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Postcard of the landscape of Herbert Arm, Clayoquot Sound

• 2023.001.0003
• Item

Part of Arlee Gale Fonds

Postcard photo of a landscape of a lake and forested mountains with writing at the bottom left hand side that says Herbert Arm, Clayoquot Sd. The photo is grainy.

Gale, Arlee

Postcard of the tug Peerless

• 2021.023.0006
• Item
• 1910s-1920s

Part of Elizabeth Stanlake fonds

The back of the postcard has the annotation that Peerless was built in 1904 in New Westminster. The photo is a profile view of the tug Peerless with three men visible with a forested coast in the background. Peerless was owned 1904-1910 by Westmin...

Stanlake, Elizabeth

Poster of HMCS Iroquois

• 2023.016.0001
• Item
• unknown

Part of Eleanor Conconi fonds

The information on the poster provided in English and French states: Destroyer landing: a Sea King helicopter over the flight deck of HMCS Iroquois, one of the new DDH 280 class destroyers. The photo is a DND photo taken in the Gulf of Saint Lawre...

Conconi, Eleanor

Prayer Book Collection

• L574-L579, L1310-L1311
• Fonds

Fonds consists of 5 prayer books: 1. "The Armour of God: A pocket Companion for Canadian Presbyterians in his Majesty's Forces", published by the presbyterian church in Canada, 2. Book issued by the War Service Committee of the Unit...

Church of England

Princess Joan Newspaper series 1959

• 2023.002.0013-14
• Series
• 1959

Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

The series contains 2 newspaper article clippings regarding the final Canadian voyage of the Princess Joan between Victoria and Vancouver in 1959. The Princess Joan was built in 1930 in Scotland by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. ...

Haggart, Teresa

Princess Marguerite and Princess Patricia Series

• 2022.029.0019-27, 0029-58, 0060-65
• Series
• unknown

Part of Capital Iron Fonds

The Princess Marguerite was a small luxury liner built in 1948 in Scotland by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Limited for Canadian Pacific Steamships. She and her sister ship, Princess Patricia, were designed to run the triang...

Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited

Print of Flying Cloud by Alfred Howell

• 2023.016.0004
• Item

Part of Eleanor Conconi fonds

This print of Alfred Howell’s artwork done in the hatching style depicts the billowing sails on a ship in the middle of the ocean. It is the 81st copy of a 100 signed prints made of the work.

Conconi, Eleanor

Print of Hesperus by Alfred Howell

• 2023.016.0005
• Item
• unknown

Part of Eleanor Conconi fonds

This print of Alfred Howell’s artwork done in the hatching style depicts the profile of a ship with three people at the bow. The year is illegible next to his signature in the rough waves. It is the 75th copy of a 100 signed prints made of the work.

Conconi, Eleanor

Print of Mauritius CGS Vigilant

• 2023.016.0002
• Item
• unknown

Part of Eleanor Conconi fonds

The print reproduction of a painting depicts a coast guard ship with a helicopter, with mountains and a sailboat in the background. It is the 66th copy of a 100 signed prints made of the work. It was painted by Robert McVittie, CSMA, FCA.

Conconi, Eleanor

Print of The Lee Shore

• 2023.016.0003
• Item

Part of Eleanor Conconi fonds

The print reproduction of Edward Hooper’s 1941 painting depicts three sail boats on a windy day near a house on the coast. Hooper used minimalism to give viewers the opportunity to make personal connections to each piece. His aesthetic key to succ...

Conconi, Eleanor