Photograph depicts a snowy foreground, simple houses in the midground and snowy mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Winter at Naas Dec. 1927".
Photograph depicts the lower portion of a tall totem pole. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "2 views of Totem pole".
Photograph depicts a tall totem pole. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "2 views of Totem pole".
Photograph depicts a cluster of small buildings situated on the river's shore. There is a background of treed hills. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian village of Fishery Bay Naas River".
Photograph depicts a cluster of small buildings situated on the river's shore. There is a background of treed hills. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian village of Fishery Bay Naas River".
Photograph depicts a large carved bear mounted on a tall pole. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Bear at Hankedah".
Photograph depicts a long wood frame building with a very tall totem pole in front. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Hankedah, Nass River May 1927".
Photograph depicts a long wood frame building with a very tall totem pole in front. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Hankedah, Nass River May 1927".
Photograph depicts seven unnamed adults and four unnamed children standing on a beach with water and forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour Cannery picnic party August 1927".
Photograph depicts two adult men, three women and a boy. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour Cannery picnic party August 1927".
Photograph depicts an aerial view of a large cannery. There is a dense forest and a river in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour Cannery July 1926".
Photograph depicts the Mill Bay cannery at the Nass River delta. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mill Bay Cannery Naas River, B.C.".
The Fred Jeffery Collection consists of three photograph albums comprising a total of 303 b&w photographs all dating from ca.1924-1933. The subject matter of these images consist primarily of the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, machinery, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast. Notable are the photographs depicting indigenous (Nisga'a) people and places and Chinese and Japanese cannery workers. Identified canneries featured in these photographs include: Mill Bay Cannery, Namu Cannery, Klemtu Cannery, Shushartie Bay Cannery, Balmoral Cannery, North Pacific Cannery, Nass Harbour Cannery, Port Essington Cannery, Kitwanga Cannery, Port Nelson Cannery, Alert Bay Cannery, Dominion Cannery and ABC Co. Cannery. Photographs also include images of the Canadian Pacific Railway in both Vancouver and Sicamous, BC., as well as, images of the Legislative Assembly buildings in Victoria, the 1924 Special Service Squadron ships in Vancouver, early construction of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and town overviews of Yokohama, Japan (pre WWII).
Jeffery, FredPhotograph depicts four unnamed women standing on a beach posing for a photo. There is driftwood, water and forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below the photograph reads, "the girls are out on a picnic - 8/27"
Photograph depicts rows of small bunk houses, smoke rises from some of the chimneys, forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Cabins of Crew and Indian Houses".
Photograph depicts a cannery built on pilings, dense forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Cannery at Naas Harbour".
Photograph depicts a small wood frame cabin with a lean to porch. Smoke is rising from the lean to chimney. There is a large snow pile in the foreground and snowy forest in the background. Possible location is Nass Harbour. Handwritten annotation below the photograph reads, "Cabin Home - H. H. Welda's 3/28"
Photograph depicts a close up view of a wreckage of roof tops and timber frames, dense forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "At Naas Harbour wind effects/11/27".
Photograph depicts a wreckage of roof tops and timber frames on a shoreline with dense forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "wrecked boat houses".