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2000.1.1.1.01.01 · Item · [ca. 27 January 1951]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts George Edzerza , R. T. Gilman, Bill Mossoh, and Pete Hamlin with gear and wearing snowshoes in the Asbestos Mountain area. It is believed that the photograph portrays their exploration of the future mine at Cassiar.

Asian family
2009.10.2.080 · Item · [between 1923 and 1925]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts an asian (likely Japanese or Chinese) couple with a baby, possibly at Nass Harbour. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Tacki and Co".

2009.6.1.501 · Item · September 1988
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Campagnolo stands fifth from right in front row. The group is posed in front of large building covered in foliage.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “associate Director, McMaster International, 1987-1990, Hamilton, Ont,” and “McMaster SIDA/AIDS Conference Sept. 1988”.

"Atlas Captain" boom tug
2013.6.36.1.064.13 · Item · [26 June 1971]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a boom tug called "Atlas Captain" that was brought in for refitting, adjacent to a smalll boat repair yard. It was loaded on a CN gondola car and then removed by a derrick crane.

Atlin - A Dock
2012.13.1.98.31 · Item · 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a dock on the shore of Atlin Lake, as well as a building that may have once been a hospital. The slide is simply labelled "hospital."

Atlin - Discovery Jail
2012.13.1.98.35 · Item · 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an old building which used to be the Discovery Jail. The plaque on it reads: "It cost $800 to build this two cell jail in 1902. The solid walls are 2"x6" laid flat one on top of the other. It was skidded to Atlin in the 1920s and used as a residence for many years."

Atlin - Mural
2012.13.1.98.38 · Item · 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a mural of Atlin with information about the Globe Theatre and Edwin L. Pillman on it. It reads: "Talented businessman arrived in Atlin in 1899, and for nearly fifty years operated a variety of businesses ~ grocery and drug stores, undertaker, market gardens and the theatre. Assissted by his loyal wife Elizabeth." It also states that the Globe Theatre was built in 1917 and was used until the early 40's.

Atlin - Nurses' Residence
2012.13.1.98.21 · Item · 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a building which once served as the residence for two nurses in Atlin, B.C. A sign in front of the house reads: "Grateful Atlinites built this house in 1902 for their first missionary nurses, Helen Bone and Elizabeth Mitchell, who came here in 1899 and lived in a crude shack while valiantly and humanely caring for sick and dying pioneers."