Photograph depicts a large steamship in dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Union Line S.S. Niaguria".
Photograph depicts the H.M.S. Delhi light cruiser warship with 1924 Special Service Squadron in Esquimalt Harbour. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "H.M.S. Delhi Light Cruiser".
Photograph depicts two men and three women of possbile indigenous descent standing near a cannery building. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Most of the net loft gang - Naas Harbour".
Photograph depicts an asian (likely Chinese or Japanese) man posing for a photograph. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Count no Account posing for his picture".
Photograph depicts an asian (likely Japanese or Chinese) couple with a baby, possibly at Nass Harbour. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Tacki and Co".
Photograph depicts a young woman and a boy standing in front of a house in Laxgalts'ap (Greenville, BC). Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Elsie and Frank Greenville 19/7/25". Boy may be Frank Calder.
Photograph depicts a church or assembly hall. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Assembly hall, Kincoolith".
Photograph depicts a long wood frame building with a very tall totem pole in front. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Hankedah, Nass River May 1927".
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).
Sans titrePhotograph depicts Fred and Dick Jeffery. Handwritten annotation on verso reads, "Right Fred Jeffery, Maple Bay Vancouver Island. Left Dick Jeffery Boise Idaho".
Photograph depicts a small boat called the "Algoma" tied near the shore, treed shores in the background.
Images consist of two photographs not included in the Fred Jeffery albums. Images feature Fred and Dick Jefferey and a boat called the "Algoma".
Images within album consist primarily of fishery industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast, ca.1924-1926. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image.
Photograph depicts a ship at the dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Princess Louise - C.P.R. Ferry Van. Pier".
Photograph depicts a large ship in open water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Empress of Asia - Vancouver Harbour, BC".
Photograph depicts sparse buildings, cleared forest, water in the foreground. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Alert Bay".
Photograph depicts a large passenger ship in dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Empress of Australia C.P.R. Pacific fleet".
Photograph depicts several buildings bordering the shoreline. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Village - Alert Bay".
Photograph depicts ocean waters, treed mountains on the shores in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, " Johnstone Straight south of Alert Bay".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking at the cannery built on the dock at Alert Bay. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Alert Bay cannery".
Photograph depicts a passenger steamship with several passengers on deck. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Princess Pat leaving for Nanaimo".
Photograph depicts the ship, S.S. Spokane on open water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "S.S. Spokane - Pacific S.S. Co-".
Photograph depicts an unnamed tug boat. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Tug - name unknown".
Photograph depicts a ship in route to China. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Asia, leaving for China".
Photograph depicts a passenger steamship on open water, mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "S.S. Alameda".
Photograph depicts a view looking down onto a rail yard, water in midphotograph, mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Rupert yard".
Photograph depicts an adolescent boy standing on the edge of the water with a stick. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Jack Child".
Photograph depicts two men standing in front of a very large tree, possibly on a platform. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Timber cutting".
Photograph depicts a view of the government dock at Prince Rupert, BC from the water. City buildings and treed mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Gov'mt dock at Rupert, BC".
Photograph depicts a view of a walkway and slew, power poles, city buildings and mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Portion of Rupert".
Photograph depicts a railyard, dock and water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Government dock, Rupert, BC".
Photograph depicts a view of Prince Rupert from the water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "From harbour".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking toward several cannery buildings built on a dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Dominion Cannery Skeena River, BC".
Photograph depicts a view of the water looking toward forested and mountainous coastlines. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "BC Coast view".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking toward the coast line. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "California coast".
Photograph depicts a spring salmon. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "A Spring Salmon four feet six inches long, 67 pound weight". Donor identifies the man in the photograph as Fred Jeffreys.
Photograph depicts a view looking out to the ocean and island. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "View off Inverness". Caption may refer to Inverness Cannery on the Skeena River or Inverness Passage.
Photograph depicts three First Nations men and one First Nations woman standing on a dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Just-plain-natives".
Photograph depicts the net loft section of the cannery. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Net loft interior".
Photograph depicts a man of possible indigenous descent standing on the bow of a boat that is tied to the dock. Two children are standing on the dock in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mr. Tho's Bryant. Some fisherman".
Photograph depicts a bunkhouse style home. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Little grey home in the north".
Photograph depicts a woman dressed in hip waders. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Edith, rigged for heavy weather".
Photograph depicts a large stack of cans. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "830 cases of tall cans".
Photograph depicts ten or more small fish boats tied near the wharf, tanks to hold fish are on the wharf. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Fish boat at the net tanks".
Photograph depicts a boat with a large pile of nets on the deck. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Seine boat .. Illegible
Photograph depicts cannery machinery including a gang knife and engine. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Gang knife and engine".
Photograph depicts several nets spread out on racks in the foreground, cannery and building in the midground, treed hillsides in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Drying net - on the racks".
Photograph depicts a cannery machine and wooden crates in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Johnston clincher machine".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking at a boat house. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Boat House, taken in a rain shower".
Photograph depicts a view of the pack room at Nass Harbour cannery. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Pack room N. H. Cannery".