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2009.5.1.89 · Item · [ca. 1920]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Eight men wearing suits stand in a line on street, Hugh Taylor second from right holding a package. An unidentified building stands in background on right, and a small shed stands in background on left. A dog stands in foreground and a hill can be seen in the distance. It is believed that some of the men are also featured in item 2009.5.1.84.

Ice Fishing on Watson Lake
2006.20.12.30 · Item · [ca. 1940]
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Waiting for the Plane at 'Watson'" Photograph depicts unidentified man standing on ice and holding a fish. The ice in the area behind him has been broken, creating a small pond in the frozen lake. Second man sitting behind pond area. Trees on opposite shore in background.

Royal Canadian Air Force
2009.7.1.068 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph has been altered with drawings of people on shore fighting canoes approaching the town. Buildings stand behind fenced and walled areas in background.

Handwritten annotation below image reads: "Drawing by F.A., old Hudson B. [...?]"; on verso: "27. To head Chapter III. No. 2. Tsimshians and Haidas fighting on shore at Fort Simpson."

2009.7.1.075 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "W.E. Collison Masset. Interior of Chief [Weah's?] house".

Caption under printed version of photo in W.H. Collison's book 'In the Wake of the War Canoe': "The house is about 40 feet square, forming one large room. The upper cubicles are on a level with the ground, which in front of them is excavated so that the fireplace in the centre is twelve feet below the surface. A ledge, for the use of slaves and dependents, is left half-way down."

2009.7.1.041 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Many rows of pews span foreground. Banners hanging in front of sanctuary read: "THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT, BEHOLD I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE".

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Port [?] Church Interior."

Interior of the CNR station
2000.23.1.086.12 · Item · [19-?]
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

This reproduction of a BC Provincial Archives photograph is captioned: "Interior of the CNR station till 1922". This photograph is presumed to depict the interior of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station in Prince George, circa 1922. In 1923, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was absorbed into Canadian National Railways.

2002.12.23.2 · Item · c.1972-c.1989
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Item consists of transcript of recorded interview with Nellie Oliver Runnalls who discusses her early family life in Victoria and Delta, BC and memories of her father's political career; her father was former BC premier John Oliver. Runnalls also discusses her life in Prince George, as wife of Reverend F.E. Runnals

2002.12.23.1 · Item · c.1972-c.1989
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Item consists of transcript of recorded interview with Reverend Francis Edward Runnalls who discusses his career as a United Church minister in Prince George c.1920s-1940s. Also discusses his historical works written about Northern British Columbia and Prince George.

2009.6.1.336 · Item · September 1978
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Handwritten notation originally affixed to verso reads: “The chap in the red jacket is Dr. Michael J. B. Whitaker, a team coach (I worked with him during my time as Administer of the Knox (Medical) Clinic.”

Photo is one of two images included with photocopy of a letter from J. Michael Roberts, 4529 Montford Cresc., Victoria, B.C., V8N 3W6, dated 22 January 2003, to Iona Campagnolo reading: “Your Honour: At the 26 September 2002 Queen’s Jubilee Medal Ceremony in Government House, I briefly mentioned that I had taken several photos of you some years ago when I lived in Kelowna. I am enclosing them herewith. They were taken in September 1978 at the soccer fields behind the Parkinson Recreation Centre in Kelowna when you, as Federal Minister of Sports and Fitness (if memory serves) opened a Junior Soccer Tournament in which my son Ian - now 36! - was a participant. It took a little searching to find the slides from which these photos were made, but I thought you might enjoy this glimpse of times past for your personal archives. Respectfully, J. Michael Roberts”. See also item 2009.6.1.337.

2009.6.13.49.0502 · Item · 19 May 1978
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Premier Peter Lougheed talking with unidentified people at the Crest Hotel in Prince Rupert during Campagnolo's Skeena Riding tour. Loughheed is shaking an unidentified man's hand. An unidentified woman holding a red purse is in the foreground. Several unidentified people talk behind them.

2009.6.1.96 · Item · August 1974
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Campagnolo stands at the banquet table of the Prince Rupert Masonic Lodge with Ernie Senior, editor of the Prince Rupert Daily News, and Selma Murray.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Iona Campagnolo - MP Skeena, Ernie Senior - Editor - Pr. Rupert Daily News, Selma Murray - visiting Pr. Rupert Aug/74 to visit the graces of her parents + brother - victims of Slide 1957, Selma - sole survivor”.

2009.6.1.50 · Item · 1 June 1974
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Caption below entitled: “All Set for Snowslide Victory,” and reads: “Sometimes political candidates kiss babies and sometimes political candidates kiss dogs, but in this particular case, Skeena Liberal candidate Iona Campagnolo does both. This 12-week-old St. Bernard, which weighs 25 pounds seems to enjoy the embrace as much as Iona Campagnolo. Also pictured is Teresa Wright, campaign assistant, as the Liberal candidate visited the Kispiox Rodeo on Saturday.”

2009.6.1.337 · Item · September 1978
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Handwritten notation originally affixed to verso reads: “the cap you are wearing is from the DMJ Kickers, the team for which my son played. You are performing the kick-off -- in heels!!”

Photo is one of two images included with photocopy of a letter from J. Michael Roberts, 4529 Montford Cresc., Victoria, B.C., V8N 3W6, dated 22 January 2003, to Iona Campagnolo reading: “Your Honour: At the 26 September 2002 Queen’s Jubilee Medal Ceremony in Government House, I briefly mentioned that I had taken several photos of you some years ago when I lived in Kelowna. I am enclosing them herewith. They were taken in September 1978 at the soccer fields behind the Parkinson Recreation Centre in Kelowna when you, as Federal Minister of Sports and Fitness (if memory serves) opened a Junior Soccer Tournament in which my son Ian - now 36! - was a participant. It took a little searching to find the slides from which these photos were made, but I thought you might enjoy this glimpse of times past for your personal archives. Respectfully, J. Michael Roberts”. See also item 2009.6.1.336.