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Mrs. Charles Allen and family on the porch of her home in Gorge Harbour

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1912]
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).
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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Mr. Lennard in front of his house at Gorge Harbour with his donkey

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[191-?]
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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Platform of the Gorge Hall in construction

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1931]
Scope and Content
Photograph depicts several men standing on the platform of the Gorge Hall at the start of construction. From the caption to this photo in June Cameron's memoir (p. 169): "Among a crew of volunteers who built the Gorge Community Hall in 1933 were Ed Tooker, George Beattie, Charlie Allen, Elsie Beattie and Elsie's baby Margaret. (Margaret Schindler photo)" (Cameron, June. "Destination Cortez Island". Surrey BC: Heritage House, 1999 - page 169)
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Sherwood, Mae
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
3
Item Number
2017.005.195
Item Number Range
2017.005.195
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1931]
Physical Description
2 digital prints : b&w, 27 x 20 cm
Custodial History
This photograph was given to the Whaletown Community Club in 2008 by Margaret Schindeler, a granddaughter of George Beattie, the donor of the land the Hall stands on.
Scope and Content
Photograph depicts several men standing on the platform of the Gorge Hall at the start of construction. From the caption to this photo in June Cameron's memoir (p. 169): "Among a crew of volunteers who built the Gorge Community Hall in 1933 were Ed Tooker, George Beattie, Charlie Allen, Elsie Beattie and Elsie's baby Margaret. (Margaret Schindler photo)" (Cameron, June. "Destination Cortez Island". Surrey BC: Heritage House, 1999 - page 169)
Storage Location
Oversize Photographs box
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Related Material
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds (1999.003)
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