Print preview Close

Showing 20493 results

Archival description
20493 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects
2009.6.1.349 · Item · 1979
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Photograph believed to have been taken at the Chetwynd Town Hall.

Image is one of six photographs found with negatives in envelope reading: “‘Campaigning 1979,’ 6 colour negatives enclosed and 2- 4x5 prints (pictured with Bunne Hoffman - editor of Chetwynd Echo (now deceased)), Village of Chetwynd 1949 ?” See also items 2009.6.1.350 - 2009.6.1.354.

2009.6.1.182 · Item · August 1977
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

The pair stands among piles of boxes in what appears to be a warehouse.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “lost election thanks to Otto Longs Transport decision to OK subsidy to North Coast Freight shipping,” and “Iona and storekeeper Werner Funk discussing freight costs, Queen Charlotte City, August / 77.”

2009.6.1.177 · Item · 1977
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Campagnolo faces photographer. Pedestrians, vehicles and storefronts visible in background, including "Parker's LADIES WEAR".

Handwritten notation included with photograph reads: “6/12/77, Iona, These are duplicates and rejects. Unless you want any of them I will throw them out.” (See also item 2009.6.1.178).

Mining site
2004.8.1.25 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a open mining site at the base of a mountain, forested landscape visible in background and unidentified mining equipment visible in the midground.

Mining site
2004.8.1.2 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a open mining site at the base of a mountain, forested landscape visible in background and unidentified mining equipment visible in the midground.

Mining at Otter Creek, BC
2009.5.2.69 · Item · 6 June 1937
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts lumber piles and what appears to be a very long sluicing trough along Otter Creek. Forest and hills in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Otter Creek 6/6/37". See also item 2009.5.2.70.

2000.1.1.3.13.09 · Item · 1961
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts view of mine road in valley, from mountain above. Plant, tailings pile, and town visible in distance. South mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961", on recto: Townsite and Plantsite from mine."

Mine Valley, 1954
2000.1.1.3.13.06 · Item · 1954
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts the mine road in valley below bulldozer parked on edge of mountain. Cassiar plant and town visible in distance, south mountains behind them in background. Photo also depicts what appears to be a cloud rising from the tailings pile in plantsite.

Mine Site Equipment
2012.13.1.50.092 · Item · [1978?]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts what appears to be a junkyard for old mining equipment at an uncertain location, though possibly near Gibraltar.

Mine near Moyie, BC
2013.6.36.1.005.10 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a mine 200 yards south of Moyie village, which is 20 miles south of Cranbrook. It produced silver, zinc, and lead from 1900-1910 and had a smelter a quarter mile away. The shaft was 900 ft. deep, with levels going under Moyie Lake. The head gear dates from 1925-1935 and has electric winding.