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Water control structures
2000.1.1.2.10 · File · Sep. 1991
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains 3 strips of negatives depicting water control structures inluding pipes, culverts, and holding ponds. The strips were found in a photo lab pouch annotated "Sedimentation Pond Sept 1991" and addressed to "Cassiar Mining Corp. Attn; R. Tyne."

2013.6.36.1.028.42 · Item · 18 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts water car #415319 standing on a little used spur in Nelson. It consists of a locomotive tender mounted on a flat car. It could be used as a firefighting unit, but it is merely lettered "service."

Waste Stripping Operations
2000.1.1.3.15.21 · Item · 1961
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts benches of Cassiar's open mine. Men can be seen standing near machinery speculated to be blasthole drills in bottom left of image. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Waste Stripping Operations on McDame Mt. Ore Mining in lower right Corner.", on verso: "1961".

Waste in Mine Valley
2000.1.1.3.13.12 · Item · 25 October 1965
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts large swath of dark waste down mountainside to right of valley. The waste dump is believed to be visible at top of swath on right of image. Bench mining visible on the North and South peak in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Oct. 25 / 65 4:25 PM."

2013.6.36.1.026.08 · Item · [22 June 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the washrooms on the west side of the line, about a quarter mile from the McCulloch CPR depot building. The depot is located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision.

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.

2000.1.1.3.15.31 · Item · June 1970
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts Wabco in left foreground in front of shop building, tractor, and miscellaneous supplies. Mine valley and mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Cassiar B.C. 1970 June 23 by Tom Kiefer".

2000.1.1.1.19 · File · 5 Dec. 1977
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photographs from Cassiar trip report to Ditton Works, a pipe division of TAC Construction Materials Ltd. Asbestos pipe was made at this particular factory. The company used some Cassiar fibres in their production. Labelled appendix I, this collection includes: photographs of equipment, bagging, packaging, fibre, pipes, and screens from inside the factory.

2000.1.1.1.18 · File · 5 Dec. 1977
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photographs from Cassiar trip report to R.C. quarry plant in Sweden. This plant utilized rubber type dust enclosures to maintain low dust levels. Labelled Appendix F, this collection includes: landscape photograph of quarry, seal to conveyor gallery, rubber lined truck, rubber seal on equipment, rubber cover screen, and rubber bucket elevator.

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.