Photograph of a store at the end of a dock. On the back of the photo, Douglas had identified it as "Tipton's store, Surge Narrow, Read Island", but had crossed that out. (ID)
Photograph of a store at the end of a dock. On the back of the photo, Douglas had identified it as "Tipton's store, Surge Narrow, Read Island", but had crossed that out. (ID)
The Cortez Bay Women's Auxiliary (of the Anglican Church) was founded in November, 1951, around the same time that chapters were formed in Whaletown and Manson's Landing.
Custodial History
Donated in 1990 by Sheila Stoppa, the daughter of Ellen Musclow, who was the secretary/treasurer of the organization.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one minute book containing minutes of meetings of the Cortez Bay Womens' Auxiliary.
Photograph of a dock with a ramp leading to a building with a sign "Store" on the front, just above the high tide line. Captioned "Where the trip ends".
Photograph of a dock with a ramp leading to a building with a sign "Store" on the front, just above the high tide line. Captioned "Where the trip ends".
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, taken from behind a house, looking out towards the water and some close-by small islands. To the right of the house are lines of laundry hanging on lines; to the left some large corner posts of a long house. (Looks like possibly the same village as #1999.001.969, with the siding and roof removed from the long house).
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, taken from behind a house, looking out towards the water and some close-by small islands. To the right of the house are lines of laundry hanging on lines; to the left some large corner posts of a long house. (Looks like possibly the same village as #1999.001.969, with the siding and roof removed from the long house).
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, with houses and outbuildings along the shore. There are fish boats and canoes in the water and pulled up on shore. A long house is in the middle, and a school building is back of the village on a hill, (ID)
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, with houses and outbuildings along the shore. There are fish boats and canoes in the water and pulled up on shore. A long house is in the middle, and a school building is back of the village on a hill, (ID)
Photograph of four girls, with the houses and buildogs of a First Nations village in the background. The caption reads "Indian, Japanese and white children of all nationalites and creeds worked and played happily together."
Photograph of four girls, with the houses and buildogs of a First Nations village in the background. The caption reads "Indian, Japanese and white children of all nationalites and creeds worked and played happily together."
Photograph of a plank-sided, cedar shake roofed long house, seen from the back. There are houses on each side; the view is towards the water, with several small islands close to shore.
Photograph of a plank-sided, cedar shake roofed long house, seen from the back. There are houses on each side; the view is towards the water, with several small islands close to shore.
