Vancouver Island

51-01-30-a039505
Item
1948

Image of a small cluster of cabins on the shore in Ucluelet, British Columbia. There is a dock by the cabins and one or two small boats in the water.

Unidentified fishing boat

81-03-a033176
Item
[ca. 1957]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a an unidentified fishing boat. A stamp on the verso indicates that it was printed in 1957.

Mildred Laurie

Victoria B.C. Clams

96-01-01-a039292
Item
[ca. 1860]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image is a posed portrait of a woman wearing what appears to be a Coast Salish woven cedar hat and carrying a basket of clams on her back. In the lower righthand corner of the image is a handwritten inscription which reads "Victoria B.C. Clams". Photographer information printed on verso with the inscription "Mrs. R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, And Dealer in all Kinds of PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. Stereoscopic and Large Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for sale. Corner of Douglas and Johnson Sts, VICTORIA, B. C."

Wedding Celebration

148-02-a035831
Item
1975 or 1976

Part of Kyuquot: Village by the Sea collection

An image, taken inside of a gymnasium hall, shows four dancers wearing traditional First Nation clothing and walking across the room, a group of people sits on the floor. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "Doing the Wild Man dance in the Big Hall at a potlatch celebrating a wedding."

[West Coast woman]

96-01-01-a039296
Item
[ca. 1860]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image is a posed portrait of a woman clothed from the waist down in a blanket seated on a box or trunk. The woman is seated outdoors in front of a blanket hanging on the wall of a house.

Winter storm

148-02-a035788
Item
1975 or 1976

Part of Kyuquot: Village by the Sea collection

An image showing ocean waves breaking on shore. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "During the Winter it rains most days and is often foggy, and there are always some terrible storms. Walter's Cove is protected, but the other side of Walter's Island is open to the full force of a South-East gale! This frame shows a wave smashing into the shore at outside beach. (See accompanying map of Kyuquot.)"