Handwritten annotation on recto of postcard reads: “Were there’s a will there’s a way, 5th Street, Prince Rupert, B.C., F. Button photo Pr. Rupert. No. 514.” Handwritten annotation in pen on verso of postcard reads: “Miss Belding, 33 Marlbro Avenue, Hull Yorkshire, England. S.S. Prince George. Dec. 1918. Dear Bertha, This is a street in the centre of the town Prince Rupert. There is a capacity list of passengers on board. The boat is registered to hold 384. We left at midnight and exped to arrive in Vancouver tomorrow at 3:30 pm. Love from Edie.”
Front view of an abandoned log building. The door is open or missing, the front window glass is broken, the area in front of the building is littered with antlers, boxes and wood. The tree next to the building has grown too close the building and roof. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Laketon, Dease Lake, BC. Court house & jail June ‘62”
Handwritten photo album caption beside this photo reads: "S/L. A.C. Heaven. C.D. #3 Unit, N.W.S.R. Fort Nelson." Photograph depicts man in uniform standing on steps in front of doorway to unidentified building. Wings medallion on left breast.
Royal Canadian Air ForceCollecton consists of 103 photographs (both prints and negatives) of Northern BC communities. Photographs derive as follows: 19 from Atlin; 20 from Barkerville; 1 from Burns Lake; 22 from Dawson Creek; 1 from Decker Lake Falls; 3 from Fort St. James; 23 from Fort St. John; 1 from Hazelton; 1 from McBride; 8 from Pouce Coupe; 4 from Williams Lake.
This collection consists of 64 black and white photographs, 263 color slides, and 65 negatives.
Photo description on accompanying photo album page: "The bungalow-like Administration Building under construction at Teslin Lake, Yukon Territory. The top portion will be the control tower."
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Ordinary 'Nose-Hanger'." Photograph depicts airplane hangar with large circles in a darker fabric to accommodate the nose and engines of plane. Large truck and stacks of unidentified packages in foreground on right. Unidentified vehicle to left of hangar. It is believed that photograph was taken at Whitehorse, YT.
Royal Canadian Air ForcePostcard featuring a photograph of a photograph of the arrival of the first stage coach at the Hotel Northern in South Fort George, BC on 19 October 1911. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph reads: “Arrival of first stage at So. Ft. George B.C. Oct. 19, 1911. 28” Printed caption on the recto of the postcard reads: “First stage coach Prince George, B.C.” Handwritten annotation in pen on verso of postcard reads: “Mrs. C. Morris, Box 925, Penticton, BC. Thurs. 6pm, Dear Mother. Arr. Safely, good trip (bad pen!) Lovely weather. Hope all are well. Bia (?) Mary & Ed”
This file consists of 19 copy prints and negatives depicting landscape, dogsled, foot race through town, First Nations, town shot, and ferry around Atlin, B.C.
This file consists of 8 copy prints and negatives depicting hunting, wildlife, mining, and a town gathering around Barkerville.
This file consists of 12 copy prints and negatives (some duplicates) depicting a hunter, wildlife, landscape, children, townsite, pioneers, mining, and hospital around Barkerville.
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Barracks at Watson Lake". Photograph depicts three long log buildings connected in a U shape. The barracks are in a forest, surrounded with trees. The area around the building is strewn with wood debris and log piles. Dirt road in foreground.
Royal Canadian Air ForcePostcard photograph depicts lofty view of sternwheeler in river, snow capped mountains in background.
Printed annotation on recto reads: “R.M.S. B.C. Express in Upper Canyon Fraser River.”
Photograph depicts sternwheeler passing through rapids of the Fraser River, B.C. Printed annotation on recto reads: “The B.C. Express Passing through the Grand Canyon B.C.”, handwritten in red ink: “1913”.
Postcard photograph depicts sternwheeler, men visible on deck, hills on opposite shore in background.
Printed annotation on recto reads: “B.C. Express Steamer, Fraser River.” Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “BC Express Fraser River BC”.
Photograph depicts wood building and signage, with traffic regulating beams raised on either side.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Dawson Creek B.C. Bechtel Price Callahan Dispatch Office [1943]”
Photograph depicts large group of men gathered outside large building with the sign "WHITEHORSE GRILL".
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Dawson Creek BC / 1943 Beer Ration Day".
Photograph depicts a short wooden bridge spanning Dog Creek mid-ground and a stand of trees in the background. There are many Dog Creeks within British Columbia, it is believed this Dog Creek is located just south of Fort St. James, BC. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Dog Creek".
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "D.O.T [Department of Transportation?] Bldgs & Garage, Whitehorse." Photograph depicts numerous buildings and a four-door garage on streets in Whitehorse. Dump trucks and other various vehicles surround garage. Road and gravel covered area crosses foreground.
Royal Canadian Air ForcePhotographs within this file pertain to specific buildings (i.e. residences, commercial, factories, courthouses, community centres, jails, arenas, hotels); monuments, statues and shrines; bridges and trestles; and building management and construction of buildings throughout northern British Columbia.
Overview of Giscome, BC showing built and natural landscape.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Bunkhouse & Dining Room / Giscome BC".
This file consists of 1 copy print and negative depicting the Burns Lake townsite.
Paddlewheeler
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Paddlewheeler
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: “Cpt. Read.” Photograph depicts the captain sitting in open doorway of Officers’ Quarters [see item 2006.20.12.15] at Fort St. John. Wood slat sidewalk in foreground.
Royal Canadian Air ForceHandwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: “The Next Morning.” Photograph depicts man believed to be Captain Read, arms linked with a second unidentified man in uniform. The two men are standing on wood slat sidewalk in front of building with many windows speculated to be barracks [see item 2006.20.12.16] at Fort St. John. This photograph was beside item 2006.20.12.19 which depicts unidentified man in this photo and a second man, ready to go out for the evening.
Royal Canadian Air ForcePhotograph depicts man in uniform reclining on the ground against what appears to be the tarp of a tent, with eyes closed and bottled beverage in hand. A second man is semi-visible in background behind tent. Handwritten photo album caption above and below this photo reads: "Our Cpt, Dreaming of his Third Stripe."
Royal Canadian Air ForcePhotograph depicts two, four-horse stagecoaches laden with passengers parked outside the Hotel Northern in South Fort George. A group comprised of primarily men watch the stagecoaches from the veranda of the hotel. Handwritten annotation in bottom right corner of photograph reads: "Cariboo Stage at South Ft. George, BC. Oct 19-1911."
View of snow capped mountains in the distance, vast rolling treed hills in mid ground and a gravel road in the foreground. Road sign indicating severe curve in road situated at the right of the gravel road. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Cassiar – Stewart highway”
Overview of a snow covered mountain tops of the Cassiar Mountains. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Cassiar mtns.”
Photograph depicts cows and calves walking on gravel beside paved road. Field and tree-covered hills can be seen in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "Spring in Lejak [sic]".
Photograph depicts three men (two in uniform) in front of a military plane with the number "7632" on its side. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "OUR CENIAL CREW OF "32". It is believed this photograph was taken at the military base in Whitehorse, YT.
Royal Canadian Air ForceInterior photograph of a church. Printed annotation on recto reads: “Chapel, Indian school, Fraser Lake B.C.”
Includes 1 original mounted photograph of 1 man standing in the doorway of The White Laundry and 3 men sitting beside Rigg's Restaurant on what has been labelled as the corner of LeSelle and Second St. in Fort George.
Photograph depicts a street scent at the corner of Laselle and Second St. in Fort George. A wagon is visible in the dirt road and wooden buildings cross the mid ground. Three unidentified men sit on the boardwalk outside Rigg's Restaurant while one man stands in the doorway of The White Laundry.
Photograph depicts four men in uniform standing with luggage and supplies in front of a military plane with the number "7632" on its side. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "WEIGHING IN."
Royal Canadian Air ForceA boat.
This file consists of 10 copy prints and negatives depicting a ferry crossing, townsite, bridge, and landscape around Dawson Creek.
This file consists of 10 copy prints and negatives depicting wildlife, landscape, and a man around Dawson Creek.
This file consists of 2 copy prints and negatives depicting men with fish and haystacks around Dawson Creek.
This file consists of 1 copy print and negative depicting trapping a woman with fishing rod beside the Decker Lake Falls.
Large logs rolling off a logging truck parked on a bridge and into Halfway River. Handwritten annotation on bottom recto of photograph: "Dumping logs - Halfway River, B.C. 1936".