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Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Looking out of our classroom window up the street.” According to the donor, the car stuck in the snow belonged to his colleague, Bob White.

Image depicts a view of Giscome with a train passing through.

Image depicts several trains at the Giscome mill site in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Side perspective of the teacherage located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Photo taken in November after the first snow. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Our House.”

Side perspective of the teacherage located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Photo taken in September. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The Teacherage.”

Bob White, a teacher, standing on the porch of the teacherage after a blizzard.

Small wooden outhouse with wooden planked pathway sits in an open field behind the Teacherage. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Behind the teacherage. Guess what?”

Image depicts a street in Giscome B.C. The Giscome Store is located on the left side of the image with the church in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"W

Image depicts a street in Giscome. The store was previously located on the left. The church is in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"W

Side perspective of St. Frederick’s Catholic Church located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The Catholic Church, St. Frederick.”

Photo displays the height of the snow on the front porch of the Giscome teacherage after a blizzard.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Daily Capacity 100,000 f.b.m. sawmill in foreground planer mill and lumber yard in background.”

Previous site of sawmill in Giscome, B.C. looking northwest. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Overhead photograph of Giscome buildings with Eaglet Creek running through the foreground. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Notice the flatness of the land. Part of our community.”

Overhead photograph of Giscome with the Eagle Lake Sawmill's beehive burner clearly visible in left foreground. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Part of our community. school * ”

Photographic overview of the Eagle Lake Sawmill. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The mill.”

Image depicts a field in Giscome, B.C. On the right side of the image, in the background, is a grey strip that appears to be a mine, possibly the quarry at Eaglet Lake in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'52.9"N 122°22'10.0"W

Image depicts a field in Giscome, B.C. On the right side of the image, in the background, is a grey strip that appears to be a mine, possibly the quarry at Eaglet Lake in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'52.9"N 122°22'10.0"W

Image depicts an open field and Giscome, B.C. in the background. Map coordinates 54°03'52.9"N 122°22'10.0"W

Image depicts an open field and numerous buildings, including a church in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'03.2"N 122°22'04.6"W

Overview of the Giscome sawmill behind road. Lumber yard is visible in foreground while mill stands in background.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Giscome Mill / lumber yard in foreground".

Man driving a two horse cart in front of beehive burner, cart is full of bark presumably sawed off the logs.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Mill Burner".

Side perspective of Knox United Church located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “United Church.”

Side perspective of Knox United Church in winter. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The United Church.”

Image depicts the Giscome B.C. townsite from across the railroad tracks looking southeast. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts the Giscome B.C. townsite from across the railroad tracks looking southeast. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts a house in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'17.6"N 122°22'06.1"W

Image depicts a house with the main floor and entrance high off the ground. The location is uncertain, likely Giscome, B.C.

Image depicts a street in Giscome B.C. The Giscome Store is located on the left side of the image with the church in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"W

Image depicts the old Giscome Train Station in Giscome, B.C. It was demolished between 1976 and 1977.

Side perspective of wooden swings covered in snow. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The school swings.”

Street view featuring a dirt road leading directly to Giscome School, a three room institution. On the right the steeple of the Catholic church is visible, beside which was Neff’s (sp?) corner store. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Looking up our street. The school is at the end.”

Image depicts the Giscome mill site in Giscome, B.C. The bunkhouse is in the background on the left and the school is in the foreground on the right. Map coordinates 54°04'04.8"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts the Giscome mill site in Giscome, B.C. The bunkhouse is no longer there and the school is in the foreground on the right. Map coordinates 54°04'04.8"N 122°22'04.7"W

Closeup of Giscome School. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Our school. This is my 0 room – the back of it.”

Image depicts a food stand at the mill site at Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts the mill site at Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts the mill site at Giscome, B.C. A sign in the foreground reads "Maynard's Industrial Auctioneers." Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts the mill site at Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts the mill site at Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts the Giscome, B.C. mill site looking west. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"W

Image depicts the mill site at Giscome and its beehive burner. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts what is possibly the quarry located at Eaglet Lake in Giscome, B.C.

Image depicts a parking lot full of vehicles with the Giscome store in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"W

Image depicts the Giscome mill foreman's house on the hill, with Eaglet Lake in the background and numerous piles of logs in the foreground. Map coordinates 54°04'28.0"N 122°22'05.8"W

Image depicts the Giscome mill foreman's house on the hill. Map coordinates 54°04'28.0"N 122°22'05.8"W

Image depicts an open area with Eaglet Lake in the background. It depicts the previous site of the mill at Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts the Giscome railway station and buildings remaining in townsite in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'18.0"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts several houses and the Giscome saw mill in Giscome, B.C. in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'20.9"N 122°21'53.1"W