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The Whaletown Post Office, in its original location, across the road from its present position

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.021
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w;
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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"Billie - 'Burnside' - Aug 6

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Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of William (Billie) Huck kneeling on the grass at Burnside. Whaletown lagoon can be seen through the trees in the background.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.233
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of William (Billie) Huck kneeling on the grass at Burnside. Whaletown lagoon can be seen through the trees in the background.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1921
Scope and Content
Photograph of a wood shingled house at the Robertson homestead, Burnside. The house is surrounded by bushes and vines. Two men and a boy are standing to the left; a person dressed all in white is lying on the ground.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.239
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1921
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a wood shingled house at the Robertson homestead, Burnside. The house is surrounded by bushes and vines. Two men and a boy are standing to the left; a person dressed all in white is lying on the ground.
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"Margaret Robertson, 'Burnside', July"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of Margaret (Meg) Robertson standing outside.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.296
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Margaret (Meg) Robertson standing outside.
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Beauty, Bonny and Blossom at 'Burnside' "

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of three cows, in a large field enclosed by a hand-split cedar picket fence, at Burnside.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.326
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three cows, in a large field enclosed by a hand-split cedar picket fence, at Burnside.
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Burnside, 1917 (printed backwards)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1917
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a panorama of Burnside, the Robertson home, at Whaletown Bay. The photo has been printed backwards.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.216
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1917
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a panorama of Burnside, the Robertson home, at Whaletown Bay. The photo has been printed backwards.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Old house at Burnside being dismantled

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.350
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"Aunt Ella Huck, 'Burnside', July

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1922]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ella Huck standing in front of tree; a field and house are in the background.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.295
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1922]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ella Huck standing in front of tree; a field and house are in the background.
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"Burnside Swimming Days - July 1922"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing clothes beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: ?, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Mabel Huck and Ella Huck.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.302
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing clothes beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: ?, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Mabel Huck and Ella Huck.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Burnside Swimming Days - July 1922"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing costumes at the edge of Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Ella Huck atop the rock, Mabel Huck, and a boy (John (Jack) Huck?).
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.303
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing costumes at the edge of Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Ella Huck atop the rock, Mabel Huck, and a boy (John (Jack) Huck?).
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Burnside Swimming Days - July 1922"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing attire leaning against a large rock beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: John Huck(?), unidentified man, Harry Huck, Dorothy Huck with Margaret Huck leaning over her, Mabel Huck; Billie Huck in front.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.304
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing attire leaning against a large rock beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: John Huck(?), unidentified man, Harry Huck, Dorothy Huck with Margaret Huck leaning over her, Mabel Huck; Billie Huck in front.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Margaret and Billie, Sept/22, 'Burnside' "

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of Billie and Margaret Huck standing in front of a split-rail fence at Burnside.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.320
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Billie and Margaret Huck standing in front of a split-rail fence at Burnside.
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Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nixon, Margaret Manson and her daughter Anna on the steps on the Nixon home, Twin Islands

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1914]
Scope and Content
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nixon (left), Mrs. John (Margaret) Manson and her daughter Anna (seated in front) on the steps of the new Nixon home on Twin Islands.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number
2004.002.055
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
Rose Manson
Date Range
[ca.1914]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nixon (left), Mrs. John (Margaret) Manson and her daughter Anna (seated in front) on the steps of the new Nixon home on Twin Islands.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
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Mrs. Charles Allen and family on the porch of her home in Gorge Harbour

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1912]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Charles (Jenny) Allen, her father, her adopted daughter Elsie (born 1903), and an orphan boy who was returned to the orphanage, on the porch of their house in Gorge Harbour. The house stood where the Floathouse Restaurant at the Gorge Harbour Marina is today (2013).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.136
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1912]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Charles (Jenny) Allen, her father, her adopted daughter Elsie (born 1903), and an orphan boy who was returned to the orphanage, on the porch of their house in Gorge Harbour. The house stood where the Floathouse Restaurant at the Gorge Harbour Marina is today (2013).
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Mrs. James A. Nixon and Mrs. John (Margaret) Manson and daughters Anna and Rose Manson on the steps of the Nixon home, Twin Islands

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1914]
Scope and Content
Rose Manson (left), Mrs. James A. Nixon, Mrs. John (Margaret) Manson, Anna Manson (seated in front) on the steps of the new Nixon home on Twin Islands. This picture was taken at the same time as photograph #2002.002.055. Rose Manson has replaced Mr. James Nixon who is now taking the picture.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number
2004.002.056
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
Mr. James A. Nixon
Date Range
[ca.1914]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Rose Manson (left), Mrs. James A. Nixon, Mrs. John (Margaret) Manson, Anna Manson (seated in front) on the steps of the new Nixon home on Twin Islands. This picture was taken at the same time as photograph #2002.002.055. Rose Manson has replaced Mr. James Nixon who is now taking the picture.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
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Mrs. Louisa Tooker, Mrs. McLean and two other Whaletown women (ID)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of four women seated inside, in front of an open door. Louisa Tooker, second from right; Mrs. Ella McLean on far right, mother of Mary McLean McMillan. (ID). One print was made in 1999 from the negative.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0763
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four women seated inside, in front of an open door. Louisa Tooker, second from right; Mrs. Ella McLean on far right, mother of Mary McLean McMillan. (ID). One print was made in 1999 from the negative.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Billie, Marg, Mrs. Middleton, Bob, Mr. Munn - Whaletown, Easter"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1921]
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Billie (possibly Billie Barrett), Margaret Huck, Mrs. Pauline Middleton, Bob Groochie and Mr. Munn, standing on the wharf in Whaletown.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.172
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1921]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Billie (possibly Billie Barrett), Margaret Huck, Mrs. Pauline Middleton, Bob Groochie and Mr. Munn, standing on the wharf in Whaletown.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Margaret Robertson, Margaret Middleton, Anna Manson, Duncan Robertson and Allen Robertson in the field at Burnside, Whaletown.

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1916]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Margaret Robertson, Margaret Middleton, Anna Manson, Duncan Robertson and Allen Robertson in the field at Burnside, the home of David and Alice Robertson in Whaletown.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.138
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1916]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Margaret Robertson, Margaret Middleton, Anna Manson, Duncan Robertson and Allen Robertson in the field at Burnside, the home of David and Alice Robertson in Whaletown.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Mrs. James A. Nixon and visitors on stairs of new Nixon home, Twin Islands

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1915
Scope and Content
A group seated on the stairs of the new Nixon home, Twin Islands. Back, left to right, Mrs. James A. (Margaret) Nixon, Bert Froud, Anna Manson. Front, left to right, Nicol and Jack Manson, Miss Fisher, and Fred Froud.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number
2004.002.060
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1915
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
A group seated on the stairs of the new Nixon home, Twin Islands. Back, left to right, Mrs. James A. (Margaret) Nixon, Bert Froud, Anna Manson. Front, left to right, Nicol and Jack Manson, Miss Fisher, and Fred Froud.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
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Mrs. Catherine Conant in front of the former Wilfred Manson home on Hernando Island

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Scope and Content
Mrs. Catherine Conant in front of the now vacant former Wilfred Manson home at Stag Bay, Hernando Island during a visit in 1951.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.057
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 13 cm
Custodial History
This photograph was donated to May Ellingsen by Abner and Catherine Conant.
Scope and Content
Mrs. Catherine Conant in front of the now vacant former Wilfred Manson home at Stag Bay, Hernando Island during a visit in 1951.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
Location - Copy
Vol. 9, p. 30b
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