Caption: On board the Duchess of York, 1929. J.R.M., Rev. Mal M. MacDonald (Wee Free) and sister M. MacDonald. Item is a photograph of J.R.M. and his relatives aboard the Duchess of York.
Image depicts Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a bridge over the Omineca River near Germansen Landing, B.C.
Photograph depicts ski-related artifacts from 1928 to 1976 on display as an exhibit at the Canadian Ski Museum.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
"I originally prepared this slide in 1992 to make the point that many of those researchers who worked at Aleza lived to a ripe old age. Two of these men died in 1993, Eric Garman and Dr. Joe Falconer. Joe never quite made his 100th birthday." -- quote from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file
Photograph depicts an old wooden lifting span bridge (now rigid) over the east Thompson River at Pritchard, 25 miles east of Kamloops. View is looking northeast. The bridge was built for sternwheeler traffic.
Photograph depicts an old wharf with a rotting deck. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Old wharf at the Cove, Cascade".
Photograph depicts a water wagon made in Chicago on the south side of the Westminster Highway on Lulu Island. It was 1 mile east of #6 Road. The water wagon was undated.
Photograph depicts a large two story building in fenced area. Field spans foreground, stand of trees in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "The old warehouse." It is believed that this photograph may have been taken at Fort St. James, BC.
Photograph depicts an old wagon at a ranch on the east side of Peterson Creek.
Photograph depicts an old wagon at a ranch on the east side of Peterson Creek.
Photograph depicts an old truck in daily use on East Hastings St. in Vancouver, BC
Image depicts an old trestle along the White Pass railway.
Image depicts an old trestle along the White Pass railway.
Image depicts an old trestle along the White Pass railway.
Image depicts an old trestle along the White Pass railway, and the White pass Train on the left of the image.
Photograph depicts one of the few surviving old style garages in west end Vancouver on Barclay St.
Photograph depicts an old steam boiler in the garden of a house at Fort Steele, near Cranbrook. It was last used in a pumping house half a mile away, which pumped water from a deep well to residents of the village. The pump house is still standing.
Six horses pull a fully laden stagecoach along a dirt road. People, dogs and another team of horses are also traversing this road.
Image depicts an old slump type of landslide. The slide labels it as being near "McAlister."
Photograph depicts an old sledge found in a field adjacent to a bridge that went over the South Thompson River.
Photograph depicts a river boat run aground on a sandy beach. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Old Skeena River boat beached"
Photograph depicts small square building with an elevated door, log pile on its left, and stand of trees in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Old Salmon cache. Fort St James, BC June 1923".
Image decpicts the old road to the townsite in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W
Photograph depicts an old pelton wheel at a former quarry at Granite Falls on the northeast head of the Indian Arm.
Photograph depicts a building on a dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Oild net department Naas Harbour".
Photograph depicts two men (O'Brine on left) standing in front of a log building. Handwritten note on verso reads: "Consulting engineer for Crocker 1st National Bank, San Franscisco. Examining (?) Fleuving & Downey Leases with object of taking in dredge."
Photograph depicts an old mine at Woodbury Creek, 10 miles south of Kaslo on the Kaslo to Nelson Road. Presumably it was a silver, lead, and zinc mine.
Photograph depicts one of various old lead and zinc mine buildings. Behind this building, on the foreshore, were a few men working on the reclamation of tailings and waste from the mine that was dumped in Kootenay Lake.
Image depicts what appears to be an old mill at an unknown location.
Photograph depicts old locomotives found somewhere in Washington or Oregon.
Typed annotation on recto: "Old Hudson Bay Company storhouse [sic] at Fort St. James, B.C." Cow grazing in front of a large, white, two-story building with a ladder on its roof. Wood fence, smaller second building, and forest hillside can be seen in background.
Image depicts an old house missing windows and doors in the foreground, and a bunkhouse in the background, in Sinclair Mills, B.C. Map coordinates 54°01'17.4"N 121°40'53.0"W
Image depicts an old house in Penny and a woman, possibly Sue Sedgwick, standing in front of it. The location is uncertain.
Image depicts an old house with a torn up roof. The location is uncertain.
Image depicts an old house missing windows and doors at an uncertain location.
Photograph depicts an old hotel sightseeing bus built prior to 1923. It is located at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum.
Image depicts an old, boarded up hotel in Stewart, B.C.
Image depicts an old, boarded up hotel in Stewart, B.C.
Photograph depicts one of the few surviving hand operated gas pumps, halfway between Campbell River and Kelsey Bay, BCWithin three months this gas station will have electricity.
Caption describing photograph: "Old growth Douglas fir 300 yrs, 28" DBH 90' Ht. Wind shook, coarse limbed sweeping bole, heart rot, survivor of old fire. Weakly drained lacustrine deposit. Note typical of isolated distribution (single or groups occuring in Sub-Alpine zone). Very infrequent cone crops - low viability, suspect high level inbreeding. No regeneration though receptive bed. West branch, F.E.S. Aleza Lake." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Photograph depicts an old gas station at 1603 West 3rd Ave. and Fir St. in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts narrow valley between steep cliffs.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "on left Vertical side of old Indian fort at Nagas W. Coast Q.C.I".
Photograph depicts a cluster of buildings including a church, a river in the foreground, rolling hills in the background.
Photograph depicts an old CPR passenger car at Salmon Arm. It is now in work service as #41645.
Photograph depicts old CPR passenger car at Salmon Arm. The car is now in work service as #41645 and is used for storage.
Photograph depicts an old wooden CPR caboose, formerly #436919, at Kamloops. It was built in 1928 and has sat unmoved for 2 or 3 years. By 1981 it had disappeared.
Photograph depicts old CPR boxcar #42018 at Savona, on the west end of Kamloops Lake. It was built in July 1922 and is now in work service. It has steel ends and frame but wooden sides.
Image depicts Sue Sedgwick and a dog standing next to an old, collapsing cabin which is sloped sideways. The location is uncertain.