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2009.10.1.23 · Item · Oct. 1926
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a wreckage of a small airplane. The wreckage is adjacent to a home. Handwritten annotation reads, "same as above 1926". This photograph may depict the plane crash that occurred in October 1926 in which a Victoria-to-Seattle airmail plane piloted by Gerald Smith crashed into the home of Senator Robert F. Green on 502 Rupert Street in Victoria, BC.

Cannery bunkhouses
2009.10.1.41 · Item · [July 1926]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts rows of small bunk houses, smoke rises from some of the chimneys, forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Cabins of Crew and Indian Houses".

Plan of Port Essington
2002.5.2 · Item · 28 September 1926
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

Plan of Port Essington consists of an architectural plan for the townsite of Port Essington compiled from plans in Land Registry and described as Composite Plan 537 (originally deposited October 17th 1893). Depicts Skeena River, Hocsal River, individual lots and streets, the B.C. Fishing and Packing Co. Ltd., a graveyard, and the Anglo British Columbia Packing Co.

Permanent Sample Plots
2007.1.45 · Series · 1926-1999
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Series contains handwritten notes, remeasurement charts, research reports, journals and cross section books, stump data, diagrams, maps, photographs, logging inspection reports, timber sale contracts, and correspondence.

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".

Nass Harbour cannery
2009.10.1.40 · Item · [July 1926]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts an aerial view of a large cannery. There is a dense forest and a river in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour Cannery July 1926".

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".

2007.1.25.7.40 · Item · 1926
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

"Another expression of the high morale which prevailed was a joint project which we pursued after hours, on our own time. Out of one huge spruce log we made a set of furniture using an axe and a crosscut saw. We made chairs, a table and a sofa." -- quote from Cedric W. Walker (1907-2003) in "An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range" (p. 48)

2007.1.25.4 · File · 1926-1998
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

File contains articles and government publications on the results of research projects and policies regarding the Aleza Lake Experiment Station with years ranging from 1945 to 1992. Also included are a photocopied 1926 progress report, a 1967 management manual, and guides pertaining to trails and marking stands for cutting.

2008.2.1.13 · Item · 1926
Part of Northern BC Cartographic Collection

Colour-coded map depicting surveyed lands alienated, reserved, in B.C. Land Settlement Board Area, or open for preemption. Depicts land districts, land recording divisions, communities, bodies of water, transport routes, and communication lines.

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.".