam launch".

Photograph depicts a flock of seagulls floating on the water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "mother Carry's chickens".

Photograph depicts the Japanese cruiser Izumo and rescue boats in the harbour in Vancouver. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, " Dragging for two drowned sailors and Jap squadron". On February 8, 1925 seventeen Japanese sailors drowned in Vancouver harbour when the motor launch pinnance in which they were returning from shore leave to the cruiser Idzumo collided with the Canadian Pacific tug Nanoose. The event is described in the New York Times on February 9, 1925: "The bodies of the officer, petty officers and five seamen have been recovered. Nine others are still missing. The men had been attending a dinner ashore and left the dock in the pinnace, which towed a ship's barge with eighty men in it. As the pinnace neared the three visiting Japanese cruisers, the Canadian Pacific tug with a car barge in tow, came up the harbor. Strong winds and currents prevailed and navigation with the tow was difficult. As the pinnace and car barge came together the tow line to the barge of men broke, thus saving the lives in that craft. Searchlights played on the scene of rescue all night, but outside of the eight men picked up, no more came to the surface. Today dragging operations to locate the pinnace have been conducted by boats of the fleet with four divers, three from the squadron and one provided by the Harbor Board, but up to the present the little steam carrier has not been hooked. A derrick stands by to lift the boat when located....In the meantime, dragging operations are being continued to locate the pinnace and men."

Photograph depicts the Japanese cruiser Izumo at Vancouver, BC. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Jap. Cruiser at Vancouver, BC".

Photograph depicts a large ship in the water, treed shoreline and mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph read, " Freighter in the 1st Narrow."

Photograph depicts an aerial view of a dredge boat in the mouth of the Capilano river.

Photograph depicts the H.M.S. Repulse battle cruiser warship in Vancouver with 1924 Special Service Squadron. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "taken from Prospect Point".

Photograph depicts the H.M.S. Repulse in the waters of Burrard Inlet with the 1924 Special Service Squadron. People watch the ship from the shore in the foreground, water the large ship and several small boats in the midground, forested shores in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Vancouver, June 1924".

Photograph depicts an octagon shaped fortification at Nanaimo, BC built by the Hudson's Bay Company between 1853 and 1855. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Bastion H.B. Co Fort Nanaimo, BC".

Photograph depicts the H.M.A.S. Adelaide light cruiser warship at Vancouver with 1924 Special Service Squadron. In the foreground, the M-1 motor launch bears the Royal Air Force Ensign. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Cruiser Australia".

Photograph depicts a Krupp Morser 21 cm Howitzer on display near parliamentary buildings. This mortar was a Canadian war trophy from World War I, captured September 27, 1918 near Bourlon Wood. It was transported to Victoria on the CPR in July 1920. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "German gun at Victoria , BC".

Photograph depicts the newly constructed Second Narrows bridge on a postcard photograph. The bridge and water in the foreground, forested shores with a few scattered building in the background. Printing on the photograph reads, "Second Narrows Bridge, Vancouver, BC Opened November 1925". Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "a 20 years dream come true".

Photograph depicts a man, a woman and a child posing for a photograph. Woman and child appear to be of indigenous descent. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Tom, Louisa & kid".

Photograph depicts open water, a boat is in the centre of the photograph, treed shoreline in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "view from front Shusharti Bay, BC".

Photograph depicts a midsized fishing boat in an open bay of water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Seine Boat. B.C. Coast".

Photograph depicts several persons standing watching a man with a shovel. The charred remains of a building are being cleaned up. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "cleaning up after fire, Echo Cove".

Photograph depicts a ship on open waters. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Oil Tank S.S. Rupert 26/6/28".

Photograph depicts a cannery building constructed on a pier, dense forest in the background, water in the foreground. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Shusharti Bay Cannery, BC 9/28".

Photograph depicts a rusting piece of a ship, possibly an anchor, displayed on 2 blocks. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "thought to have been on the HBS Beaver".

Photograph depicts large ship in open water, Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "U. S. S. Pennsylvania, Vancouver. 28/6/28

Photograph depicts a steamship, Princess Kathleen in open water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Princess Kathleen in Rupert. 26/6/28".

Photograph depicts a foreground of floating logs, a sawmill with steam rising in the midground and treed hillside in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Englewood mill, Inside Passage".

Photograph depicts a cannery constructed on piers at water's edge, water in the foreground and treed mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Klem Tou Cannery".

Photograph depicts open water, treed shoreline on the perimeter and distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Head of Portland canal, taken 7:30 pm 25/6/28".

Photograph depicts a cove with treed shorelines. Image is hazy. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Beaver Cove. Pulp and sawmills".

Photograph depicts a cannery building constructed on a pier, dense forest in the background, water in the foreground. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Namu Cannery"

Photograph depicts a creek with some ice on the perimeter. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "part of the creek partly frozen".

Photograph depicts a view of Hyder Alaska. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Hyder Alaska 25/6/28".

Photograph depicts a bird's eye view of Nass Harbour, cannery on the right, open water in the midground, snow capped mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour 3/28".

Photograph depicts a snowy foreground, trees and mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "winter is here".

Photograph depicts a pipeline supported by wooden timbers, trees are growing in close proximity. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "water pipeline Naas Harbour, BC".

Photograph depicts water in the foreground, steep rock cliffs on the perimeter, a log bridge on the upper portions of the canyon. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Looking up the canyon and log bridge".

Photograph depicts two homes with a view of the water, deep snow in the foreground, a snowy, treed mountainside in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Old houses at Echo Cove, 3/28".

Photograph depicts a man standing on a wharf, a large dog in the foreground, water and treed shoreline in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mr. D. Patton".

Photograph depicts a view from above, looking down on the canyon. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Looking down the canyon N. H. creek".

Photograph depicts water in the foreground, steep rock cliffs on the perimeter, rocks and trees in the background. Handwritten annotation reads, "Canyon views Naas Harbour creek".

Photograph depicts a creek canyon. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Canyon views Nass Harbour creek".

Photograph depicts a row of housing and buildings on the water's edge, boats are docked in the foreground, treed mountainside in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian section", suggesting that this housing was used by indigenous people.

Photograph depicts a wide treed valley with snowy mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Looking south, Nass Harbour, BC".

Photograph depicts two wood frame houses with gardens, and expanse of lawn in the foreground, a clothes line with fresh laundry in the midground and a treed mountainside in the background. Handwritten annotation reads, "wash day".

Photograph depicts a man in work clothes holding fifteen or more fish on a line. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mr. J. Pierce".

Photograph depicts two Caucasian girls wearing dresses and hats standing on a dock, water and a shoreline in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "The Wee-uns".

Photograph depicts a man in a business suit standing on a boardwalk, lawn and fence in the midground, treed forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mr. G. Chambers".

Photograph depicts six of more fishing boats in a row on open water, fog and mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Towing in fishing boats".

Photograph depicts a building on a dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Oild net department Naas Harbour".