File contains a newspaper clipping of the original Manson's Hall building project and the Cortes Island Grapevine telephone service, with a photograph of May Ellingsen.
File contains a newspaper clipping of the original Manson's Hall building project and the Cortes Island Grapevine telephone service, with a photograph of May Ellingsen.
File contains a list of the ring signals for the Cortez Grapevine, a clipping about the Grapevine with a photograph of May Ellingsen, and a notice about the start of B.C.Tel Direct Distance Dialing.
File contains a list of the ring signals for the Cortez Grapevine, a clipping about the Grapevine with a photograph of May Ellingsen, and a notice about the start of B.C.Tel Direct Distance Dialing.
File includes correspondence with Telus about the loss of telephone service, and resultant loss of access to emergency services, during a power outage; and a petition to Telus to solve the problem, signed by 242 island residents.
File includes correspondence with Telus about the loss of telephone service, and resultant loss of access to emergency services, during a power outage; and a petition to Telus to solve the problem, signed by 242 island residents.
File consists of nine pages of typed and handwritten notes, correspondence, and an agreement relating to the 1955 emergency telephone system organized by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
File consists of nine pages of typed and handwritten notes, correspondence, and an agreement relating to the 1955 emergency telephone system organized by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Series consists of minutes, receipts, correspondence, maps and administrative paperwork of the Cortez Grapevine Telephone Association, which was formed to create a local telephone network in the Manson's Landing area.
Series consists of minutes, receipts, correspondence, maps and administrative paperwork of the Cortez Grapevine Telephone Association, which was formed to create a local telephone network in the Manson's Landing area.
Photograph of the Manson's Landing wharf, taken from the water at high tide. It includes the oil and wharf sheds on the dock, an unknown scow boat with cabin at the float and the store ashore. Note: telephone poles from the original phone line across the mouth of the lagoon; higher banks along the shoreline.
Photograph of the Manson's Landing wharf, taken from the water at high tide. It includes the oil and wharf sheds on the dock, an unknown scow boat with cabin at the float and the store ashore. Note: telephone poles from the original phone line across the mouth of the lagoon; higher banks along the shoreline.
Photograph of Manson's Landing wharf, with Cat and Kitten Islands in the bacckground. Their are two sheds at the end of the dock above the ramp, and an old car is parked beside them. (date?)
Photograph of Manson's Landing wharf, with Cat and Kitten Islands in the bacckground. Their are two sheds at the end of the dock above the ramp, and an old car is parked beside them. (date?)
Photograph of the Manson's Landing school in the background. A man is seated on a tractor, with several children around him; there is a car in the right foreground, and a truck behind.
Photograph of the Manson's Landing school in the background. A man is seated on a tractor, with several children around him; there is a car in the right foreground, and a truck behind.
