Part Of

Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.004

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca.1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Jalmar Olson standing in front of his house and garden; Gorge Harbour is in the background.

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.001

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows an end view of Jalmar Olson's house on Gorge Harbour, with a fence and rock-edged path in the foreground.

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows (L to R) Doug Alderson, Jalmar Olson and Judy Alderson looking at Olson's garden, which has garden beds edged by rocks.

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Fonds

Fonds Number

2013.001

Accession Number

2013.001

Material Type

graphic material

textual records

Date Range

1940-1952

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm 3 photographs : colour ; 15 x 10 cm 1 file of textual records

History / Biographical

Jalmar Olson (Apr 30, 1869-Feb 29, 1964) was born in Sweden. He emigrated to Canada in 1906 and moved to Cortes in the 1930s. He had a house and garden in Gorge Harbour at what is now 509 Whaletown Rd. Olson was a Weather Observer for Transport Canada until 1949, when he moved off-island for health reasons.

Custodial History

Donated to CIMAS by Judy Alderson Gerwing, the grand-daughter of Jalmar Olson, Sept. 27, 2013.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs of Jalmar Olson, his house and garden in Gorge Harbour, and Whaletown. Textual records include a hand-written account of J. Olson by his grand-daughter, Judy (Alderson) Gerwing, and a photocopy of a letter to J. Olson from the Meteorological Division of the Dept. of Transport (Small fonds box 1-18).

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box

Storage Range

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box 1-18

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.088

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1984

Physical Description

1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm

Custodial History

From Ian Disney.

Storage Location

Slide box 2

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.136

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1912]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 7.5 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mrs. Charles (Jenny) Allen, her father, her adopted daughter Elsie (born 1903), and an orphan boy who was returned to the orphanage, on the porch of their house in Gorge Harbour. The house stood where the Floathouse Restaurant at the Gorge Harbour Marina is today (2013).

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.070

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1986

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph by Sue Hetherington.

Storage Location

Oversize photographs box

Geographic Access

Whaletown

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.084

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1977

Physical Description

1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm

Custodial History

From Ian Disney.

Storage Location

Slide box 2

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.085

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1977

Physical Description

1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm

Custodial History

From Ian Disney.

Storage Location

Slide box 2

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.086

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1977

Physical Description

1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm

Custodial History

From Ian Disney.

Storage Location

Slide box 2

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.117

Accession Number

2014.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Physical Description

1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm

Custodial History

Photos came from Leila Campbell, via Judy Gerwing

Scope and Content

Photo taken by Doug Alderson

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.060

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Verso reads "this house was Vonn's [Vaughn's?] and somewhere near Mike Talbot's house stands now." (to the east of the Gorge Harbour government wharf). Print is mounted on board.

Storage Location

Oversize photographs box

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.691

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[191-?]

Physical Description

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

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.007

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph, taken from the water, shows J. Olson's house and outbuildings on the shore of Gorge Harbour, several years after he had moved away.

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1946]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Judy Alderson standing bside the hand pump of J. Olson's well.

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.133

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1976-1978]

Physical Description

2 photographic prints : b&w ; 17 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

Left to right, back row: Howie Brown, Rollie Wilkins(?), Elmer Ellingsen, Mike Talbot, Duane Campbell, John Sprungman, Sherrie Sprungman, (?), Joan Disney, Victoria Summers, Sandra Reedel, Peggy Newsham, Donna Norman, Peggy Talbot, May Ellingsen, Velma Bergman, Paula Snow, Kate Hathaway, Fay Raymont, Emilie Hansen, Dierdre Quinn, John Mottishaw, Bruce Ellingsen, Bob Cairns, Hillel Wright(?) David Blintzinger conducts. List of people is in the CIMAS Photograph Collection Information folder in the Archives filing cabinet.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.019

Accession Number

2019.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[198-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

"Stage, office, lounge and projection room added to hall."

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.071

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1986

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Photo by Sue Hetherington.

Storage Location

Oversized box

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.204

Accession Number

2021.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1983

Physical Description

1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 12 cm

Custodial History

Donated by Jill Milton, Feb. 27,2021

Scope and Content

Photograph of Trude Albright next to a large cake she has made to celebrate the completion of an addition to the Gorge Hall. The cake is in the shape of the fireplace constructed by Andy Ducasse in the new lounge.

Storage Location

Photo box 3

Name Access

Gorge Harbour Community Hall

Subject Access

Community Associations

Geographic Access

Whaletown

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.085

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 7.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Pickles family at their home. (From an envelope "May Ellingsen photos Manson's Landing")

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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