Collection consists of five cartoons by Ken Slater. There are three large coloured pen and ink cartoons drawn as Christmas cards for Gary and Velma Bergman, who owned the Whaletown store, and two pencil drawings by Ken Slater.
Ken Slater (1905-1970) was a long-time resident of Cortes Island, a commercial fisherman and boat builder who was also an accomplished carver and cartoonist. His boatworks was located on the site now occupied by the Whaletown Post Office. Ken built the "Sylva Jane", launched in 1946, for Reg and Sylvia Walsh. He also built a model of the ship, which is in the collection of the Cortes Museum. Ken moved to Cortes Bay in 1962. His cartoons, artwork and wood carvings were displayed and sold at many island affairs.
Custodial History
The three coloured cartoons were given to Mark Appleyard by Gary and Velma Bergman for donation to CIMAS [ca. 2015]. Provenance of the two pencil drawings is unknown. There is no accession record; an arbitrary FIC (Found In Collection) number has been given based on the date of processing.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of five cartoons by Ken Slater. There are three large coloured pen and ink cartoons drawn as Christmas cards for Gary and Velma Bergman, who owned the Whaletown store, and two pencil drawings by Ken Slater.
File contains two cartoon portraits, pencil on construction paper. One is of Frankie Petrie, age 13; the other is labelled "The Beauty of Whaletown - Barbara Slater".
File contains two cartoon portraits, pencil on construction paper. One is of Frankie Petrie, age 13; the other is labelled "The Beauty of Whaletown - Barbara Slater".
Photograph showing a group of people inside the quonset hut at Lake View Guest Ranch (now Linnaea Farm).
L to R back: Wilf Freeman, Gordie Wilkins, Otto Ellingsen, Harry Huck, Bill Emery, Rollo Boas, (ID), Jimmy Hill
L to R middle:Lottie McDevitt, Kathleen (Kay) Boas, Peggy Newsham, Eva Freeman, Zelda Landsvik, Meg Shaw, Vi Wilkins
L to R front: ? on bench(ID), Alice Thiel, (ID), Bill Thiel
Photograph showing a group of people inside the quonset hut at Lake View Guest Ranch (now Linnaea Farm).
L to R back: Wilf Freeman, Gordie Wilkins, Otto Ellingsen, Harry Huck, Bill Emery, Rollo Boas, (ID), Jimmy Hill
L to R middle:Lottie McDevitt, Kathleen (Kay) Boas, Peggy Newsham, Eva Freeman, Zelda Landsvik, Meg Shaw, Vi Wilkins
L to R front: ? on bench(ID), Alice Thiel, (ID), Bill Thiel
