Photograph of two houses. George and Marjorie Griffin's house is in front; pilings for an addition can be seen on the right. Marjorie Griffin is painting the window frames. The house was completed in about 1955/1956 and demolished ca. 2012. To its right and slightly above it is a cottage built by Griffin for his son George and wife Joyce.
2 photograph prints: b&w;16.5 x 11.5 cm (A) and 9 x 6.5 cm (B)
Scope and Content
Photograph of two houses. George and Marjorie Griffin's house is in front; pilings for an addition can be seen on the right. Marjorie Griffin is painting the window frames. The house was completed in about 1955/1956 and demolished ca. 2012. To its right and slightly above it is a cottage built by Griffin for his son George and wife Joyce.
Photograph of the Hayes family house at the head of Cortes Bay. To the left on the beach is a smaller house; to the right a line of laundry is hanging, and a small building (outhouse or smokehouse?) is further to the right. In the foreground some logs are piled on the rocky beach. (same as #1999.001.653)
Photograph of the Hayes family house at the head of Cortes Bay. To the left on the beach is a smaller house; to the right a line of laundry is hanging, and a small building (outhouse or smokehouse?) is further to the right. In the foreground some logs are piled on the rocky beach. (same as #1999.001.653)
Photograph of a small shingled house in its yard with Gilean Douglas' caption: "Herbert Emerson Wilson lived here when writing and running a sawmill in Blind Creek".
2 photograph prints: b&w; 16.5 x 11.5 cm (A) and 9 x 6 cm (B)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a small shingled house in its yard with Gilean Douglas' caption: "Herbert Emerson Wilson lived here when writing and running a sawmill in Blind Creek".
Photograph of a wood shingled house with attached sheds. A child is standing on the porch, next to a washing machine. Coulours on the print are yellowed.
Photograph of a wood shingled house with attached sheds. A child is standing on the porch, next to a washing machine. Coulours on the print are yellowed.
John Manson (1868-1959) was born in the Shetland Islands and migrated to British Columbia in 1887, where he joined his brother Michael Manson on Cortes Island. He married Margaret Ellen Smith in 1894 and they had four children: Jack (born 1896), Anna (1898), Rose (1900) and Nicol (1906). The family lived at Sunny Brae Farm, on the south-east side of Cortes, across from Twin Islands.
Custodial History
Most of the files in this series were in an old wooden box when transferred to the archives, suggesting that they were collected from John Manson's house as a unit.
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.
Photograph of Mike Manson and his wife Jane, John Manson, Wilf Manson and daughter Dorothy, seated on logs on the beach. The photograph was taken on Mittlenatch Island when sheep were kept there.
Photograph of Mike Manson and his wife Jane, John Manson, Wilf Manson and daughter Dorothy, seated on logs on the beach. The photograph was taken on Mittlenatch Island when sheep were kept there.
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