Photograph of Bill Barrett, seated on a horse-drawn mowing machine in a field of clover at Braeside, the home of his wife Mary's brother, Bert Middleton. Braeside was located on what is now Sawmill Rd., Whaletown. A house, outbuilding and log fence can be seen in the background.
Photograph of Bill Barrett, seated on a horse-drawn mowing machine in a field of clover at Braeside, the home of his wife Mary's brother, Bert Middleton. Braeside was located on what is now Sawmill Rd., Whaletown. A house, outbuilding and log fence can be seen in the background.
Photograph of Pauline Middleton, holding a fishing rod, with Verna Munro standing beside her at the edge of Delight Lake. The far shore of the small lake is clear in the background.
Photograph of Pauline Middleton, holding a fishing rod, with Verna Munro standing beside her at the edge of Delight Lake. The far shore of the small lake is clear in the background.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, dressed in jodhpurs, holding a fishing rod and some fish she has caught. Photo is from a motoring trip across the United States she took in 1920.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, dressed in jodhpurs, holding a fishing rod and some fish she has caught. Photo is from a motoring trip across the United States she took in 1920.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from left) holding a rifle and three men (two with guns and one holding an unidentified animal upside down), standing in front of a log building at Limberlost.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from left) holding a rifle and three men (two with guns and one holding an unidentified animal upside down), standing in front of a log building at Limberlost.
Shirley Guthrie, Mr. Rondeen, Mr. Beesley, Judy Jeffery, Nellie Jeffery, Joan Jeffery, Mr. Henry Charles Jeffery, Mr. Thomas, Ernie Guthrie, Ernie Bartholomew, Mr. Patterson, Bill Illman
Photograph is a print taken from the same negative as photograph 2004.001.043 (Florence McKay fonds). The legend of "Seal Boy" is handwritten in Salish (? check language) on the back, with a typed English translation taped on.
Photograph is a print taken from the same negative as photograph 2004.001.043 (Florence McKay fonds). The legend of "Seal Boy" is handwritten in Salish (? check language) on the back, with a typed English translation taped on.
John Manson in front of black seal shape on surface of rock. The back of the photograph has a typed explanation of the legend of the Seal Boy, as follows:
"According to Indian legend, an Indian boy who persisted in going in swimming in spite of his mother's repeated warnings, was turned into a seal visible here as the black rock formation I am looking at. Summer, 1946."
"Ankity tillicum wawa, Ikt wake kloosh Sliamin tenasman quansum tickie klatawa cupa chuck. Yaka mama wawa, 'Klush halo!' Tenasman delate sahalie tumtum, halo iskum okok wawa. Wight wawa yaka mama, 'Spose halo kopate kloness elkie mica clap hias cull.' Pe nawitka yaka chaco delate klahowyum, chako kohkwa Siwash cusho mitlite cupa okok klale tone. Nika nanitch alta. Waum Illahee, 1946."
John Manson in front of black seal shape on surface of rock. The back of the photograph has a typed explanation of the legend of the Seal Boy, as follows:
"According to Indian legend, an Indian boy who persisted in going in swimming in spite of his mother's repeated warnings, was turned into a seal visible here as the black rock formation I am looking at. Summer, 1946."
"Ankity tillicum wawa, Ikt wake kloosh Sliamin tenasman quansum tickie klatawa cupa chuck. Yaka mama wawa, 'Klush halo!' Tenasman delate sahalie tumtum, halo iskum okok wawa. Wight wawa yaka mama, 'Spose halo kopate kloness elkie mica clap hias cull.' Pe nawitka yaka chaco delate klahowyum, chako kohkwa Siwash cusho mitlite cupa okok klale tone. Nika nanitch alta. Waum Illahee, 1946."
Photograph of a hawthorn tree in the garden at Channel Rock, labelled "Grape vines, roses, honeysuckle etc. all climbing on a hawthorne tree" in Philip Major Douglas' handwriting.
Photograph of a hawthorn tree in the garden at Channel Rock, labelled "Grape vines, roses, honeysuckle etc. all climbing on a hawthorne tree" in Philip Major Douglas' handwriting.