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Steam crane, Victoria
2013.6.36.1.059.01 · Item · 1971
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steam crane, lettered "Osborn Bay Wharf Ltd." Davies suggests that it may have been on the Victoria-Pacific tourist line on the outskirts of Victoria.

2013.6.36.1.004.37 · Item · [July 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steam crane in the yard of the Lions Gate Lumber Co. at the foot of Lloyd St. in North Vancouver. The crane was made by the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. in Cleveland, Ohio and is undated. It has a 20 ton capacity, is well maintained, and freshly painted.

2013.6.36.1.004.38 · Item · [July 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steam crane in the yard of the Lions Gate Lumber Co. at the foot of Lloyd St. in North Vancouver. It is used to load scows from stacks shown to left and right of track. Thick baulks of timber on edges of pier are part of a safety device. Crane has transverse underframe which just clears these baulks normally. Under a heavy load and extended jib the underframe rests on the baulks.

2013.6.36.1.004.39 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steam crane in a lumber yard on the north side of Porpoise Bay in Sechelt on the Sechelt Peninsula. The steam crane has been converted to diesel and was made by the Brown Hoisting Co. from Cleveland, Ohio. It lifts 21 tons at a 12ft radius and 5 tons at 35ft radius, and is in daily use. The 200 yards of rail track form a "Y" with the bottom piece onto the wharf.

Ste. Marie Lake
Item · 7/1/1972
Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Group of people relaxing by lakeshore, Cariboo - Chilcotin region of British Columbia

Stave Falls School
2013.6.36.1.076.13 · Item · [June 1968]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Stave Falls School, a type of rural school that was falling into disuse. This one was still in use and cared for.

2009.6.1.351 · Item · 1979
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Statue measures 2.7 metres tall. Town buildings in background.

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 2009.6.1.349 - 2009.6.1.354.

2009.7.1.069 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph depicts a figure with two heads standing above stone reading "Here lies the last but not the least because He is the last of all his line the [?] Tribe ABEL WARD SOLOMON WARD". Bushes, building, and hill visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Port Simpson BC".

2002.14.1.7.16 · File · [between 1988 and 1996]
Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

File consists tables, reports and other sources containing demographic information on female engineers in Canada; conference proceedings from the 9th Kingston Conference of the Canadian Science Technology Historical Association in Kingston, Ontario for Ainley's presentation, "Traditional Knowledge, Gender and the 'Spread of Western Science,' - a Reappraisal of Basalla's model"; correspondence relating to "Critical Turning Points"; and a list of the contents of Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" project files.

Stations
2013.6.06 · Series · 1990-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Series consists of material regarding railway stations in British Columbia. Includes information about station furnishing, architectural history, flagstops, and railway station gardens. Also contains details about specific stations and types of stations built by each railway in British Columbia, including stations built by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway, the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and the Great Northern Railway.

State University of New York
1996.2.1.1.588 · File · 1969
Part of Brian Fawcett fonds

File contains correspondence to Brian Fawcett from State University of New York. Includes a letter to Brian Fawcett from Professor Edgar Dryden, Director of Graduate Admissions, awarding Brian with a Teaching Fellowship in the department of English. Letter dated April 23, 1969.

Start of Birchleg
2012.13.1.129.04 · Item · 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a long line of people cross country skiing along the Birchleg route on Tabor Mountain in Prince George, B.C.

Star Fuoco
2008.3.1.111 · File · 1993-1998
Part of Bridget Moran fonds

File consists of:

  • Letter from Star Fuoco to Bridget Moran re: book reading (Dec. 27, 1995)
  • Paper "One thing I've learned in this program" written by college student re: their program (Feb. 27, 1994)
  • Letter from Star Fuoco to Bridget Moran and Mary John re: book reading and speaking engagements (Jan. 20, 1996)
  • Fax from Star Fuoco re: letters sent to Bridget Moran and Mary John from Star's class (Jan. 29, 1998)
  • Letter from Star Fuoco to Bridget Moran and Mary John re: their book tour of Vancouver Island (Feb. 5, 1997)
  • Letter from Star Fuoco to Bridget Moran re: personal update (Oct. 30, 1997)
  • Letter and pamphlets from Star Fuoco, on behalf of the Periodical Writer's Association of Canada, Victoria Chapter to Bridget Moran re: membership. (1997)
  • Letter from Star Fuoco to Bridget Moran re: recent visit and book purchase (Feb. 5 1995)
  • Letter from A.W.T.P. participants from Hiiye'yu Lelum (House of Friendship) Society thanking Bridget Moran for her visit (Jan. 27, 1995)
  • Letter of thanks from YMCA of Metropolitan Toronto
  • Letter from Rosemary Kavanagh, on behalf of CNIB Library for the Blind re: invitation to 9th Annual TORGI Award Presentation (Sept. 16, 1993)
  • Letter from Lynn Synottee on behalf of College of New Caledonia (Sept. 14, 1993)
  • Letter from Star Fuoco to Bridget Moran and Mary John and a copy of Anthology published by students in the Aboriginal Employment Training Program 97/98.
Star Capella
2012.13.1.77.14 · Item · Aug. 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a large vessel docked in Prince Rupert, B.C. The name on its side is "Star Capella." The slide itself is labelled "superport."

Stanley, George
1996.2.11.1.39 · File · [between 1980 and 2006]
Part of Brian Fawcett fonds

File consists of a poetry chapbook by George Stanley entitled "Gentle Northern Summer", "San Francisco's Gone", and "Vancouver, Book One, 3-7". Also includes a poem entitled "Joy is the Mother of All Virtue".