- RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1657-UL_1657_0001
- Item
- [not after 1910]
View of totem poles in a museum or gallery setting. Postcard includes description of totem poles. Thlinget is also spelled Tlinget.
Kern, Peter E.
View of totem poles in a museum or gallery setting. Postcard includes description of totem poles. Thlinget is also spelled Tlinget.
Kern, Peter E.
S-147 Mendengall Glacier, Alaska.
Image from water of a glacier moving from mountain to water's edge.
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S-147 Mendengall Glacier, Alaska.
Image from water of a glacier moving from mountain to water's edge. "Schallerers".
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C.P.R. Steamer "Princess Royal"
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[Memorial along White Pass-Yukon Railway]
Image of a monument for the thousands of pack animals that died during the Klondike Gold Rush between 1897-1898.
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View of glacier from the S.S. Prince George.
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Totem Pole of Thlinget, Chief Kian, Alaska
Postcard number 15343.
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Princess Alice at Taku Glacier
Winter & Pond
C.P.R. Str. Princess May, Sentinel Is., Alaska
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View of canoes and small boat on Lake Bennett.
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View of Resurrection Bay at night. Postcard number 5624.
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Muir Glacier, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Photograph number 8.
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The Margerie Glacier, Tarr Inlet, Glacier Bay
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[Family Photo Album - Vancouver]
An album of photographs from a Vancouver family. Mainly portraits around Vancouver and other parts of British Columbia, as well as a couple from Alaska. Some of the photos have captions written on them, others have very faint pencil inscriptions. There are also two additional images tucked into the front.
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View of snow covered mountains.
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View of snow covered mountains.
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Portrait of a young woman wearing a ship captain's jacket and cap on the S.S. Alaska.
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Image of a person holding a stick with fish on it.
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View of snow covered mountains.
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En Route to the Klondike: Chilkoot Pass and Skaguay Trail
A book about the journey on the Chilkoot Pass and Skaguay Trail, with photographs by Frank La Roche. Includes descriptions of the trip and a hand-drawn map.
La Roche, Frank
Indians making oolachan grease at the Naas
Image of First Nations people making oolachan grease in the Naas River.
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Boats waiting for passengers coming from Schultz Glacier
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Views of British Columbia & Alaska
A book of printed drawings, by an unknown artist, of British Columbia and Alaska, published by M.W. Waitt & Co. booksellers in Victoria B.C. The book has a stylized red cover, and the spine is basically completely detached; the images are in decent shape, but the pages are coming apart at the seams.
M.W. Waitt & Co.
Skookum No.1, Alex McDonald, Bonanza (Klondyke) Co. Ltd.
Image of miners at Skookum Jim's No.1 claim above Bonanza Creek. Bonanza Co. Ltd was owned by Alex McDonald. It is possible that the company owned Skookum No.1 at the time the photograph was taken.
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Indian Graves Near McQuestion, Stewart River
View of a Native American burial ground. Tribe unknown.
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Part of Alan Haig-Brown fonds
File contains photographs of a shipyard and the engine room of a boat or ship, possibly the Glacier Bay Cruiselines ship depicted in the photographs. Also contains photographs of a Cummins Engines truck.
Haig-Brown, Alan
Part of Alan Haig-Brown fonds
File contains photographs taken aboard a tug in the Port of Valdez, Alaska. Crew are shown in several interior and exterior shots.
A caption by Alan Haig-Brown reads: "with Crowley tanker escort tugs, for article in Professional Mariner, circa 1990s."
Haig-Brown, Alan
Part of Alan Haig-Brown fonds
File contains photographs of a towboat, Skipper Iyan Gusty and crew taken on the Kuskokwim River and in Bethel, Alaska. Several photographs depict a Crowley Maritime shipping container.
Haig-Brown, Alan
La Roche, Frank
Petition to Canadian House of Commons
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
The file contains three copies of a 1914 petition prepared by Spring and brought forth by owners and masters of sealing vessels during the 1892 season. The petition requests an enlargement of the scope of the Pelagic Sealing Commission to include their claims for compensation. One of the copies is signed and two are unsigned. The petition is addressed to the House of Commons of Canada.
Re: memorial respecting the seizure of S.S. "Coquitlam"…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains declarations of eight individuals or organizations regarding compensation owed following the seizure of the steamer "Coquitlam" by the U.S. revenue cutter "Corwin" in 1892. Declarations request compensation for losses of seal skins, good shipped, legal fees, etc. Claimants include Cereno J. Kelley.
Memorial of Canadian sealers respecting their interests…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains a memorial regarding reimbursement for financial losses brought forth by 19 owners of a number of sealing vessels, including the "Venture," "Penelope," "Favourite" (or "Favorite)," and "Kate." The memorial is addressed to the Governor-General of Canada.
Memorial of the owners of sealing schooners…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains a memorial regarding regulations restricting the sealing industry brought forth by 25 owners of a number of vessels, including the "Venture," "Penelope," and ships formerly owned by Spring, "Favourite" (or "Favorite") and "Kate." The memorial is addressed to the Governor-General of Canada in Council.
Collins Overland Telegraph - Kathleen Fitzgerald
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains a photocopy of a "booklength feature" in The Canada West Magazine on the Collins Overland Telegraph, a telegraph system planned to stretch from San Francisco to London. The BC-Yukon section of the telegraph line is discussed at lenght.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains a journal of expenses and payments related Spring's business with entries from March 12, 1888 to October 20, 1898 (page 217). Entries include expenditures for good and services for vessels, wages, and other expenses. Some entries are out of chronological order. No entries exist between September 1892 and October 1898. Many of the pages in the journal are loose.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains handwritten copies of the oath sworn by those giving evidence to Pelagic Sealing Commission in English, Nootka, and Chinook Jargon, as well as a note regarding the meaning of the word "Nootka."
Schooner "Henrietta" documents
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Henrietta." Documents include accounts and expense sheets, including an accounting of expenses to outfit the vessel, lists of improvements and repairs, and payments to crew; promissory notes / receipts for advances to the crew.
Schooner "Lilly" notes of credit and receipts
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains notes of credit for expenses to be charged to schooner "Lily," also called "Lilly," as well as receipts of funds received by "Lilly."
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
Log book contains a list of crew and report of character, as well as entries regarding the warning received from H.M.S. "Daphne" against entering the Bering Sea and the transfer of a crew member to another vessel.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
Log by commander A. J. Taylor contains entries on conditions, location, and activities of the crew on "Kate" from March 5, 1892 to August 4, 1892. The June 21 entry notes the arrival of H.M.S. "Daphne." The log also contains a list of crew and provisions taken on board.
Papers and vouchers belonging to the schooner "Kate"…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Kate." Documents include exhibits to support claim of losses; account and expense sheets, including vessel inventories and lists of repairs and improvements; vouchers for expenses incurred by "Kate;" statements and declarations by Spring regarding "Kate;" insurance policy; related correspondence, a copy of the warning letter from H.M.S. "Daphne" against entering Bering Sea; claim to Pelagic Sealing Commission.