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Echo Cove
2009.10.2.035 · Item · Oct. 1925
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a few scattered buildings, shoreline in the foreground and forest behind. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Echo Cove, 1925 Oct.".

Barton's Creek, Nass river
2009.10.2.037 · Item · [between 1923 and 1925]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a creek with lush vegetation on both banks, a snow-capped mountain in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "View on Barton's Creek - Naas River".

Group of men gambling
2009.10.2.040 · Item · [between 1923 and 1925]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts looking down on a gathering of men around a table. The men appear to be gambling. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Earnest Amusement".

2009.10.2.044 · Item · [between 1923 and 1925]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts the North Pacific Cannery in Port Edward with a cannery building on a pier next to the shore, water in the foreground, treed hillside in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "North Pacific Cannery - Skeena".

Hazel
2009.10.2.045 · Item · Dec. 1924
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a young girl dressed in a coat, hat and scarf standing on a broken chair outside. There is a row of trees and a snowy field behind her. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Hazel Dec. 1924".

Port Essington
2009.10.2.051 · Item · [between 1923 and 1925]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts several homes and building constructed on and near the water, treed hills and snowy mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Part of the bergh of Port Essington".

Charcoal Charley's Ship Yard
2009.10.2.055 · Item · [between 1923 and 1925]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a small shed constructed of lumber, three boats, with scattered logs and lumber. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Charcoal Charley's Ship Yard"

2009.10 · Collection · 1921-1933

The Fred Jeffery Collection consists of three photograph albums comprising a total of 303 b&w photographs all dating from ca.1924-1933. The subject matter of these images consist primarily of the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, machinery, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast. Notable are the photographs depicting indigenous (Nisga'a) people and places and Chinese and Japanese cannery workers. Identified canneries featured in these photographs include: Mill Bay Cannery, Namu Cannery, Klemtu Cannery, Shushartie Bay Cannery, Balmoral Cannery, North Pacific Cannery, Nass Harbour Cannery, Port Essington Cannery, Kitwanga Cannery, Port Nelson Cannery, Alert Bay Cannery, Dominion Cannery and ABC Co. Cannery. Photographs also include images of the Canadian Pacific Railway in both Vancouver and Sicamous, BC., as well as, images of the Legislative Assembly buildings in Victoria, the 1924 Special Service Squadron ships in Vancouver, early construction of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and town overviews of Yokohama, Japan (pre WWII).

Jeffery, Fred