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Wally and Alice
2009.10.2.031 · Item · [between 1923 and 1925]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts two teenage girls standing in front of a house, possibly in Prince Rupert or another location on the British Columbia coast. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Walley and Alice".

2009.5.1.73 · Item · 26 May 1932
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Omineca Dist Walcott Suspension Bridge West Approach - looking East May 26 - 1932". Photograph depicts two white horses pulling a wagon in front of Walcott bridge. This bridge was moved from its original location in the Hagwilget Canyon, downstream from Walcott on the Bulkley River. It is a pedestrian bridge at the time of this photograph, though it was originally used by motor vehicles. Dirt road leading to bridge in foreground, with lumber and brush piles on either side. Trees and hills on opposite shore in background.

W.A.C. Bennett Dam
2012.13.1.91.02 · Item · Sep. 1974
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a section of the Peace River blocked off by the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. The dam itself is not visible in the image.

W.A.C. Bennett Dam?
2012.13.1.91.44 · Item · 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts several unidentified individuals lying on a hill outside what is most likely the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in Hudson's Hope, B.C.

2009.5.1.16 · Item · 1928
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Twenty-three year old Violet stands wearing a polka dot dress in a group of unidentified men, women and children. Body of water and tree-covered hill on opposite shore in background. Handwritten caption below this photo reads: "Pr. Rupert, 1928 End of Road Construction".

2009.5.1.65 · Item · [ca. 1922]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts group of fourteen men and women dressed in formal attire, posed on carpet in front of backdrop. Violet sits second from left. This photograph was taken in Prince Rupert where Violet attended high school while living with her relatives Sarah and Herbert Glassey.

2009.5.4.37 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Violet sits wearing a fur coat next to younger brother Dixon who wears a suit and hat. They are seated in unidentified area on a wood structure between tall piles of planed lumber. A tall shelter can be seen behind them, and forest trees in background. Dixon Taylor worked at the sawmill in Penny, BC.

2009.5.1.54 · Item · [ca. 1919]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Lucy stands next to Violet on far right in group with six other unidentified young girls. Each girl wears a white dress and holds a holly branch. They stand on material laid out in snow in front of unidentified building. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Violet. Lucy. This is their Holly and Mistletoe Drill".

2009.5.1.55 · Item · [ca. 1919]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Here they are in Sleeping beauty asleep. Virginia is not all in. She is behind Violet who is King. Father of the beauty. That is the queen in front and the nurse at the head of the bed and the Beauty on the bed." The girls are in costume on material laid out in snow in front of unidentified building. Unknown wood object in left foreground.

Violet & Virginia Taylor
2009.5.1.21 · Item · [ca. 1928]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Virginia stands in dress pants, jacket, tie and army hat, with arm around older sister Violet. The girls stand on a boardwalk with trees in background. A man standing next to Violet is semi-visible on left.

2006.20.11.29 · Item · 9 August 1949
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

Postcard overview of the Bulkley River running closely past the village of Telkwa. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: "Don Choracy [?] Prince Rupert, B.C. c/o Wrathall's Photo Shop. Aug. 9 Lake Kaetlyn. We had to drive all the way to Telkwa the other nite for postcards, imagine. We were sure glad and surprised to see Jack & Dick drive in at 7 to-nite. Just like being home. We are having so much fun. The boys are out on Lake to-nite, went to visit Dr. Macdonald's me thinks. I have bad head cold so have to stay home first nite at home I've since we came, Dieks is taking me on Lake tomorrow I hope, Love Bea-P."