Photograph depicts sparse buildings, cleared forest, water in the foreground. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Alert Bay".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking at the cannery built on the dock at Alert Bay. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Alert Bay cannery".
Images within album consist primarily of fishery industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast, ca.1924-1926. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image.
This bound photo album comprises 122 photographic images featuring the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats, machinery) and First Nations Peoples on the Nass & Skeena Rivers and North Pacific Coast. Images also include warships, freighters, automobiles, railway stations and trains, and some photographs of Yokohama, Japan and California ca.1924-25. Includes photographs of the 1924 Special Service Squadron World Cruise in Vancouver. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image and each image is glued to the album page at its corners. The verso of front cover has a handwritten name plate:
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.
Photograph depicts a passenger steamship on open water, mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "S.S. Alameda".
Photograph depicts a small abandon home. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "domicile of Mr. Roundy, Echo Cove".
Photograph depicts a wide treed valley with snowy mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Looking south, Nass Harbour, BC".
Photograph depicts a creek canyon. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Canyon views Nass Harbour creek".
Photograph depicts water in the foreground, steep rock cliffs on the perimeter, rocks and trees in the background. Handwritten annotation reads, "Canyon views Naas Harbour creek".
Photograph depicts a wooden walkway with trees crowding close. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "a shady walk".
Photograph depicts looking down on a small fishing boat loaded with fish. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "A full load, cannery tender".
Photograph depicts a large stack of cans. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "830 cases of tall cans".