Photograph depicts a large stack of cans. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "830 cases of tall cans".
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 wooden walkway with trees crowding close. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "a shady walk".
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 wide treed valley with snowy mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Looking south, Nass Harbour, BC".
Photograph depicts a small abandon home. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "domicile of Mr. Roundy, Echo Cove".
Photograph depicts a passenger steamship on open water, mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "S.S. Alameda".
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.
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 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.
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".
Photograph depicts sparse buildings, cleared forest, water in the foreground. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Alert Bay".
Photograph depicts a cannery machine. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "4 spindle seamer, Am Can Co".
Photograph depicts an apple tree in bloom. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Apple tree in bloom".
Photograph depicts small apple tree in bloom. Handwritten annotation reads, "Apple Tree in Bloom 1927"
Photograph depicts an asian (likely Japanese or Chinese) couple with a baby, possibly at Nass Harbour. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Tacki and Co".
Photograph depicts an asian (likely Chinese or Japanese) man posing for a photograph. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Count no Account posing for his picture".
Photograph depicts a church or assembly hall. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Assembly hall, Kincoolith".
Photograph depicts a cannery building on a wharf, a cluster of small houses on the shore and a hillside of dense forest. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Skeena River, B.C.".
Photograph depicts the Balmoral Cannery building on a wharf, treed hillside behind and snowy mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Balmoral Cannery - wharf, 1924".
Photograph depicts a view of the creek looking up toward the treed mountain. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Barton's creek".
Photograph depicts a creek with lush vegetation on both banks, a snow-capped mountain in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "View on Barton's Creek - Naas River".
Photograph depicts looking toward a treed shoreline from the water. Klemtu was also known as China Hat due to the shape of Cone Island, which protects it from the open water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Bay at China Hat, BC Coast".
Photograph depicts a small boat tied near the shore. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Camp Scow BC Packers Naas River".
Photograph depicts a road and walkway that borders the beach. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "beach on 1st narrows, Vancouver Jan. 1926".
Photograph depicts a cove with treed shorelines. Image is hazy. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Beaver Cove. Pulp and sawmills".
Photograph depicts a small boat on a river at Laxgalts'ap, BC (Greenville, BC). Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Gas boat, Louisa C Greenville B.C. 19/27/25".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking at a boat house. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Boat House, taken in a rain shower".
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".
Photograph depicts the boats Chiquita and Fisher moored at dock during low tide. Below this photo is the following handwritten annotation: "1/8/32 Freak's".
Photograph depicts boats in the harbour at Gibson's Landing in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts a boiler for Hanbury's Mill in Vancouver, B.C. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, " Hanburys Mill-Van-BC Feb 1925".
Photograph depicts the workings of a boiler. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "600 H.P. Sterling Boiler".
Photograph depicts a view of the water looking toward forested and mountainous coastlines. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "BC Coast view".
Photograph depicts a view from the water of the Parliament buildings in Victoria BC. Possible sea plane docked in front centre.
Photograph depicts a bunkhouse style home. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Little grey home in the north".
Photograph depicts a waterfall pouring into the ocean from a heavily treed shoreline. There are a few buildings on the left of the photograph. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Falls at Butedale".
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 man standing beside a small dwelling. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Cabins, Naas Harbour".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking toward the coast line. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "California coast".
Photograph depicts palm trees and houses behind. Handwritten annotation reads, "California Palms".
Photograph depicts a wharf. Photograph is adhered to a small black photo album page. Below this photo is the hand written annotation, "Genoa Mill. BC.
Photograph depicts two geese on the water's edge, a treed hillside and building on a pier in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Brant Geese". This identification appears to be incorrect; Brant geese lack the obvious white cheek on the geese seen in this photograph.
Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway Station in Vancouver. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Can National Station, Vancouver".
Photograph depicts a Canadian Pacific Railway boat docked at Vancouver, BC. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "C.P.R. Boat Vancouver".
Photograph depicts a steamship on open water. Handwritten annotation below the photograph reads, "C.P.R. Ferry".
Photograph depicts a large passenger ship in dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Empress of Australia C.P.R. Pacific fleet".
Photograph depicts the Canadian Pacific Railway station and hotel at Sicamous, BC.