Attached description: This picture shows the 240-inch cantilevered fourdrinier operating in the Skeena Kraft mill. It includes a suction press in the first position and two grooved presses in the second and third positions. The fourdrinier has a 37-foot forming length and is equipped with 25 table rolls, seven suction boxes, a Potabelt and forming boards. It is also equipped with a 30-inch diameter dandy roll, wier shower, 50-inch diameter vacuum couch with a presser roll.
Photograph depicts 2-6-0 locomotive #1 in Blairmore, Alberta, approximately 15 miles east of the B.C. border. It is disused and inoperable. Built by the Canadian Locomotive Company #1245. There are no dates or ownership names, but it was possibly owned by West Canadian Collieries Ltd.
Photograph of a fisherman brandishing a large knife next to a halibut on a hook. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Pacific 'HALIBUT'- 275lbs 30000000lbs shipped to Eastern Canada & US in 1923 from Prince Rupert BC."
Photograph depicts 2-8-2 tank locomotive built by Baldwin in August 1929. It is #1055, belongs to the MacMillan, Bloedel, & Powell River Ltd., and is located at the Nanaimo River yards.
Photograph depicts 2-8-2 tank locomotive built by Baldwin in August 1929. It is #1055, belongs to the MacMillan, Bloedel, & Powell River Ltd., and is located at the Nanaimo River yards.
Parade of uniformed men through streets. There is snow on the ground. Printed annotation on recto reads: “1st Church parade 30th Batt Earl Grey Rifles Feb 21st,15, McRae Bros,” handwritten in pencil on verso: “Prince Rupert”. Handwritten message is addressed to “Dear Grandma”.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo posed with 42 unidentified others.
Handwritten notation on accompanying piece of paper reads: “30th Anniversary Reunion Booth Memorial High School Graduation Class — Gr. 12 - 1951, Convened by Heather Cap, Picture taken June 1981.”
Photograph shows two men and a cart full of lumber at a street intersection. Various residential buildings are visible in the background and atop a large clear cut hill. Annotation on recto reads: "3rd, 4th Aves and Fullton St. Prince Rupert. BC. Allen Photo 8/Aug/09."
Image depicts a view of 3rd Avenue with the Columbus Hotel prior to the fire that destroyed it in 2008.
Image depicts the south side of 3rd Ave in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts the Europe Hotel on the south side of 3rd Ave in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts a view of the corner of 3rd Avenue and Brunswick Street in Prince George, B.C.
Photograph depicts 3-truck Shay locomotive #114 at the Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. It was built in July 1928 as #3320. The ability of geared locomotives to exert maximum traction at low speeds was an asset when moving loaded grain cars to dockside elevators. The shay did this work until its boiler certificate expired. The hut at night contains a vertical steam boiler which appears to heat the fuel oil for locomotives coming from a fixed rail tank car.
Photograph depicts a 3-truck Shay locomotive #115 , Railway Appliance Company, Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. It was built by Lima Locomotive Works Inc. in October 1929 as works #3344. The 11 and the 5 of 115 are different castings, and the holes in the plate suggest the locomotive was #11 before.
Image depicts 411 Patricia Boulevard in Prince George, B.C.
Photograph depicts crowd, horses, tents and flag pole in foreground with buildings and trees in background.
Annotation on verso: “Fourth Fall Fair Prince George, Sept 1915".
Photograph depicts a 4-wheeled cart located on Tsalalh Nation territory at the head of Seton Lake.
Photograph depicts a 4- wheeled wagon that was designed to hold 'pay dirt' or 'rubbish' with a drop bottom worked by a ratchet and chains.
Photograph depicts dense undergrowth near the Bulkley River, mountains in the distance.
Photograph depicts dense undergrowth near the Bulkley River, mountains in the distance.
Photograph depicts bare mountain ridges near the Bulkley River and 55th parallel.
Photograph is a printed postcard depicting several lumber buildings in a row with a board walk in front. Signs include "s. Harrison & Co." and "The Big Store". There are steep mountains in the background printed annotation on recto reads "5th Street Stewart B.C."
Handwritten annotation on recto of postcard reads: “Were there’s a will there’s a way, 5th Street, Prince Rupert, B.C., F. Button photo Pr. Rupert. No. 514.” Handwritten annotation in pen on verso of postcard reads: “Miss Belding, 33 Marlbro Avenue, Hull Yorkshire, England. S.S. Prince George. Dec. 1918. Dear Bertha, This is a street in the centre of the town Prince Rupert. There is a capacity list of passengers on board. The boat is registered to hold 384. We left at midnight and exped to arrive in Vancouver tomorrow at 3:30 pm. Love from Edie.”
Street view photograph of the construction of 5th Street in Stewart, BC. Visible businesses include the "Hotel King Edward" and "Empress Theatre." Printed annotation on recto reads: "5th St. Stewart B.C. Hughes #46."
Photograph depicts 6-truck Shay locomotive #114 belonging to the Railway Appliance Company at the Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. It is used each week.
File contains correspondence regarding lack of funding for research projects between the Science Council of British Columbia and Mike Jull, Prince George Forest Region.
Photograph depicts a stage coach harnessed with six horses, a fence and a log building in the background.
Photograph depicts a large stack of cans. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "830 cases of tall cans".
Photograph depicts the inside of the suite at 925 Cadero St. in the west end of Vancouver, B.C.
Photograph depicts four men bathing in a backwater or lake. One clothed man stands on the shore.
Photograph depicts two men wading and bathing in shallow water with lily pads.
Photograph depicts three men standing on the banks of a backwater or lake, with clothing piled on the ground.
Photograph depicts a side view of a ship beached on rocks, leaning heavily to the side.
Image depicts a bear, possibly a grizzly. The location is uncertain.
