Photograph shows a small group of people, including Mr. Nixon of Twin Island, on the foreshore. One man (Mr. Nixon) is cleaning a fish; another is holding a large fish, standing behind a wooden wheelbarrow with another fish in it. There are 2 small prints from the time of the photograph (one is very dark) and one later copy print. (One is oversize)
3 photograph prints: b&w: 2 are 11 x 6.5 cm; 1 is 20 x 13
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a small group of people, including Mr. Nixon of Twin Island, on the foreshore. One man (Mr. Nixon) is cleaning a fish; another is holding a large fish, standing behind a wooden wheelbarrow with another fish in it. There are 2 small prints from the time of the photograph (one is very dark) and one later copy print. (One is oversize)
File consists of two ink sketches of a man fishing by Jay Nixon; a recipe for "Married Woman's Cake"; two pages about the Cortes Island Day Barbeque (1972) with lists of expenses, income from concessions, items purchased and notes for next year; and a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about the Cortes Island Day picnic listing many of the island attendees (1960).
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie after Peggy Newsham's death.
Scope and Content
File consists of two ink sketches of a man fishing by Jay Nixon; a recipe for "Married Woman's Cake"; two pages about the Cortes Island Day Barbeque (1972) with lists of expenses, income from concessions, items purchased and notes for next year; and a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about the Cortes Island Day picnic listing many of the island attendees (1960).
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas and his wife Kay scraping paint from the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Rendezvous" at the Whaletown wharf. Ken Slater's troller "Wahkana Bay" is in the background, two unindentified gas boats are tied to the floats. Of note: clearing for the Huck family home in background indicates the year the photo was taken. There are two captions on the back, in different handwriting (top is Gilean Douglas'.)
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas and his wife Kay scraping paint from the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Rendezvous" at the Whaletown wharf. Ken Slater's troller "Wahkana Bay" is in the background, two unindentified gas boats are tied to the floats. Of note: clearing for the Huck family home in background indicates the year the photo was taken. There are two captions on the back, in different handwriting (top is Gilean Douglas'.)
Photograph of men and fish boats at a dock piled with fishing nets and gear; houses and a clearing may be seen in ghe background. Same as #1999.001.963.
Photograph of men and fish boats at a dock piled with fishing nets and gear; houses and a clearing may be seen in ghe background. Same as #1999.001.963.
Photograph of the wharf at Port Neville, showing fishermen, piles of nets and fish boats tied to the wharf. Greene's label is "The "Columbia" watches fishermen mending their gear." Same as #1999.001.951.
Photograph of the wharf at Port Neville, showing fishermen, piles of nets and fish boats tied to the wharf. Greene's label is "The "Columbia" watches fishermen mending their gear." Same as #1999.001.951.
