Bessie French fonds

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151 images
Exterior view of a residential institution and the grounds, showing the front entrance.

[Port Simpson Residential School building, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-1
Black and white exterior view of a church showing steeple and front door and surrounded by trees and bushes.

[Grace United Church building, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-2
Black and white exterior view of wooden hospital buildings surrounded by trees and mountains.

[Port Simpson General Hospital building and nurses' residence, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-3
Black and white landscape showing pier and water through darkened trees.

[View through trees of pier, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-4
Six nurses in dress uniforms and caps standing in a line in front of builiding.

[Nurses of Port Simpson General Hospital, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-5
Black and white view of hospital buildings with the door open.

[Port Simpson General Hospital building and nurses' residence, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-6
Three women wearing dresses stand in front of building stairs. A person is on the stairs in the distance.

[Bessie French and two other staff members standing near the Port Simpson Residential School building, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-7
Three women in coats standing together, arms linked in front of trees.

[Bessie French and two other staff members of the Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-8
Three women in dresses stand in front of residential building. Flowers are shown in front of them.

[Bessie French and two staff members standing by a flower bed with the Port Simpson Residential School behind them, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-9
Two women in coats standing in front of trees.

[Bessie French and another staff member of the Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-10
Three women and one older man stand together on balcony with water in the distance.

[Staff, including Bessie French, of the Port Simpson Residential School standing on the building's veranda, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-11
Three women in coats standing close together with water in the distance.

[Bessie French and two other staff members of the Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-12
Two women in summer dresses sitting on fallen tree on a beach.

[Bessie French and another staff member of the Port Simpson Residential School sitting on overturned tree on the beach, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-13
Eight people wearing coats sitting on a dock with water and land including a small house behind them.

[Bessie French with other Port Simpson Residential School staff or possibly missionaries with their families on a dock, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-14
Eight people wearing coats and caps sitting on the dock.

[Bessie French with other Port Simpson Residential School staff or possibly missionaries with their families on a dock, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-15
Seven people on the beach - three standing and four kneeling in front of kelp. Two people are holding small dogs. The water is behind them.

[Six people with two dogs on beach, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-16
Three women in dresses standing on boardwalk with water and distant land behind them.

[Bessie French and another Port Simpson Residential School staff member with a nurse from the Port Simpson General Hospital standing on the boardwalk, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-17
Eleven women standing together in front of vines climbing building. Flowers are blurred in the forefront.

[Bessie French and other Port Simpson Residential School staff or missionaries in front of large hedge, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-18
Woman in a coat with a fur collar standing near building. There is a log lying on the ground in front of her.

[Bessie French in yard of Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-19
Two women standing on dock, one is holding a coat and the other is holding a device with an attenna. The water is behind tham and hills in the distance.

[Two people on a dock, one is holding a unidentified device, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-20