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Photo Album Page of Chesterman’s Beach

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Part of Arlee Gale Fonds

Front of page contains 4 photos. The page is labeled Chstermans Beach. Three of the photos are blurry photos of the coastline. The fourth photo is of a seiner boat coming into the wharf. The back contains no photos.

Gale, Arlee

Photo Album Page on Tofino

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Part of Arlee Gale Fonds

Front of page contains 1 photo of Tofino BC. The postcard contains a view of part of the town with docks with writing on the bottom left stating Tofino, BC. The back of the postcard states the business in the buildings. Back of page contains 3 pho...

Gale, Arlee

Photo Album Page on Tofino Wharf

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Part of Arlee Gale Fonds

Front of page contains 1 postcard with the label of ‘”The Princess Norah” at Tofino Whatf’. Shown is Princess Norah coming into the Tofino Wharf. There is a group of people standing on the wharf on the right side of the photo, and a troller on the...

Gale, Arlee

Photo Album Page on Tofino Wharf

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Part of Arlee Gale Fonds

The front of the page has two hand colour photos. The first is of “Bertha L” on fire at the Tofino wharf. The other boats at the wharf are “Ryuo II” and “Ruth B.”. The second photo is another one of “Bertha L.” burning but is being towed by “Ruth ...

Gale, Arlee

Newspaper on the Death of Lord Nelson

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• 7 November 1805

Part of Arlee Gale Fonds

The Times newspaper has a two page spread on the death of Lord Nelson, while the back has the regular newspaper personal ads etc. Within this two page spread it covers an account of the naval action surrounding Nelson’s death including how it was ...

Gale, Arlee

Photograph of “Point Ellice Bridge Disaster, Victoria 1896”

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• 26 May 1896

Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

This mounted photo shows the collapse of the Point Ellice Bridge because of an overfilled streetcar on its way to festivities for the celebration of Queen Victoria’s 76th Birthday and people in different boats rushing to assist with a crowd formin...

Haggart, Teresa

Postcard of HMS Hood

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Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

The photo shows the profile of HMS Hood with six tenders in the water with people in them.The postcard under the photograph provides the information regarding length (860’7”), beam (105’2.5”), displacement (44,600 tons) and complement (1,510. Hood...

Haggart, Teresa

Certificate of Competency

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• 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

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• 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

Photograph of a boat

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Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds

This is a fairly blurry photo of one vessel in a harbour with rope connected to another ship. It was placed together with three other photos.

Haggart, Teresa