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John Atkin Fonds

• 019.R.0022
• Fonds
• [ca. 1989]

Fonds consist of a ship plan, detailing a proposal to transform the Princess Marguerite into an addition of the Maritime Museum of BC.

Photograph of HMS Hood and Repulse in Victoria 1924

• 2021.023.0003
• Item
• June 1924

Part of Elizabeth Stanlake fonds

A photograph of ships dressed in flags with people walking on a walkway on the beach. The back labels this photo as HMS Hood and Repulse visiting Victoria 1924. The faces of the people are not visible and the second ship is blurry. Hood was built ...

Stanlake, Elizabeth

Postcard of SS Princess Victoria

• 2021.023.0004
• Item
• 1908

Part of Elizabeth Stanlake fonds

The postcard is labeled SS Princess Victoria, Photo by “Trio”, Victoria BC. The annotation on the back dates it at 1908. The image shows the decks of the ship covered in people. In the background is the Pither & Leiser Importers building. The...

Stanlake, Elizabeth

Certificate of Competency

• 2023.002.0003
• Item
• 13 April 1901

Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

This parchment certificate is given as a certificate of competency as master of a passenger steamer in the minor inland waters to John Webber. It was signed by the deputy Minister (illegible) and the Minister of Marine and Fisheries (Louis Henry D...

Haggart, Teresa

Photograph of a Princess boat in Victoria Harbour

• 2023.002.0004
• Item
• unknown

Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

This slightly blurry photo is of a boat docked at a wharf, but the name of the boat is illegible. On the back the annotation states: Princess boat in Victoria Harbour.

Haggart, Teresa

Postcard of the Inner Harbour, Victoria

• 2023.002.0011
• Item
• unknown

Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

The oversize postcard provides a view of the inner harbour. There is a ship docked on the left side of the image, there is one boat in the harbour and a seaplane docked in the harbour in front of the Empress. The Johnson Street Blue Bridge can be ...

Haggart, Teresa

Postcard of the Foundation Company BC Ltd

• 2023.002.0012
• Item
• 15 September 1919

Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

This photograph is formed by two large photos taped together. The panorama on the bottom half of the photograph is made up of 5 photos showing the workers of the Foundation Company BC Ltd. Their motto on a banner placed behind them that says: go e...

Haggart, Teresa

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

Newspaper Article “Princess Joan’s Last Trip: Three Sad Blasts And She Was Gone”

• 2023.002.0013
• Item
• 1959

Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

The article by GE Mortimer titled “Princess Joan’s Last Trip: Three Sad Blasts And She Was Gone” discusses the events and conditions around the last midnight run from Victoria to Vancouver for the vessel under Captain George Black with comments fr...

Haggart, Teresa

Newspaper article-“Princess Joan Makes Last Romantic Midnight Run to Vancouver”

• 2023.002.0014
• Item
• 26 February 1959

Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

The article “Princess Joan Makes Last Romantic Midnight Run to Vancouver” was published in a Victoria published newspaper on the Thursday 26th February 1959 on page 17. Provided are four photos with corresponding caption. In the first caption ther...

Haggart, Teresa