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Photograph depicts two men wearing coveralls and hard hats in shop area. Wally Cameron stands on right.

Photograph depicts ore cars on cables running between tramline towers on left. Road in right foreground, building and McDame mountain in background. Tramline ran through mine valley, between loading station in mine and dump station at mill on plantsite.

Mill building in left midground. Conveyor believed to be leading to tailings pile can be seen in foreground. Valley and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts palletizer machinery, where bags of asbestos fibre were shrink-wrapped and made ready for shipping pallets. Palletizer was located near shipping (believed to be in mill building).

Photograph depicts Chris Tates seated at table with paperwork in left foreground. David Pewsey stands behind on right, pointing to what appears to the Fibre Loading Schedule. Pewsey was supervisor of the Fibre Storage Shed. Both men wear hardhats. Tates believed to be wearing gold nugget Cassiar ring on left hand.

Photograph depicts unidentified man seated at one of many dining tables lining large room.

Photograph depicts wood houses behind stand of trees in Cassiar valley. Truck, power poles, and road in foreground, mountains in background. Typed caption below photo in original duotang album: "Two Bedroom Pan-Abode Houses - Cassiar Townsite". Handwritten annotation on verso: "Sept 1954".

Photograph depicts snow-plowed road lined with trees, valley and mountain in background. Believed to have been taken from vehicle. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Approach to Quartz Rock Creek".

Photograph depicts snow-plowed road in foreground, Cassiar mountians in background. Road is lined with trees and power poles, and vehicle is visible in distance. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Looking west from townsite".

Photograph depicts group of eight men standing on lawn in front of building known as "House 130" or "Director's Lodge" (see item 2000.1.1.3.19.88). Left to right: Nick Gritzuk, Charles Rainforth Elliot, Jack Christian, W. Harold Connell, Plato Malezemoff (from Newmont Mining), Tam Zimmermann, Ken A. Creery, Fred Martin Connell. Daffodils and tulips planted in foreground, trees and mountains in background. Most men featured in photo are believed to be members of Cassiar's Board of Directors.

Photograph depicts group of young boys observing "CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORPORATION LTD" display table. Table features photos existing in this archival collection (see items 2000.1.1.3.19.10 and 2000.1.1.3.19.11). Photo speculated to have been taken at an event in Vernon, B.C. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1963".

Postcard depicts the mine and ore chute on McDame Mountain as part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited.

Postcard depicts a log house called the Christmas Tree House in Cassiar.

Photograph depicts a posterboard display entitled "Production of Asbestos."

Photograph depicts a posterboard display entitled "Asbestos Textiles and Uses."

Item is a photograph of a CP Rail chip car being dumped. The development of the interior chip pulp industry necessitated new designs for chip rail cars and their dumping facilities.

Item is a formal portrait of Ray Williston.

Item is a photograph of Ray Williston planting a dogwood tree at the Museum’s grand opening on May 17, 1969. Behind Mr. Williston is NDP Leader Robert Strachan standing beside Premier W.A.C. Bennett. On the extreme left is Mr. George Wellbourn who donated all the equipment to the museum.

Item is a photograph of Percy Gray and pilot Ian Watt gassing up their plane at Finlay Forks before continuing their survey of the Rocky Mountain Trench in March 1957.

Item is a photograph of the B.C. Electric Board taken the day after the company’s take over by the Social Credit government on August 1, 1961. Pictured from the left are: Bill Means, former Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross, Einar Gunderson, board secretary W. Goth, Gordon Shrum, Mr. Williston, Hydro lawyer Arthur Fouks and John Dunsmuir.

Item is a photograph of the exchange of notes during the signing of the protocol and power sale agreements with reference to the Columbia River Treaty on January 22, 1964. Seated from the left are: Paul Martin, Sr., Lester B. Pearson, Lyndon Johnson and Dean Rusk. Mr. Williston is behind and to the right of President Johnson.

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston receiving the Man of the Year Award from the Newsmen’s Club of BC for outstanding achievement in public service. The award was presented by Dr. John B. MacDonald, President of UBC on November 7, 1964.

Item is a photograph of Ray Williston standing beside a plaque at the dedication of the Peace River Power Project Substation bearing his name in Prince George on August 30, 1965.

Item is a photograph of the diversion tunnel as engineers plan to blast the plug to allow the Peace River to be diverted for construction of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.

Item is a photograph of the Bennett Dam.

Item is a photograph of the women and children on Rathrevor Beach.

Item is a photograph of the Board of Directors of the British Columbia Cellulose Company. Pictured from left are: Mr. Harvey of Plateau Mills, Ted Vezak of Ocean Falls Corporation, Ken McKenzie, Ray Williston, John Liersch, Jack Sigalet of Kootenay Forest Products, Ian Mahood, and Don Watson.

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston after receiving his honourary degree. Mrs. Williston is pictured with him.

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Williston in the summer of 1987 at their retirement home in Gibson’s, BC.

Item is a photograph of the grade 5 class with their teacher Mr. Williston in Princeton School in 1937.

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston with students in formal attire at what appears to be a graduation dance.

Item is a formal portrait of Ray Williston.

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston speaking at a graduation ceremony.

Item is a photograph of Princess Margaret arriving by Canadian Air Forces jet at Prince George. Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross is walking beside the Princess.

Originally mounted on a poster with photographs 115, 115.2, 115.3.

Item is a photograph of a truck hauling logs from the shores of a lake.

Item is a photograph of the construction of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam

Item is a photograph of Mr. Ray Williston & Mrs. Gladys Williston being presented to the Royal couple.

Item is a photograph of Ray Williston (on the left) with Rudy Hanusiak, Vice-president C.F.A.; Eugene Mealey, President C.F.A.; and Dal Hall, Executive Secretary C.F.A.

Item is a photograph of a pile of bamboo in a field.

Item is a photograph of a house under construction. Unknown individual sits on ground in foreground.

Item is a photograph of a street food vendor.

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston speaking to some men in a field.

Item is a photograph of people and boats on a river’s edge.

Item is a photograph of a man pulling a furniture laden cart along a road.

Item is a photograph of a man making furniture.

Item is a photograph of street vendors.

Item is a photograph of people and boats on the shore of a river.

Item is a photograph of building construction with bamboo scaffolding.

Item is a photograph of Prince George taken from the air on August 2, 1965.

Item is a photograph of Prince George taken from the air, looking east with the Cameron Street Bridge in the foreground.