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              2245 Archival description results for Prince George, BC

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              Queen Bea
              2014.6.1.11 · File · 2014
              Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

              File consists of the self-published book "Queen Bea: Highlights of the Life of Bea Dezell".

              Bea's Kitchen
              2014.6.1.12 · File · 2015
              Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

              File consists of a family cook book "Bea's Kitchen" dedicated to Bea Dezell and compiled by Noreen Rustad (nee Dezell).

              1993.1.2.041 · File · 2015
              Part of UNBC History Collection

              File consists of:

              • Keynote speech by Dr. Charles Jago to the Northeast BC Resource Municipalities Coalition in Fort St. John on 25 Nov. 2015
              • Speech by Dr. Charles Jago to the Canadian Association of Research Administration Western Canada Branch at UNBC on 4 Dec. 2015
              Jago, Charles
              2014.6.1.16 · Item · 2017
              Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

              Item is the published book "Sunshine and Rhubarb Wine: The Life and Legacy of Bea Dezell". The book is the life story of Bea Dezell, born in Vancouver in 1908 and moved to Williams Lake in 1932, then lived in Wells and Quesnel before settling in Prince George. She was a pioneer of the Cariboo region. Her husband Garvin Dezell, a builder, was the mayor of Prince George for many years in the 1950s and 60s. Bea died in 2014 at the age of 105.

              This version of the book contains colour photograph reproductions. Other versions of the book have black & white photograph reproductions.

              2001.1.068 · File · 2020-2023
              Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

              File consists of promotional pamphlets and brochures advertising the City of Prince George. Includes:

              • Prince George Downtown Business Improvement Association, "Your Guide to Downtown Prince George 2020/21"
              • City of Prince George, "Trail Guide", [ca. 2020]
              • Tourism PG, "Falls Guide: Waterfall Destinations", [ca. 2022]
              • Tourism PG, "Recreation Sites Guide: Prince George Area", [ca. 2022]
              • Prince George Citizen, "Taste of Prince George 2023" restaurant guide
              2001.1.069 · File · 2021-2023
              Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

              File consists of flyers and leaflets relating to protests and activism in Prince George. Includes:

              • "Grasslands Not Gas Lands" leaflet regarding action against Westcoast Olefins extraction plant in Pineview, 2021
              • "'Centralized Strategy' Decision Student Led Protest" flyer regarding resistance against the City of Prince George's decision to centralize Prince George homeless populations into the Moccasin Flats encampment, 2023
              The Baxter Album
              2009.5.4 · File · [ca. 1925 - 1955]
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              This photograph album consists of photographs of members of both the Baxter and Taylor families including (the Baxters): Violet (nee Taylor) Allan, Fred, Dick, Edna, Harriet and Bob Baxter; Bea (nee Baxter) Skaret and Margaret (nee Baxter) Lund; and (the Taylors): Hermina, Ellen, Lucy, Arthur (and Art's wife and son), Virginia, Tom, and Hugh Taylor. Identified geographic locations include Summit Lake, Mud River, California, Cottonwood River, Cluculz Lake, and Prince George. Subjects identified in this album include: family gatherings, picnics, automobiles, working horse team, snowshoeing, landscape vistas, and a King George V Elementary School class photo. Textual items include two booklets and a brochure.

              Baxter, Violet
              2009.5 · Collection · 1899-1959

              This Collection consists of photographs documenting early development of the Central Interior including such subjects as: homesteading, railway construction, packing & freighting, modes and routes of transportation, schools, mercantile development, leisurely activities, sports, natural resource development and exploitation, political movements, town-site development and policing. This collection also provides a look at history of the Taylor-Baxter Family - a long time pioneering family of this region, including: A.K. & Lillian Bourchier; Hugh & Hermina "Minnie" (nee Wessel) Taylor and family; Herbert & Sarah (nee Wessel) Glassey; and Bob & Violet (nee Taylor) Baxter and family.

              2005.3.63 · Item · [ca. 1946]
              Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

              Handwritten annotation on recto of photo reads: "Harry Monson Edmonton Prince George." Harry reclines on bed under window, surrounded by personal effects. Photograph was taken after nightfall. Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Harry talked my dad into selling him my boat".

              Harry Thacker Collection
              2002.4 · Fonds · c. 1920 - c. 1950

              Collection consists of textual and photographic items related to Prince George hockey and sports history.

              2003.2 · Item · c. 1923 - c. 1957

              Fonds consists of 1 copy of a typed transcript featuring Winnifred Emily Warner Russell (nee Large) being interviewed by her daughter Bev Christensen. Content of transcript includes the topics of nursing training in Vernon (1923-26) and nursing in Grace Hospital in Vancouver, and General Hospitals in Prince George, Prince Rupert, and Smithers up until 1957. No audio recording gifted.

              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
              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
              The Taylor Album
              2009.5.1 · File · ca.1900-1960
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              This photograph album consists of images pertaining to early settlements, bridges, riverboats, railways, cross-land travel companies, and family and social life including portraits and such events as cross country skiing, picnics, family gatherings, basketball team photos, masquerade dances, dramatic plays, hockey games and team dinners. Identified individuals include: the Tillicums, Bill Bennett, Jean Caux, Frank Johnstron, the Taylor Family (Hermina, Hugh, Ellen, Violet, Lucy, Dixon, Arthur, Virginia, Tom and Hugh Jr.), H.G.T. Perry, Betty Angus, Mrs. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Davis. Identified geographic locations include: South Fort George, Prince George, Hagwilget Bridge, Walcott, Prince Rupert, Finlay River Rapids, Lulu Island, Ashcroft, Skeena River, Nechako River, Bulkley River, Kispiox and Hazelton.

              This file also contains a one way Canadian National Railways ticket in the name of Miss V.B. (Violet Bourchier) Taylor to travel from Prince Rupert to Vancouver in July 1927.

              Taylor, Hugh
              Flooded Railway Camp
              2009.5.3.96 · Item · [1936?]
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              Photograph depicts lane in front of tent buildings flooded with water, forest trees in background. Photograph taken from canoe, portion of canoe visible in foreground. It is believed that this photograph may depict the Island Cache in flood, at Prince George, BC.

              Flooded Railway Camp
              2009.5.3.97 · Item · [1936?]
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              Photograph depicts lane in front of tent buildings flooded with water. Tree in midground, forest trees in background. A man can be seen between first and second row of tent buildings. Photograph taken from canoe, portion of canoe visible in right foreground. It is believed that this photograph may depict the Island Cache in flood, at Prince George, BC.

              2009.5.3.143 · Item · [ca. 1920?]
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              Photograph depicts a young man standing between two young women in front of three-story elementary school in Prince George, B.C. Power lines, buildings, and trees on hillside in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Em Joyce + Barb."

              2009.5.4.53 · Item · [ca. 1942]
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              Fred stands smiling on far left, Alan wears a white shirt seventh from left in first standing row. Bushes and hedges stand behind them in midground. Large school building stands in background on left, power poles on right. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "DIVISION. 9. KING GEORGE V ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. PRINCE GEORGE. B.C. SEPTEMBER. 144. PHOTO BY BRIDGMAN VANCOUVER. B.C."

              2000.13.1.38 · Item · [196-].
              Part of Ray Williston fonds

              Item is a photograph of a CP Rail chip car being dumped. The development of the interior chip pulp industry necessitated new designs for chip rail cars and their dumping facilities.

              2009.5.1.31 · Item · [ca. 1960]
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              Back, left to right: Ellen (nee Taylor) and husband Percy Garland, Joan Graves (daughter of Lucy Taylor), Dick Baxter (son of Violet), Violet (nee Taylor) Baxter. Front, left to right: [unknown], Margret Baxter (wife of Alan Baxter), Judy Taylor (daughter of Arthur Taylor), Edna Roth (daughter of Violet).

              Photograph taken on Ross Crescent, Prince George, at the home of Violet Baxter. Car and trees in background.

              2009.5.1.93 · Item · [after 1917]
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              Photograph depicts two men lifting rocks onto or off of a truck with "DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS" painted on its side. Rocky hill in background, road in right foreground. It is speculated that one of these men may be Hugh Taylor, or his son in law Bob Baxter who also worked for the department of public works.

              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."

              2009.5.4.51 · Item · [ca. 1930]
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "PRINCE GEORGE B.C. FARMERS TAKING DELIVERY OF CATERPILLAR TRACTORS." Bob sits on first tractor in line of three. Fifteen men stand in a line against street buildings. "THE SALVATION ARMY" building stands in background on right. This photograph was taken at the corner of 4th and George St.

              Bulldozer at Civic Centre
              2009.5.4.55 · Item · 1948
              Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

              Photograph depicts man believed to be Bob Baxter on bulldozer by large framework structure in snow. House stands in background as well as a truck with "CITY OF PRINCE GEORGE" visible on its passenger door. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Civic centre 1948."

              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.

              Grizzly Bear
              2005.3.52 · Item · [ca. 1945]
              Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

              Handwritten caption below this photo reads: "Bought in Picture Prince George". Photograph depicts a grizzly bear walking on all fours in forest area, slash debris in background.

              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".