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Beehive Burner
2012.13.1.3.089 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a Beehive Burner along the Nechako on River Road. Map coordinates 53°55'34.1"N 122°44'58.0"W.

Beehive Burner
2012.13.1.3.088 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a Beehive Burner along the Nechako on River Road. Map coordinates 53°55'34.1"N 122°44'58.0"W

Downtown Prince George
2012.13.1.3.082 · Item · May 1984
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts downtown Prince George taken from City Hall looking north. Map coordinates 53°54'46.2"N 122°44'43.9"W

Downtown Prince George
2012.13.1.3.081 · Item · May 1984
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts downtown Prince George taken from City Hall looking northwest. Map coordinates 53°54'46.2"N 122°44'43.9"W

Downtown Prince George
2012.13.1.3.080 · Item · May 1984
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts downtown Prince George taken from City Hall looking north. Map coordinates 53°54'46.2"N 122°44'43.9"W

Downtown Prince George
2012.13.1.3.079 · Item · May 1984
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts downtown Prince George taken from City Hall looking northwest. Map coordinates 53°54'46.2"N 122°44'43.9"W

Prince George
2012.13.1.3.078 · Item · May 1984
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a view of Prince George from City Hall looking northeast along George Street. Map coordinates 53°54'46.3"N 122°44'41.9"W

Prince George
2012.13.1.3.077 · Item · May 1984
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts downtown Prince George looking northwest. Map coordinates 53°54'48.7"N 122°44'45.6"W

Downtown Prince George
2012.13.1.3.076 · Item · May 1984
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a view of Prince George from City Hall looking northeast with the pulp mills in the background. Map coordinates 53°54'46.3"N 122°44'41.9"W

Prince George
2012.13.1.3.042 · Item · Nov. 1977
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts downtown Prince George looking northwest across Dominion Street. Map coordinates 53°54'48.7"N 122°44'45.6"W

Woodwards
2012.13.1.3.029 · Item · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Parkwood Place taken from Connaught Hill looking west with the hospital in the background. Map coordinates 53°54'39.9"N 122°45'02.5"W

Trailers for Sale
2012.13.1.3.027 · Item · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts mobile homes for sale on Cowart Road looking northeast with Simon Fraser Bridge in background. Map coordinates 53°52'39.3"N 122°46'13.1"W

Highway 97
2012.13.1.3.022 · Item · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Highway 97 at 15th Ave. looking north. Map coordinates 53°54'42.1"N 122°46'53.1"W

Highway 97
2012.13.1.3.021 · Item · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Highway 97 at 15th Ave. looking north. Map coordinates 53°54'36.0"N 122°46'55.5"W

2013.6.36.1.077.05 · Item · 2 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Pioneer Sash and Door Company Ltd. Davies suggests that it may have been the same as S.C. Smith Ltd., which commenced operating in Vernon in 1883. In the early days, products were verandah posters, balusters, and fancy trim. Most products were sent to the U.S. Most of the fancy trim in early north Okanagan homes came from this plant. In 1972, its main output was cedar panelling for Florida.

CPR depot at Proctor, BC
2013.6.36.1.028.43 · Item · 16 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Proctor, located at mile 117.5 from Cranbrook on the Nelson Subdivision. David Davies notes: "The view is looking east and shows the spur at right leading to a barge slip on Kootenay Lake. The majority of the spur rails here are dated 1908-1910." An updated description provided by a subject expert suggests that this view is actually looking west.

2009.5.1.43 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Two women stand in walkway cleared of snow in front of tall brick home with a detailed porch, believed to be in Victoria, B.C. The women wear long winter coats, fur hand-warmers, and large hats. It is believed that one or both of these women is a cousin to Violet Baxter's family, through the Taylor line.

2009.7.1.075 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "W.E. Collison Masset. Interior of Chief [Weah's?] house".

Caption under printed version of photo in W.H. Collison's book 'In the Wake of the War Canoe': "The house is about 40 feet square, forming one large room. The upper cubicles are on a level with the ground, which in front of them is excavated so that the fireplace in the centre is twelve feet below the surface. A ledge, for the use of slaves and dependents, is left half-way down."

Atlin, BC in 1899
2009.5.2.87 · Item · 3 September 1899
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts the Atlin townsite, forest in foreground, hills in background. Town stands on edge of lake located in left midground. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Atlin City B.C., Sept. 3rd 1899. Copyrighted by S.A. Smythe Atlin, B.C."

2009.7.1.104 · Item · [ca. 1878 - ca. 1915]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph depicts two men standing at base of totem pole in front of large elaborate lodge building with post reading "MINESQU". Smaller structure stands in background (elevated cache?).

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Chapter XXIV. No. 3. A chief's lodge and totem Nass River."

2009.7.1.045 · Item · [1903?]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Three men stand in centre, each wearing a chief's dress and head-dress. Family members stand and sit on either side. Carved boxes and masks are positioned in foreground. The group poses in front of drapery hung against tall wooden wall.

Community members have stated that the people in this photo are from the Gitwilluyaxw clan from the wolf tribal house of Ksdiyaawak. The photo was taken at Gitlax̱t’aamiks along the Nass River.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Tsimpshian Chiefs & family. Goods [for or fr.] Potlatch".

2009.7.1.041 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Many rows of pews span foreground. Banners hanging in front of sanctuary read: "THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT, BEHOLD I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE".

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Port [?] Church Interior."

2009.7.1.040 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Church stands behind white fence, road and power lines in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "St. Andrew's Church, Sandwick, [?] Campbell River Rd (Maud Highway) The mother church in the '[?] District'."

2009.7.1.037 · Item · [ca. 1900]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Large group of women, men, and children pose on front steps of church. Some men standing in back hold brass instruments. Bishop Ridley (with long beard) sits in front centre between W.H. Collison (on right) and his son W.E. Collison. Photograph depicts the first church built in Metlakatla, which was burned in a fire in 1901, and replaced in 1903.

Handwritten annotation below image reads: "A gathering of Missionaries and Indians in front of Metlakahtla Church During Synod"; on verso: "[Ven?] Arch Collison & Mrs Collison".

2009.7.1.036 · Item · [between 1874 and 1901]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Large church stands behind white fence, unidentified man visible on front steps. Photograph depicts the first church built in Metlakatla, which was burned in a fire in 1901, and replaced in 1903.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "With love, from your two old friends JH [& AM Keen?]".