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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

12

File Number

7

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1960-1997

Scope and Content

File contains articles about Mile Manson; Veronica Dowling; whaling and the Whaletown church by Maud Emery; the opening of the new road between Manson's Landing and Whaletown, Cortes Day Barbecue; the Glad Bag at the Gorge Hall; Chief Billy Mitchell; island life by Holly Arntzen; Cortes Island Day; Gertrude Lambert; Manson's Hall expansion; Gorge Hall expansion; Gilean Douglas.

Storage Location

8-53

Storage Range

8-53

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.008

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. early 1900s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a pebble beach below the high tide mark; low headland at the end of the beach.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.014

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s-1970s]

Physical Description

2 photograph prints: b&w: 8 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photographs showing people seated on big logs (at Smelt Bay? Manson's Spit?)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.015

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people at Smelt Bay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.026

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1929]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Manson's farm, Sunny Brae, taken from the beach at low tide. Notes written by May Ellingsen are on the back.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.036

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a plane, missing its floats and propeller, upside-down on the beach at Alert Bay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Air transport

Transportation

Geographic Access

Alert Bay

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.064

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Union Steamship Company

Transportation

Water transport

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.066

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1911]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 17 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph (a copy of a smaller original) of a large group of people, unidentified but with a date written on the bottom. (Needs ID)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.068

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 7.5 x 7.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of a woman and a dog in front of a house (possibly Elmer & May's house by the lake??)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.069

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people in English Bay beside a boat with the words "Mercury 2" on its side.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.072

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people sitting on a dock in Horseshoe Bay

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.077

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a shack on the beach, in front of a logging slash.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Logging

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.086

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 9 x 12

Scope and Content

Photograph showing four people with a large tiered cake. Mabel?? (From an envelope "May Ellingsen photos Manson's Landing")

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.091

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[197-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour: 9 x 13

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people seated at an outside table at Wasyliuw's (formerly the John Manson farm). Identification is on the back of the photo.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.092

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[197-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour: 13 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people (the same party as photograph #105) outside at the home of Jack and Marie Wasyliuw (formerly the John Manson farm).

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.113

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour: 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the rock formation known as "Seal Boy".

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.117

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boat on the beach, a sailboat in the background. (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures")

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.119

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1956]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a house, with a large foreshore in the front. (Possibly Hernando? check) (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures") (Needs ID)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.121

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people in a rowboat. (check for dupe) (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures")

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.135

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1911]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group people in front of the home of Charles and Jenny Allen in Gorge Harbour (site of the present-day Gorge Harbour Marina). L to R, front: Mrs C. Allen with adopted daughter Elsie on her lap, orphan boy behind her, Mrs. John Manson ("Auntie Maggie") Above: Florence Manson, Mrs. Mike Manson, Gwen Robertson; Flossie Manson above Mrs. M. Manson.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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