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2013.6.36.1.003.094 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Hospital Cottage on Main St. in Sechelt, B.C. which also appears to have been home to the Magistrates and Small Debts Court at one point. A large central hospital for the whole of the Sechelt Peninsula was opened in 1965 at Sechelt.

Hotel in Carmi
2013.6.36.1.075.06 · Item · [23 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at Carmi, an old village between Rock Creek and Kelowna. Visible is an old hotel that was up for sale.

Hotel in Keremeos
2013.6.36.1.075.03 · Item · [July 1967]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an old hotel in the center of Keremeos. It once had been a thriving staging post. The village now only contained 2 building which included this hotel and a dance hall that had been converted to a barn.

House fire
2013.6.36.1.003.024 · Item · [1964?]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a house fire possibly on 1000 Beach Block and Thurlow St. , caused by a wrecking gang.

House fire
2013.6.36.1.003.021 · Item · [1964?]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a house fire possibly on 1000 Beach Block and Thurlow St. , caused by a wrecking gang.

House fire
2013.6.36.1.003.025 · Item · [1964?]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a house fire possibly on 1000 Beach Block and Thurlow St. , caused by a wrecking gang.

House in Delta, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.002.096 · Item · Mar. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a house on Ladner Trunk Rd. in Delta, B.C. It is in the northeast corner of an intersection with the road leading to the Canadian Army Signal Station.

2013.6.36.1.072.06 · Item · [July 1969]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Moha "ghost" vilage, 20 miles west of Lillooet, at the fork of Bridge and Yalako Rivers. It used to be a gold mining village. About 8 houses/cabins were left standing, but none were occupied. Displayed is one that had 2 ft. thick walss to waist height, as shown.

2013.6.36.1.072.19 · Item · 28 Oct, 1967
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a house that had a "sold" notice on it and was partly demolished. Up to the date the photograph was captured, this block on Beach Ave. was the sole remaining one to have only houses on it, as opposed to a mixture of houses and apartment blocks, or blocks only.

2013.6.36.1.010.66 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 diesel shunter locomotive #21, owned and on the premises of Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. It is having a new transmission installed and receives an annual paint job in sky blue. It has a Gardiner (Manchester) engine. Comes the plate "Samuel Williams & Sons Ltd." (of Dagenham, Essex, U.K.), which is the parent company of the V.W. Ltd.

2013.6.36.1.026.01 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an embankment across the inlet of Hydraulic Lake on the CPR line. This a the south end of the McCulloch depot and you can see the buildings in the distance. It is located at mile 76.5 on the Carmi Subdivision, about 27 miles northeast of Penticton.

2013.6.05.5 · File · 2008-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding ice storage sheds and ice harvesting, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following pieces compiled by Davies: "Schematic Drawing of Ice Houses in B.C."; "Ice Houses"; and "Miscellaneous Examples of Icing Facilities in B.C.". Also includes the articles "Ice Harvesting--A Forgotten Industry" by Mohowski, "Ice and the railroad: Pt. III--Railroad Ice Houses" by Lambert, and "Operation of Car Icing Stations" by Inghram.

Illecillewaet Valley
2013.6.36.3.06.27 · Item · [before 1949]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Valley. Taken adjacent to snowsheds and the second crossing of the Illecillewaet River. It had the appearance of being the location for a safety switch and spur to divert a runaway train that had come down the "Loop" from Glacier Station.

Illecillewaet Valley
2013.6.36.3.06.28 · Item · [before 1949]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Valley. Circa 1914-16. New grade being built for use with Connaught Tunnel grade reductions at Rogers Pass. Original right-of-way still in use.

2013.6.29.22 · File · 2006-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of depictions of livestock cartage by rail. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes illustrations that Davies used for his article, "Railway Recollections of a BC Sheep Rancher".

2013.6.21.3.8 · File · 1998-2000
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of depictions of the formerly Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (now Canadian National Railway) bridge at Prince George. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, postcards, printed archival images, and clippings from periodicals.