Military

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  • Military service, training and activities
  • Military institutions, bases, and sites
  • Individuals and organizations (eg. veterans, military personnel, militia, cadets)
  • Military vehicles and ships
  • Equipment, weapons, uniforms, artifacts
  • Legislation

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          276 Archival description results for Military

          Ice Fishing on Watson Lake
          2006.20.12.30 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Waiting for the Plane at 'Watson'" Photograph depicts unidentified man standing on ice and holding a fish. The ice in the area behind him has been broken, creating a small pond in the frozen lake. Second man sitting behind pond area. Trees on opposite shore in background.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          Identification cards
          2004.12.2.13 · File · 1919-1952
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of personal identification cards, birth certificates, a liquor permit, nametags of Bertha Schenk and her husband James Wood, and unemployment insurance papers.

          2000.13.1.13 · Item · 1944.
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of the graduating class of the Initial Training School in Edmonton in the spring of 1944. Mr. Williston is second from the left in the front row.

          2009.6.13.49.0280 · Item · [1975 or 1976]
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          Photograph depicts MP Iona Campagnolo at a Veteran's Day event, likely on November 11, 1975 or 1976 in northern British Columbia. Campagnolo is talking to constituents near a monument to soldiers of World War I, World War II and Korea.

          2009.6.1.605 · Item · [ca. June 2004]
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          Photograph taken in a park area during an unknown function, crowd seated in law chairs. The Lieutenant Governor sits between two unknown men; uniformed man on left believed to be a naval officer.

          Handwritten annotation on original envelope reads: “for Charlotte’s Princess. E.V. Wood 370-5441” (possibly a function celebrating the building or launching of the M.V. Charlotte Princess, a 135’ yacht moored through the summer at Langara Islands, Haida Gwaii).

          Jim Sargent photographs
          2004.12.2.05 · File · [between 1941 and 1949]
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of photographic prints of Bertha Schenk with Jim Sargent and two additional negatives depicting a woman on a tree trunk and children playing.

          Leather cufflinks in case
          2004.12.2.15 · File · [between 1942 and 1946]
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of what are presumed to be leather cufflinks and a small leather case encasing the cufflinks.

          Les Cox
          2000.23.1.028 · File · 1977-1980
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of entirely of newspaper clippings collected regarding Les Cox who served in World War II under the first Special Service Force designed by Churchill and Roosevelt. Cox is also known for his position as a BC conservation officer for 32 years.

          Loading for the North
          2006.20.12.3 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts five men in uniform loading supplies onto a military plane with the number "7632" on its side. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "LOADING FOR THE NORTH." It is believed this photograph was taken at the military base in Whitehorse, YT.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2006.20.12.34 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Everybody Works." Photograph depicts four men in uniform (same men from item 2006.20.12.33) loading a red cross suitcase and other luggage onto plane, movable staircase behind them. It is believed that a fifth man is also semi-visible behind them. Snowbank and various unidentified buildings in background on right.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2006.20.12.10 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing in what is believed to be the airstrip at Grande Prairie, Alberta. Rear end of semi-trailer in distance on left, other unidentified machinery on right. Flat horizon crosses mid ground. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Ready for Fun Above or Mud Below."

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2004.12.2.26 · File · [between 1942 and 1946]
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of three cloth patches of a gold maple leaf, possibly used in World War II in relation to military uniform. Object originally stored in a box labelled: "Patches and flashes from A.B.'s uniform".

          2004.12.2.01 · Item · [between 1942 and 1946]
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of a portrait photograph of a personnel member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps. The woman depicted is believed to be Marion Christina Schenk, the elder sister of Bertha Schenk [Wood].

          Military
          2006.20.12 · File · ca. 1940
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photographs within this file document Canadian military service, training activities, military institutions, bases and site; individuals and organizations (eg. veterans, military personnel, militia, cadets), military vehicles and ships, equipment, weapons, uniforms, artifacts and legislation as it pertains to Northern British Columbia.

          Military badge
          2004.12.2.35 · File · [between 1942 and 1946]
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of a badge possibly related to military uniform in the Canadian army. Object originally stored in a box labelled: "Patches and flashes from A.B.'s uniform".

          2006.20.12.16 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Barracks at Ft. S. John." Photograph depicts two long buildings with many tall windows on the side. The buildings are in a muddy area, and wood slat sidewalk runs in front of them. There is a large gravel pile between the buildings, enclosed with a short log fence. A man can be seen in front of second barrack in background.

          Royal Canadian Air Force