Collection consists of 140 photographs pertaining to the life and pursuits of James Joseph Claxton over the course of sixty years. Subject areas identified within this collection include: quartz and placer mining in the Cariboo; Kingcome Village; the Royal Irish Contabulary; Roderick's Jewelers, New Westminster; the "M.S. Columbia III"; Kwakiutl petrographs in Fort Rupert; totem poles at Alert Bay; and the Salmon Arm Boy Scouts of Canada group.
Claxton, James JosephElements area
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- Act of means of transporting from one place to another
- Act of means of providing water, power, sewage, etc. to communities
- Facilities and infrastructures (eg. harbours, highways, airports, hydroelectric projects)
- Vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft, equipment, ships and boats, ferries
- Accidents (eg. highway crashes, derailments, air crashes, ship wrecks)
- Rescue services (eg. towing, coast guard)
- Businesses and corporations (eg. motor associations)
- Professional organizations and unions
- SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Industries; Military
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- MemoryBC Subject Groups