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Elks Flag Day, McBride, BC
2011.3.1.15 · Item · 5 January 1945
Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

Photograph of several vehicles parked along a road. A large crowd is visible gathering in the background. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Elks Flag Day, McBride, B.C." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Jan. 5th 1945. Dear Dad, Am working in a lumber camp, advised by Prof. Johnson and Prof Casey. Altitude about 2,300. Think I will like it, if they don't make me work to[sic] heavy. the Climate and the grub is swell. Otherwise not so hot. Bye for now. Love Will." Postcard is addressed: "To: Mr. A.W. Hockin Big Valley, Alberta. From. W. Hockin c/o E.U. Lamming McBride, B.C."

Elsie and Frank, Greenville
2009.10.2.036 · Item · [19 July 1925]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a young woman and a boy standing in front of a house in Laxgalts'ap (Greenville, BC). Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Elsie and Frank Greenville 19/7/25". Boy may be Frank Calder.

Endako
2012.13.1.51.086 · Item · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a train passing through Endako, B.C.

2013.6.36.1.010.65 · Item · [May 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts engines at the Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals in North Vancouver. They are owned by the Vancouver Wharves Co. Ltd. The engines are number 21 and 22 and are 0-6-0 tank engines built by Hudswell Clarke & Co., in Leeds in 1949. They were purchased from Samuel Williams from Dagenham, Essex, U.K. They reached Vancouver May 28, 1960 and were put into service in about November 1960.

2009.10.1.87 · Item · [between 1926 and 1933]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a foreground of floating logs, a sawmill with steam rising in the midground and treed hillside in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Englewood mill, Inside Passage".

2007.17.3.3 · Item · [192-?]
Part of James Joseph Claxton Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts five men in top hats and overcoats greeting several men in military uniform. Typed annotation on recto of photograph states: "Ministers and their agents: Lloyd George receives men of the Royal Irish Constabulary and reviews a parade of Auxiliaries in Downing Street. With him are Sir Hamar Greenwood and Mr. Bonar Law."