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Head of Portland Canal
2009.10.1.84 · Item · 1928
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

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".

Cabin home of H.H. Welda
2009.10.1.48 · Item · Mar. 1928
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a small wood frame cabin with a lean to porch. Smoke is rising from the lean to chimney. There is a large snow pile in the foreground and snowy forest in the background. Possible location is Nass Harbour. Handwritten annotation below the photograph reads, "Cabin Home - H. H. Welda's 3/28"

Snow and trees
2009.10.1.79 · Item · [1927 or 1928]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

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

Six indigenous women
2009.10.1.63 · Item · [1927 or 1928]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts six unnamed First Nations women pose for a photograph in the Nass River area. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "6 of a kind".

Mr. J. Pierce
2009.10.1.68 · Item · [1927 or 1928]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

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

Two children on a dock
2009.10.1.70 · Item · [1927 or 1928]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

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".

Mr. D. Patton
2009.10.1.77 · Item · [1927 or 1928]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

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".

2009.10 · Collection · 1921-1933

The Fred Jeffery Collection consists of three photograph albums comprising a total of 303 b&w photographs all dating from ca.1924-1933. The subject matter of these images consist primarily of the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, machinery, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast. Notable are the photographs depicting indigenous (Nisga'a) people and places and Chinese and Japanese cannery workers. Identified canneries featured in these photographs include: Mill Bay Cannery, Namu Cannery, Klemtu Cannery, Shushartie Bay Cannery, Balmoral Cannery, North Pacific Cannery, Nass Harbour Cannery, Port Essington Cannery, Kitwanga Cannery, Port Nelson Cannery, Alert Bay Cannery, Dominion Cannery and ABC Co. Cannery. Photographs also include images of the Canadian Pacific Railway in both Vancouver and Sicamous, BC., as well as, images of the Legislative Assembly buildings in Victoria, the 1924 Special Service Squadron ships in Vancouver, early construction of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and town overviews of Yokohama, Japan (pre WWII).

Jeffery, Fred
Album No. 1
2009.10.1 · File · 1926-1933
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Images within this album consist primarily of the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast, ca.1926-1933. Images also feature indigenous First Nations peoples, totem poles, the parliament buildings in Victoria, B.C., and the C.P.R. Pier in Vancouver, B.C. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image.

2009.10.1.38 · Item · [between 1926 and 1933]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a man and a woman posing for a photograph near a house. A young boy stands with them. Handwritten annotation below the photograph reads, "Mr. & Mrs. Paynter also Clyde".

Tom, Louisa, and child
2009.10.1.97 · Item · [between 1926 and 1933]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

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".

View of Boundary Bay
2009.10.1.21 · Item · [between 1926 and 1933]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a view of cleared valley land with some buildings. Handwritten annotation below the photograph reads, "near Boundary Bay Oct. 1926"

Mr. and Mrs. Collins
2009.10.1.28 · Item · [between 1926 and 1933]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a man and a woman standing side by side there is newly cleared land in the foreground and background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mr. & Mrs.".