Prince George, BC

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              H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds
              2002.7 · Fonds · 1877-1960

              Fonds consists of records relating to the personal, business and political life of H.G.T. Perry and as such, has been divided into the following four series: 1) Photographs; 2) Political Activities; 3) Business Ventures; 4) Personal Life; and 5) Miscellaneous Historical Information Files. Also includes material relating to his son, Frank Perry, and his failed political campaign. Includes World War II and Post-War printed materials.

              Types of records included in this fonds include Speakers' Decisions (1877-1943) in the BC Legislative Assembly, maps, publications, reports, correspondence, advertisements, telegrams, resolutions, minutes, annual reports, telegrams, resolutions, reports, speeches, press releases, proposals, plans, charts, file notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, postcards and photographs.

              Perry, Harry G.T.
              Highway
              2012.13.1.7.246 · Item · Mar. 2003
              Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

              Image depicts a highway, possibly Highway 97, in Prince George, B.C.

              Highway 97
              2012.13.1.3.164 · Item · May 2001
              Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

              Image depicts a section of Highway 97 looking south. Map coordinates 53°55'10.3"N 122°46'54.9"W

              2005.3 · Collection · 1945 - 1946

              Collection consists of 73 photographs featuring the construction of the John Hart Highway in Prince George, BC from 1945-1946. Images depict construction, machinery, workers, bunkhouses, persons, wildlife, and buildings all associated with this construction project around the Summit Lake region of the city.

              John Hart Highway
              2006.20.9.24 · Item · [ca. 1897 - 1960]
              Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

              View of a scow loaded with provisions and several people passing through rapids of the Grand Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: “A scow loaded with provisions passing through the Grand Canyon on it’s way to Fort George.” Handwritten annotation in pencil on recto reads: “Nearly Bumped, Nachaco River” Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “My address will be Fort George BC. Dear Mrs. Cooper, I am up in the wild part of BC now where men horses and everything get drowned every day, sometimes automobiles get drowned also. This is the way we travel up where I am now. I saw a boat upside down in this Canyon it had a bundle of blankets tied on it and one oar was dancing in the whirlpool. This made my hair stand straight up and down.”

              2008.26 · Collection · 1939 - 1956

              The Mabel Rutherford Photograph Collection consists of 8 photographs depicting images of Red Rock and region: family, road and rail construction, landscape, farming equipment.

              Rutherford, Mabel
              2013.6.36.1.153.07 · Item · [June 1996]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph taken in front of the 'main line' that led to a pulp mill and river crossing. To the left was a lesser used connector to the CN main line. Behind the camera was a 4-track interchange yard. Beyond that, the CN line to Alberta could be found.

              2005.3.51 · Item · [ca. 1945]
              Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

              Handwritten caption below this photo reads: "Bought in Picture Prince George". Photograph depicts a mother grizzly bear standing on her hind legs against tree, so that her facial profile is visible. Two cubs stand on hind legs facing and leaning against her.

              2009.5.3.89 · Item · [ca. 1917]
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              Photograph depicts bridge over Nechako River. Sloped cutbanks on opposite shore in background. Railroad tracks can be seen on town shore in right foreground. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "NECHAKO RIVER NEAR PRINCE GEORGE B.C. N.H.D."

              Paddlewheel Park
              2012.13.1.7.202 · Item · Nov. 2000
              Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

              Image depicts the Fraser River at Paddlewheel park, with a train on the other side of the river, in Prince George B.C.

              Paddlewheel Park
              2012.13.1.7.201 · Item · Nov. 2000
              Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

              Image depicts the Fraser River at Paddlewheel park, with a train on the other side of the river, in Prince George B.C.

              Photographs
              2002.7.1 · Series · 1912-1959
              Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

              Photographs in this series document Perry's political career, his business enterprises and his familial connection with relatives in England. Other featured subjects include various transportation modes (ca. 1913) used in the BC Interior, as well as railroad and bridge construction in the same era.

              Photographs
              2000.13.1 · Series · 1914 - 1997
              Part of Ray Williston fonds

              Series consists of photographs relating to Ray Williston's life from childhood to recent times, air photographs of Prince George, photographs of Bangladesh, and a listing of photographs slated for use in Mr. Williston's biography "Forests, power and policy: the legacy of Ray Williston" written by Eileen Williston and Betty Keller.

              Prince George Postcard
              2006.20.11.1 · Item · ca. 1940
              Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

              Postcard image depicts streetview looking west along 3rd Ave in Prince George, B.C. Storefronts and period automobiles are visible. Handwritten annotation on photographic negative, now visible along bottom of print image reads: "3rd Ave, Prince George B.C. Looking West. HND 41".

              Prince George to Tete Jaune
              2011.3.4.14 · Item · [ca. 1901-1915]
              Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

              Stern wheeler in river. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Prince George to Tete Jaune” Hand written message in ink on verso is addressed to “Mademoiselle Elisabeth Joliet, Terrguy – Les Dijore Cote a Or France”

              2000.13.1.115.1 · Item · 1958.
              Part of Ray Williston fonds

              Item is a photograph of Princess Margaret arriving by Canadian Air Forces jet at Prince George. Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross is walking beside the Princess.

              Originally mounted on a poster with photographs 115, 115.2, 115.3.

              2000.13.1.115.2 · Item · 1958.
              Part of Ray Williston fonds

              Item is a photograph of Princess Margaret arriving by Canadian Air Forces jet at Prince George. Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross is walking beside the Princess.

              Originally mounted on a poster with photographs 115, 115.2, 115.3.

              Private rail/road bridge
              2013.6.36.1.153.04 · Item · [June 1996]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a private rail/road bridge built to serve Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd. Crossing Fraser River. Looking west, towards the mill. On private Northwood trackage.

              2013.6.36.1.153.03 · Item · [June 1996]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph taken at the Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd, Prince George. Visible is a General Motors switcher, built in 1959. Aqcuired in 1981. Its sister locomotive had just returned from some major servicing at CN shops in P.G. Built in 1954 and acquired in 1989. Would not be used until business picked up. Pulp trade in world doldrums at the time the photograph was taken.