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PN07518 - 1935-1945
This is a B W original photograph showing two men in work clothes standing in front of a small white building. The building is on fire, with flames coming out of the door, windows and the roof. This photo is slightly out of focus and has white borders with the number 568 stamped in blue ink on the back.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07519 - 1935-1945
This B W original photograph shows an hilly area above a railroad track. There are pieces of cable and logs lying on the hill with dust rising above. It would appear that there is a road which is running parallel to the track on top of the hill and just below the trees in the background. This photograph has white borders and on the back stamped in black ink is B47. background. This photo has white borders and is printed on Velox paper. Stamped...
Record Type: Photo
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PN07520 - 1945-1955
This B W original photograph is of a man (possibly Glen Chatwin, a timekeeper at Great Central) in glasses holding a small baby, standing on the steps of a building. By the door of the building is an OFFICE sign, below that a sign that reads NOTICE, Make sure your name is on a time card for time worked. Time must be reported every day. To the left is a window and below are two posters showing safety rules. Above the door is printed GREAT CENTR...
Record Type: Photo
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PN07521 - 1945-1955
This B W photograph shows Great Central Lake in the centre view, with a logged mountain in the background. On the lake is a light float plane moving towards a wooden dock and to the left is a boat and a small building. In the foreground is a grassy area. This photograph has white borders and is printed on Velox paper. background.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07522 - 1935-1945
This B W photograph is of a man, probably Glen Chatwin, standing on the front of a locomotive. The number 17 is on the front of the locomotive and leaning out of the cab is an unidentified man. There are several flat- bed railcars attached and on either side of the locomotive are trees. In the background is a mountain. This photograph has white borders and is printed on Velox paper. On the back of the photo written in pencil is Copy-Brian an...
Record Type: Photo
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PN07523 - 1945 C
This B W photograph is of a small townsite or camp in winter. The buildings are in the centre of the view with a treed mountain in the background. In the foreground is a body of water and closer to the camera are trees and a snow bank. This photograph has white borders and is printed on Velox paper. On the back stamped in black ink is 67. background.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07524 - 1945-1955
This B W photograph is of a boat with a cabin on it. The boat is on what appears to be a lake with several partially logged mountains in the background. This photo has white borders and is printed on Velox paper. On the back stamped in black ink is 287T. background.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07525 - 1945-1955
This B W photograph shows an unidentified woman wearing a dress and apron. She is crouching on a railroad track, with one hand outstretched to hold a small dog. There are buildings and two railcars in the background and a man is standing in the background left. This photo has white borders and is printed on Velox paper. On the back stamped in black ink is 262. background.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07526 - 1946
This B W photograph is of a forest fire in the hills behind buildings in the foreground. There are large clouds of smoke rising up and close to the camera, on either side of the view, is an unfocused pole or tree. There are white borders on this photo and it is printed on Velox paper.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07527 - 1935-1945
This is a B W photograph looking down from a hillside to Camp A, Franklin River. There are several buildings, a railroad track and rail cars in the camp. In the background is the Alberni Canal with a large freighter in the distance and several mountains behind the freighter. This photograph has white borders and on the back stamped in black ink is B47.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07528 - 1946
This B W photograph is of a forest fire in the background behind low mountains. There are several clouds of smoke rising. In the foreground and on the right are several small buildings. The photograph has white borders and is printed on Velox paper. background. Written on the side of the shovel is BLOEDEL, STEWART & WELCH LTD.__TH WEST. This photo has white borders and is printed on Velox paper. Stamped on the back is 403A.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07529 - 1942
This B W photograph is of two men standing on a railroad track with a partial view of a large building in the background. Both men are dressed in work clothes, boots and hats. The man on the left is wearing glasses, smoking a cigar and is holding a piece of paper in his right hand. This photo has white borders and is printed on Velox paper. On the back written in black ink is Roy Olsen and Bob Laird and stamped in red ink is Kodatone and in b...
Record Type: Photo
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PN07530 - 1950-1960
A B W original photograph of two men and a boy standing outside a large building. The man on the left is dressed in pants, a leather jacket and hard hat. He has a cigarette in his right hand. The boy is dressed in work clothes, hard hat and large gloves. The man on the right is wearing a suit, tie and hat, with a cigarette in his left hand. A man and a woman holding a child are in the open doorway behind them. On the side of the building is...
Record Type: Photo
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PN07531 - 1934-1934 C
View of a waste slide down a hillside at the Vancouver Island Gold Mine site. There are trees surrounding the slide area and a mine tunnel is partially visible at the top of the photograph. Ed Lyons, geologist with Westmin Mines Co., identified this view as being waste muck from the Upper Belcher Adit (he took copies of the photos to the mine in 1988 for identification).
Record Type: Photo
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PN07532 - 1934-1936
A B W museum print of an unidentified miner operating a drill inside a mine tunnel. The miner is at the top centre of the view and the rest of the picture is very dark. There are small borders on this photograph, with the top of the photo cut unevenly.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07533 - 1934-1934 C
This is a B W photograph of a wooden walkway across a forest ravine. The bridge or walkway is surrounded by trees with larger trees on either side of the ravine. The photo has a dark contrasts and has unevenly cut borders.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07534 - 1934-1936
A B W museum print of a man dressed in work clothes standing on a wooden walkway across a gully. He is holding something in each hand which appears to be pipe fittings of some sort, strung on cord or wire. In the foreground and background are logs and bushes. This photograph has a dark contrast to it and has unevenly cut borders and edges. The man in this photo is identified in PN07560 as the timekeeper for the Vancouver Island Gold Mines.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07535 - 1934-1934 C
This is a B W photograph of a wooden bridge over a gully. There are nine men standing on the bridge. They are dressed in work clothes. Four have miners hats on and two have wide brimmed hats on. In the background is a forest and a few fallen logs. This photograph has dark contrasts and uneven borders and edges.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07536 - 1934-1936
A B W museum print of several logs and rocks close up to the camera. There is water coming across the rocks and logs from a mine tunnel in the extreme left. The contrast is dark on this photo so it is hard to tell what is in the background. The edges and borders are cut unevenly on this photo.
Record Type: Photo
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PN07537 - 1934-1934 C
A B W photograph of a small cat tractor in centre view, with a crate attached to the back for hauling supplies into the Vancouver Island Gold Mines. There is a partial view of a building on the right and a hillside in the background. This photo has dark contrasts and the borders are unevenly cut.
Record Type: Photo