One of a series of 20 photographs documenting the move of the old Manson's Landing store from its position by the wharf in Mansons Landing Provincial Park to the present Museum site on Beasley Rd. The photographs are from an envelope labelled "Moving Museum, Dec. 1995. Moved by Able Transport. Paid for by Elmer and May Ellingsen."
Found in Information Files folder (Cortes Island Museum & Archives info"), Jan. 2021
Scope and Content
One of a series of 20 photographs documenting the move of the old Manson's Landing store from its position by the wharf in Mansons Landing Provincial Park to the present Museum site on Beasley Rd. The photographs are from an envelope labelled "Moving Museum, Dec. 1995. Moved by Able Transport. Paid for by Elmer and May Ellingsen."
Photograph is cut from a larger original with a label pasted to the bottom. Verso says "Dedication of school swing in memory of Don McDevitt, June 1971. Mrs. McDevitt & School Board [missing text] Phil Sampson. Children seen are Christine [missing text] ?racy, Jean & Ernie and wee Freddy [missing text]." School is the Whaletown school".
Identified by Janice Maclean Kerr as:
Front: Lottie McDevitt and Phil Sampson
Children: Back L, Jeannie Halliday, Phillip Bergman, Tracy Prestley with Christine Froese standing in front of her, Johnnie Prestley (behind Lottie's shoulder); the little boy in the front L is Ernie Halliday.
Photograph is cut from a larger original with a label pasted to the bottom. Verso says "Dedication of school swing in memory of Don McDevitt, June 1971. Mrs. McDevitt & School Board [missing text] Phil Sampson. Children seen are Christine [missing text] ?racy, Jean & Ernie and wee Freddy [missing text]." School is the Whaletown school".
Identified by Janice Maclean Kerr as:
Front: Lottie McDevitt and Phil Sampson
Children: Back L, Jeannie Halliday, Phillip Bergman, Tracy Prestley with Christine Froese standing in front of her, Johnnie Prestley (behind Lottie's shoulder); the little boy in the front L is Ernie Halliday.
One of a series of 20 photographs documenting the move of the old Manson's Landing store from its position by the wharf in Mansons Landing Provincial Park to the present Museum site on Beasley Rd. The photographs are from an envelope labelled "Moving Museum, Dec. 1995. Moved by Able Transport. Paid for by Elmer and May Ellingsen."
Found in Information Files folder (Cortes Island Museum & Archives info"), Jan. 2021
Scope and Content
One of a series of 20 photographs documenting the move of the old Manson's Landing store from its position by the wharf in Mansons Landing Provincial Park to the present Museum site on Beasley Rd. The photographs are from an envelope labelled "Moving Museum, Dec. 1995. Moved by Able Transport. Paid for by Elmer and May Ellingsen."