Collection consists of 140 photographs pertaining to the life and pursuits of James Joseph Claxton over the course of sixty years. Subject areas identified within this collection include: quartz and placer mining in the Cariboo; Kingcome Village; the Royal Irish Contabulary; Roderick's Jewelers, New Westminster; the "M.S. Columbia III"; Kwakiutl petrographs in Fort Rupert; totem poles at Alert Bay; and the Salmon Arm Boy Scouts of Canada group.
Claxton, James JosephPhotograph depicts a C.N.R. swing bridge over the north arm of the Fraser River, approximately 5 miles southeast of New Westminster, looking northeast.
Photograph depicts the C.N.R. rail swing bridge on the north arm of the Fraser River, approximately 5 miles southeast of New Westminster, looking north.
Photograph depicts a trestle of the Great Northern Railway, main line to Blaine, curving towards the southwest from the south end of the New Westminster rail bridge.
Photograph depicts a C.N.R. swing bridge over the north arm of the Fraser River, approximately 5 miles southeast of New Westminster, looking north.
Photograph depicts a trestle on the south bank of the north arm of the Fraser River leading from the C.N.R. swing bridge, approximately 5 miles southeast of New Westminster, looking south.
Photograph depicts the rail connections below the north bank of the Patullo Bridge in New Westminster. The track in the foreground belongs to C.N. and the flyover foreground rail bridge belongs to the B.C. Electric Railway. The flyover background rail bridge is shared by the Great Northern Rail and C.N. Rail.
Photograph depicts the railway bridge at New Westminster, looking towards the south bank. The bridge is used by C.N., BCHydro, and the Great Northern Railway.
Photograph depicts the Patullo Bridge in New Westminster, looking east with the rail bridge in the background.
Photograph depicts the road and rail bridges at New Westminster, BCView is from the north and facing upstream.