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
Photograph is a group portrait in front of the home of Lloyd Hague. Handwritten annotation on verso reads, "This picture taken Mother's Day 1921 in front of Lloyd Hague's house. Left to Right - Lloyd Hague, Mrs. Hague of Cincinnati Ohio, Mrs. John E Pearce, Mother and myself".
This bound photo album comprises 122 photographic images featuring the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats, machinery) and First Nations Peoples on the Nass & Skeena Rivers and North Pacific Coast. Images also include warships, freighters, automobiles, railway stations and trains, and some photographs of Yokohama, Japan and California ca.1924-25. Includes photographs of the 1924 Special Service Squadron World Cruise in Vancouver. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image and each image is glued to the album page at its corners. The verso of front cover has a handwritten name plate:
Photograph depicts palm trees and houses behind. Handwritten annotation reads, "California Palms".
Photograph depicts three women and three girls, possibly in Nass Harbour Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Native ladies".
Photograph depicts a man wearing rubber boots, standing on a board walk, a house in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Sweet Wm Smith".
Photograph depicts a large cluster of building with a wide smoke stack in the centre. Water in the foreground, dense forest and mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mill at Swanson Bay".
Photograph depicts sand and gravel on top of snow. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "as above, sand and gravel on snow".
Photograph depicts a group of people watching an outdoor event featuring a flag, possibly at Nass Harbour. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Gospel shouters and rubber necks".
Photograph depicts an apple tree in bloom. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Apple tree in bloom".
Photograph depicts looking toward a treed shoreline from the water. Klemtu was also known as China Hat due to the shape of Cone Island, which protects it from the open water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Bay at China Hat, BC Coast".
Photograph depicts a village on the coast line, dense forest and treed mountainside behind. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian village".
Photograph depicts a low rock in deep waters. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Holland Rock light".
Photograph depicts several people posing for a photograph on the porch. Handwritten annotation on verso reads, "The whole gang in front of our house last summer. Left to Right, top row: myself, Harold Hague, Mother, 2nd row: Lloyd Hague Sr., Alton Pearce, Dorothy & Fanny Pearce, 3rd row Anna Hague, Nellie Jeffery & Baby Patricia Lee, John Pearce, Margaret Pearce. Bottom row: Martyn Jeffery, Bill Rundle and Lloyd Hague Jr. (Bill Rundle is John Pearce's nephew and the baby Lee belongs to a friend.)"
Photograph depicts a view the wharf in the foreground, cannery and housing in the midground and snowy mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "N. H. Warf & Cannery".
Photograph depicts two rows of small homes near the shoreline. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian Village May 1923".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking at several small homes near the water's edge. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Fishery Bay, BC".
Photograph depicts a row of small fish boats following behind a larger boat. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Starting out for the fishing grounds."
Photograph depicts a cluster of small homes built near a dock. There is a church spire in the back of the photograph, treed mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Kincoolith Village".
Photograph depicts cannery machinery including a gang knife and engine. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Gang knife and engine".
Photograph depicts a large stack of cans. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "830 cases of tall cans".
Photograph depicts ten or more small fish boats tied near the wharf, tanks to hold fish are on the wharf. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Fish boat at the net tanks".
Photograph depicts three First Nations men and one First Nations woman standing on a dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Just-plain-natives".
Photograph depicts a spring salmon. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "A Spring Salmon four feet six inches long, 67 pound weight". Donor identifies the man in the photograph as Fred Jeffreys.
Photograph depicts a view looking out to the ocean and island. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "View off Inverness". Caption may refer to Inverness Cannery on the Skeena River or Inverness Passage.
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking toward several cannery buildings built on a dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Dominion Cannery Skeena River, BC".
Photograph depicts a view of a walkway and slew, power poles, city buildings and mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Portion of Rupert".
Photograph depicts an adolescent boy standing on the edge of the water with a stick. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Jack Child".
Photograph depicts a ship in route to China. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Asia, leaving for China".
Photograph depicts a large ship in open water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Empress of Asia - Vancouver Harbour, BC".
Photograph depicts a ship at the dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Princess Louise - C.P.R. Ferry Van. Pier".
Photograph depicts a small boat called the "Algoma" tied near the shore, treed shores in the background.
Photograph depicts a city view of Yokohama, Japan. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Views in Yokohama Japan December, 1923".
Photograph depicts a waterfall pouring into the ocean from a heavily treed shoreline. There are a few buildings on the left of the photograph. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Falls at Butedale".
Photograph depicts the Union Steamship S.S. Cardena at dock along the British Columbia coast. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "S.S. Cardena".
Photograph depicts an indigenous woman standing in front of a house, hands clasped, wearing a dress and boots. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Princess Maggie".
Photograph depicts two teenage girls standing in front of a house, possibly in Prince Rupert or another location on the British Columbia coast. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Walley and Alice".
Photograph depicts a small abandon home. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "domicile of Mr. Roundy, Echo Cove".
Photograph depicts several small buildings at Echo Cove, possibly remains of the Cascade Cannery. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Echo Cove, Cascade Cannery, Naas River".
Photograph depicts a flock of seagulls floating on the water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "mother Carry's chickens".
Photograph depicts a city view of Yokohama, Japan. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Views in Yokohama Japan December, 1923".
Photograph depicts a seine boat near a heavily treed shoreline. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Seine Boat - Limit".
Photograph depicts two women, two men and two children standing on a dock posing for a photograph, possibly in Prince Rupert or another location on the British Columbia coast. There are small boats anchored on the waters in the background, a treed shoreline in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mathesons and Robinsons".
Photograph depicts a man dressed in a suit and waistcoat, cap in hand and a woman dressed in a fur collared overcoat. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, " Delbert and wife".
Photograph depicts a cannery building on a wharf, a cluster of small houses on the shore and a hillside of dense forest. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Skeena River, B.C.".
Photograph depicts wooden walkways, small homes and trees covered with a skiff of fresh snow. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour Cannery, B.C.".
Photograph depicts an old wharf with a rotting deck. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Old wharf at the Cove, Cascade".
Photograph depicts a row of small buildings constructed of lumber. These deserted buildings may be located in or near the Red Bluff Indian Reserve 88 of the Nisga'a People. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian village of Red Bluff, deserted".
Photograph depicts a small log building with a tree fallen on the roof and door falling off. A stone path and pool of water is in the foreground. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Hot springs, Bartons Creek".
Photograph depicts two young girls standing on a holding hands, possibly in Nass Harbour. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Chrissy and Joan". These girls are also depicted in 2009.10.2.028, suggesting that their last names may be either Matheson or Robinson.