Fire at the Fort George Hotel devastated the entire block. Harry Perry's Tailor shop was right across the street from the fire. Handwritten annotations on recto: "Fort George Hotel Fire; Nov. 13, 1914"
Handwritten annotations on recto: "W. Corbett's Livery Barn in Fort George. 1912"
No.1 train engine exhibited on a short section of track on top of a raised area of dirt.
Handwritten annotation on recto: "Harry first store, Fort George, 1912"
Handwritten annotation on recto: "First bridge across the Fraser River for GTP Rlway (sic) - 1913. - after breaking".
Handwritten annotation on recto: "'X' Perry Store, 1912-3 Fort George"
Three men (two with rifles) stand next to seven large deer suspended upside down from a building beam. Handwritten annotation along bottom of recto: "B-- Blain (?) Hunting, Lou Graham [name crossed out], Boyd, --"
Handwritten annotation on recto: "City Hall, Prince George, Built While Mayor, 1918"
Two steamships tied to the shores of the Fraser River at Fort George. Steamships are: B.X. and B.C. Express.
Typed annotation on recto: "Perry Cup - Assoc. football." Handwritten annotation on verso: "Yours Truly, Geo. Peters, McBride, BC"
Haystacks in a field.
Handwritten annotation on recto features a circle drawn around the head of Harry Perry.
Handwritten annotation on recto: "near Rolla. Peace River. showing formation where oil exits, 1921"
Handwritten annotation on recto: "On way to Peace, 1921". Photo depicts Harry Perry sitting by a campfire with two unidentified men. Photo may have been taken near Brennan's Flats where gold was being dredged from the Peace River.
Handwritten annotation on recto: "Fort St. John Peace River".
Dirt roads crossing a large, cleared section of land. Some buildings seen along the left edge of the image.
Handwritten annotation on recto: "Meal time near Brennan's Flats where gold dredging on Peace River, Sept. 1921". Photo depicts three men standing next to a campfire.
Handwritten annotation on recto: (L-R)
"Patterson, unidentified, Bowman - CNR, Pete LaRie-CNR, Geo.Williams, Harry Perry, Gregory-Forestry, unidentified" Photo depicts Harry Perry standing with a group of eight men, two of which being identified as part of the CNR.
Handwritten annotations on recto: (L-R) "Jim Beattie, unidentified, Tom Menard, Harry Perry, Bill McFaren"; along top of photo:"Portaging from Rocky Mountain portage to Hudson's Hope". Five men stand next to, or within, a boat being portaged on a wagon deck.
Five men stand next to, or within, a boat being portaged on a wagon deck. Same photo as 2002.7.1.82
Handwritten annotation on recto: "Lining up boat" which refers to a slight view of men along the left edge of the photo maneuvering their row boat within the water
Handwritten annotation on recto: "Imperial Co. berrick (sp?) near Pouce Coupe River, 1921"; "Harry Perry" identified by an arrow as the man on the left.
Handwritten annotation on recto: "Ft. St. James, 1921 or 2, Stuart Lake, HGP MLA 1920-, 1st Seat of Govt. in BC"
Annotation on recto of photograph: "The Seel arrives at Prince George BC. The track laying machine is at George Street Feb 1st 1914."
Handwritten annotation on verso: "11 Sep 1935, The monument is 18 feet high, they say. Some 16th century Chinese coins were found when the foundations were being dug. I heard of this the day before I left Victoria, and it seems worth enquiring into. Yours Sincerely, R (?) Bishop"; "I received medal for Bishop in 1935 in London from the Royal Geographical Society".
Nine men, four horses and a wagon standing in a field doted with haystacks
Three men are poling from within a row boat while two men wading in the water are pushing the boat presumably to get the boat off a raised section of river bed.
Handwritten annotation on recto: (L-R) "unidentified man, Tom Mackinny, Bart, unidentified man, Tony Menard, A. Dixon, unidentified woman, Sutherland ; Hudson Hope, Peace River"
Handwritten annotation on recto: "1921 MLA's and Reporters & Staff at rear."
Handwritten annotation on recto: "Trip to Peace River - riding with [MLA] Ian Mackenzie, Hon. W. Sutherland". Photo depicts a row boat being poled against the dock while six men, including H. Perry wait to disembark.
Series documents H.G.T. Perry's political activities primarily in British Columbia. They include his tenure as Mayor of Prince George (1917-1918; and 1920); as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort George (1920-1928 & 1933-1945); as Speaker (1933-1937)and Deputy Speaker (1924 to 1928) of the Legislative Assembly; as Minister of Education (1941- 45); and as Chairman of the Post-War Rehabilitation Council (1942-194?). This series is comprised of significant materials covering a wide range of topics related to Northern British Columbia (such as Northern BC political and economic developments); World War II and Post-War Rehabilitation and politics in British Columbia.
Types of records include: Speakers' Decisions (1877-1943) in the BC Legislative Assembly, memoranda, publications, reports, correspondence, advertisements, telegrams, resolutions, speeches, radio addresses, proposals, maps, plans, file notes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, and postcards and WWII and Post-War Printed Material.
422 pp & maps
- Decisions of the Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1877-1915
- The Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada, Meeting re Consideration of the petitions of the residents of Fort George and Prince George, BC re location and construction of GTP Railway Station, October 1920. Bound copy.