"Note the 38.55 Winchester rifle leaning on porch rail beside Frank. This and the .56 were since referred to as the guns that "won the West". Frank holds a .22 Winchester that got many grouse and some deer. The 38.55 W. was Frank Tooker Sr's and now belongs to grandson Fred Reedel--a keepsake from early days on Cortes Island."
"Note the 38.55 Winchester rifle leaning on porch rail beside Frank. This and the .56 were since referred to as the guns that "won the West". Frank holds a .22 Winchester that got many grouse and some deer. The 38.55 W. was Frank Tooker Sr's and now belongs to grandson Fred Reedel--a keepsake from early days on Cortes Island."
Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by Doris C. Kirk, 1912; article in North Island News "Ice Cream! 'Boat Day' was major event for the coastal urchins of yesteryear," 1993
Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by Doris C. Kirk, 1912; article in North Island News "Ice Cream! 'Boat Day' was major event for the coastal urchins of yesteryear," 1993
Photograph of a Boy Scout group: Andy Robertson, Eddie Huck, Ted Hansen, Bert Hansen, David Ward, Arnold Noble, Charlie Jeffery, Bob Parry, Billy Burnett (?), Ed Sharkey, Floyd Peters and Don McDevitt, the scout leader.
Photograph of a Boy Scout group: Andy Robertson, Eddie Huck, Ted Hansen, Bert Hansen, David Ward, Arnold Noble, Charlie Jeffery, Bob Parry, Billy Burnett (?), Ed Sharkey, Floyd Peters and Don McDevitt, the scout leader.
Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip
Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip
DVD of a short film directed and shot by George Sirk at the Cortes Recycling Center and footage shot by Sirk of a performance by the Cortes Theatre Group.
Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.
Scope and Content
DVD of a short film directed and shot by George Sirk at the Cortes Recycling Center and footage shot by Sirk of a performance by the Cortes Theatre Group.
Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Recording consists of oral history interviews of Doreen (Huck) Thompson and Wilfed Freeman by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered in Thompson's interview include Huck family history on Cortes; medical emergencies; gardening; fishing; hunting; logging. Topics covered in Freeman's interview include reminiscences of the island in 1927; roads; transportation. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording consists of oral history interviews of Doreen (Huck) Thompson and Wilfed Freeman by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered in Thompson's interview include Huck family history on Cortes; medical emergencies; gardening; fishing; hunting; logging. Topics covered in Freeman's interview include reminiscences of the island in 1927; roads; transportation. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.