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Bob Baxter with Cat and Dog
2009.5.4.14 · Item · [ca. 1925]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts Bob holding a cat in doorway of unidentified wood building. A dog stands at his feet in walkway leading up to them in foreground. Wooden barrel and miscellaneous items stand against house in background.

2009.5.4.36 · Item · [ca. 1938]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Fred and Alan are being pushed in wheelbarrow by a woman wearing a blouse, dress pants, and sunglasses. Typed annotation on recto of photograph: "This is 'Mac' - she is a young woman." This woman is speculated to be Tom Taylor's wife Marion. They stand in a field with a car behind them. A forest and body of water can be see in background, as well as the opposite shore.

Taylor Family in Town
2009.5.4.45 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Front, left to right: Hermina Taylor, Kay (nee Irwin, wife of Arthur Taylor), Violet and Bob Baxter. Back, left to right: [Ellen?], Percy Garland (husband to Ellen Taylor), [Tom Taylor?]. Hermina holds a baby, speculated to be Ian or Jillian (children of Arthur Taylor). Houses stand in background behind road.

2009.5.1.3 · Item · [ca. 1920]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Hermina Taylor stands with group gathered on front steps of veranda. An elderly couple and young girl sit on the steps beside Lucy and Violet Taylor (Violet holding a baby). Hermina and young girl stand behind them on right, and a man and young woman stand behind on left. A wood pile can be seen behind the house.

2009.5.1.4 · Item · [ca. 1930]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts three grown men standing on a dirt road, The third man holds a young boy, and a second boy believed to be young Hugh Taylor Jr. stands in front of him. They are all in formal attire. The corner of a building can be seen in background on far right.

2009.5.1.11 · Item · [ca. 1940]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Hermina and Hugh stand behind wooden wheelbarrow filled with dirt. A man's jacket lies on ground behind them. Trees and wood shed stand in background, and corner of shingle-sided house can be seen on left (see also item 2009.5.1.5).

Violet & Virginia Taylor
2009.5.1.21 · Item · [ca. 1928]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Virginia stands in dress pants, jacket, tie and army hat, with arm around older sister Violet. The girls stand on a boardwalk with trees in background. A man standing next to Violet is semi-visible on left.

2009.5.1.30 · Item · [ca. 1955]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Standing from left to right: Hugh Taylor Jr. and wife Corrine, Hermina Taylor, Alan Baxter (son of Violet Taylor) and wife Margret, Beverly Taylor (wife of Ian), Arthur Taylor, Ian Taylor (son of Arthur), Ronald Butler (husband to Jillian).

Seated from left to right: Virginia (nee Taylor) Silvester, Jillian Butler (daughter of Arthur Taylor), Dixon Taylor.

Group is gathered at a farm on Lulu Island, B.C. belonging to a friend of the family named Edna Mozer. Wood building, trees and vehicle in background.

2009.5.1.38 · Item · 1919
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Fourteen year old Violet stands behind her mother who is seated on chair in front of house at South Fort George. Nine year old Arthur Taylor can be seen sliding down the front steps in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Mother & I and Arthur".

2009.5.1.46 · Item · [1909?]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Each child is dressed in white and seated on different level of steps. In descending order: Ellen, Violet, Lucy, and Dixon. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Violet Lucy and Dixon". It is believed that the children are sitting in front of their home in Kispiox, B.C. See also items 2009.5.1.45 and 2009.5.1.47.

2009.5.1.51 · Item · [ca. 1905]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Hugh Taylor Sr. stands between two horses, holding reigns. Hermina sits on left horse, Ellen and Violet sit in packboard on right horse. Five men sit on deck of large building with detailed porch in background on left. A fence, log shed, and wood pile can be seen in background on right. A dog stands beside Hugh. It is believed this photograph was taken at Hazelton, B.C.

2009.5.1.52 · Item · [ca. 1905]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Hugh Taylor Sr. stands between two horses, holding reigns. Hermina sits on left horse, Ellen and Violet sit in packboard on right horse. Five men sit on deck of large building with detailed porch in background on left. A fence, log shed, and wood pile can be seen in background on right. A dog stands beside Hugh. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Hazelton, B.C. 1910."

Men at Formal Event
2009.5.1.58 · Item · [ca. 1920]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

A group of approximately forty men are seated and standing around a formally dressed table. British and American flags are mounted on wall in background beneath drapery hung from ceiling. This is speculated to be a sports event.

2009.5.1.63 · Item · [ca. 1945]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Hermina stands beside four women in front of wood house. Cake stands on short stool in foreground. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "This is for dear Freddy, with love and thanks for all the letters and reports & cards you have sent to me. Lovingly Grannie. Grannie, Betty Angus, Donna, cake, Mrs. Gillies, Aunt Marge [wife of Tom Taylor]."

Bridge Crossing River Canyon
2009.5.1.72 · Item · [ca. 1900]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts bridge built with wooden planks and poles, with triangles built into its frame. Water rapids in foreground, opposite shore in background behind bridge. This is speculated to be one of the bridges that crossed the Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkey River since 1859, five kilometres from its confluence with the Skeena River. See items 2009.5.1.69 - 2009.5.1.71.

2009.5.1.73 · Item · 26 May 1932
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Omineca Dist Walcott Suspension Bridge West Approach - looking East May 26 - 1932". Photograph depicts two white horses pulling a wagon in front of Walcott bridge. This bridge was moved from its original location in the Hagwilget Canyon, downstream from Walcott on the Bulkley River. It is a pedestrian bridge at the time of this photograph, though it was originally used by motor vehicles. Dirt road leading to bridge in foreground, with lumber and brush piles on either side. Trees and hills on opposite shore in background.

2009.5.1.78 · Item · 1909
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts men loading a line of approximately twenty mules facing large building in background with the sign: "[WBBAILEY?] ANDCO'S OFFICE." A second sign is posted on deck of building: "ALWAYS CURES! CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY." More men wearing suits watch from deck. Small building in hillside can be seen in background. Annotation along bottom recto of photograph reads: "Last Pack Train leaving Ashcroft for Hazelton -1909." Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "CATALINE 1909".

Unidentified Man in Garden
2009.5.1.87 · Item · [ca. 1930]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Man stands on wooden walkway in midground on right. He is smoking a cigarette, wearing a bow-tie and sweater. Chicken wire is visible throughout garden, log fence and trees in background. Rooftop of unknown house can be seen against forest in distance.

Hugh Taylor & Pack Train
2009.5.1.91 · Item · 1902
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts Hugh Taylor (facing camera) and other unidentified men packing horses and mules in cleared area, trees on hill in background. Animals are gathered around a pile of supplies, and it is believed that a power line crosses the midground. Handwritten annotation on envelope of negative: "Pack train on Blackwater 1902."

2009.5.2.2 · Item · [ca. 1914]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts 9 soldiers posed in uniform on steps. Wooden boardwalk in foreground, side of building in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Like the Country over here but it is very wet at present have you been around the ranch lately, would have come home, but we had to leave in a hurry hope to see you all well when I come back how are the fruit trees looking, let me have all the news. Yours Truly [Pete?] G Williamson 63rd B Battalion No 464284 Army Post Office London England." Photograph speculated to have been sent to H.F. Glassey or his family.

2009.5.2.8 · Item · [ca. 1911]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts Sarah Glassey, holding her fox terrier, and standing at corner of log house. Felled trees in foreground, forest trees in background. Photograph believed to have been taken on the 160 acres of land which Sarah purchased in the Kispiox Valley in 1911. She became the first single woman to pre-empt land in British Columbia. This house was built in a year with the help of a Gitxsan Elder.

2009.5.2.9 · Item · 1913
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts H.F. Glassey standing on left with handcuffs and baton. Thirteen people stand in costume in foreground. Curtain, framed pictures, and decorative branches hang on wall in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "H. F. (Bert) Glassey - Policeman, small man - Druggist, Smith girl, Matron Hospital (Wrench Hospital), Bandaged Head, Bank Manager, 1913 Hazelton Player Club."

Unknown Family by House
2009.5.2.23 · Item · [ca. 1900]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a man and woman standing beside an elderly woman on boardwalk running alongside house. Window plants in foreground, neighbouring yards in background. A jack russell terrier stands in left foreground.

Three Men and Dog
2009.5.2.27 · Item · [ca. 1915]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a man speculated to be H.F. Glassey standing between two other men behind large dog. The men stand smoking cigarettes in snowy area, unidentified buildings in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Bert Glassey Esq."