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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.

Photograph depicts three men standing in dirt area near fire wood. Tent building semi-visible on left, forest trees behind snow pile in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Relief camp at Penny. 100 men - A.K. Bourchier Foreman - Dixon Taylor timekeeper. [Ted Nevan?] purchasing agent - hungry thirties. Construction days. Mile 29 - A.K. Bourchier J.P." Man in middle is believed to be A.K. Bourchier.

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Image depicts the community hall in Penny, B.C.

Image depicts the CN Station in Penny B.C. A woman, possibly Sue Sedgwick, is sitting against the outside wall.

Image depicts the CN Station in Penny B.C.

Image depicts the CN Station in Penny B.C.

Image depicts a railway crossing sign with peeling and cracked paint somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.

Image depicts the post office in Penny, B.C.

Image depicts Sue Sedgwick standing in front of an old, run-down house somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.

Image depicts two signs for hiking trails in Penny, B.C. One reads: "Hiking trail to Red Mt. Lake (Grizzly Bear Mt.) expect to meet wild animals."

Image depicts four unidentified individuals standing on the bank of a river, possibly the Fraser, somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.

Image depicts a river, possibly the Fraser, near Penny, B.C.

Image depicts a red boat on a river, possibly the Fraser, near Penny, B.C.

Image depicts a beehive burner somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.

Image depicts Kent Sedgwick sitting on the bank of a river. An old beehive burner is visible in the background. Located somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.