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Brooks family fonds
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.021
Date Range
1941-1956
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number Range
2019.021.001 - .016
Accession Number
2019.021
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1941-1956
Physical Description
15 photographs : b&w
1 photograph : colour
History / Biographical
Alethea and Frederick (Fred) James Brooks Sr. and their two sons, Frederick (Fred) Earl, Jr. and Bob, lived on Cortes Island from ca. 1941 to 1944, near Manson's Landing. Fred Sr. logged in Cortes Bay and employed two of the Hawkins boys, Bill and George.
Fred Jr. attended grades three to six at Cortes Island school before the family moved to Pender Harbour. Some of the names he recalls are: the Christiansen kids (Robert, Jim, and a sister), the Tibers on the west side of Cortes Island, and the Jefferys of Smelt Bay.
Custodial History
Fred Brooks Jr. gave the photographs to Cathy Brooks of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, who facilitated the donation by collecting the photographs, donation form and information from Brooks and sending the materials to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Storage Location
Photo box 5
Storage Range
Photo box 5
Name Access
Brooks, Fred
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Manson's Landing
Related Material
Pender Harbour Living Heritage holds related material from the Brooks family: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Brooks+family
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Coat of arms of Von Donop family (see Series 4)
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View of the houses on Manson's Lagoon, taken from Manson's Spit
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Manson's Landing dock
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Performance at Manson's Hall
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s/early 1970s]
Scope and Content
Slide shows children on a stage decorated as a diner. Ean Hay is seated far left.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.262
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s/early 1970s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide shows children on a stage decorated as a diner. Ean Hay is seated far left.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Performance at Manson's Hall
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s/early 1970s]
Scope and Content
Slide shows children on a stage decorated as a diner. Ean Hay is seated far left.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.263
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s/early 1970s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide shows children on a stage decorated as a diner. Ean Hay is seated far left.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Performance at Manson's Hall
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s/early 1970s]
Scope and Content
Slide shows children on a stage decorated as a diner, with a replica of the Brownie museum center stage. Ean Hay is seated far left.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.264
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s/early 1970s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide shows children on a stage decorated as a diner, with a replica of the Brownie museum center stage. Ean Hay is seated far left.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Performance at Manson's Hall
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s/early 1970s]
Scope and Content
Slide shows Ean Hay and Wilfred Freeman standing on the stage; the diner stage set has been disassembled.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.265
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s/early 1970s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide shows Ean Hay and Wilfred Freeman standing on the stage; the diner stage set has been disassembled.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Manson's Landing school
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Brigid Weiler on stage at a performance at Manson's Hall
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People square dancing at the Fiesta, Manson's Lagoon
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Ean Hay in his office at Manson's Landing School
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Ean Hay conducting a group of musicians at the Manson's Hall
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Maurice Dronsfield delivering mail to Manson's Landing post office
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Maurice Dronsfield, postmaster of Manson's Landing, inside the post office
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The boat "Sea Ferring" tied up at the government wharf at Manson's Landing
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Doris Maclean and Hazel McCoy at jumble table at the Cortes Fiesta at Manson's Spit
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Sarah Weiler in pioneer dress, Canon Alan Greene (standing) at Cortes Fiesta, Manson's Spit
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Derelict boat pulled up above the high tide line near the Manson's Landing wharf (ID)
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Photographic essay from the North Island News, July 26, 1960 about the celebration for the opening of the Gorge Road connecting Whaletown and Manson's Landing