File contains an advertising brochure of the Union Steamship company, including a menu, and a catalog of telephone supplies used while installing the Cortes Grapevine local telephone system.
File contains an advertising brochure of the Union Steamship company, including a menu, and a catalog of telephone supplies used while installing the Cortes Grapevine local telephone system.
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
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
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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)
Photograph shows a man and a woman, both holding a fish, standing in one of the row boats from the Cortes Lodge. Another man on shore is also holding a fish, while a man behind him (likely Jack Summers) pulls the boat in.
Photograph shows a man and a woman, both holding a fish, standing in one of the row boats from the Cortes Lodge. Another man on shore is also holding a fish, while a man behind him (likely Jack Summers) pulls the boat in.
Photograph of the Union steamship "Chelohsin" alongside Manson's wharf. The photograph is taken from down on the floats; there is a local fish boat tied in front of the Chelohsin, and the ramp and freight shed are visible to the left.
Photograph of the Union steamship "Chelohsin" alongside Manson's wharf. The photograph is taken from down on the floats; there is a local fish boat tied in front of the Chelohsin, and the ramp and freight shed are visible to the left.
