Bessie French fonds

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Two people standing on dock - one wearing a dress and holding a coat and the other is wearing a tie and shirt under a cardigan and holding a book in his hand.

[Two people 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/1-21
Two people - one in a dress, jacket and coat and the other in a sweater and a tie - standing in front of store window.

[Two people in front of a store, 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/1-22
A man in a suit is holding a baby and an undetermined toy with a woman standing behing them both in room. There is a door with photographs on the wall above.

[Two people with a baby, 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/1-23
Four people are standing in front of the cockpit of an old ship.

[Four people aboard the Thomas Crosby IV boat, 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/1-24
A sailboat is in water with five people on deck.

[Thomas Crosby IV boat with five people aboard, 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/1-25
Seven people are on deck of a docked mission boat. The side of the board is distorted by the lighting.

[Seven people aboard docked Thomas Crosby IV boat, 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/1-26
Three women are standing together outdoors, one has their arms outstretched, with trees in the background.

[Three staff members of the Port Simpson Residential School, including Violet Deeprose and Bessie French balancing on one leg, 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/1-27
Two people wearing dresses are kneeling in the grass, one is holding a trowel and bucket. Flowering bushes surround them.

[Bessie French and another staff member of the Port Simpson Residential School in the garden, Bessie French is holding bucket and trowel, 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/1-28
Six people are spread out on beach with a campfire. Smoke is in the air.

[People building a fire at a beach campsite and eating around it, 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/1-29
Three people in dresses standing closely together in front of trees.

[Violet Deeprose, Bessie French, and another staff person, 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/1-30
Six people, one standing, at campsite eating food. Dark trees behind them.

[People eating around beach campsite, 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/1-31
Three people are on the beach, one is standing, another is kneeling while the third is blowing at a campfire. There is distortion on the top of the image.

[Three people starting a fire at 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/1-32
A person wearing a dress and rubber boots is standing on beach in shallow water.

[Person wading in rubber boots at 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/1-33
A group of eleven people are sitting on lying on the beach. Some are looking straight ahead, other looking at those around them.

[Eleven people eating at 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/1-34
People sitting on the beach near large rocks. Three people are knitting.

[Staff, including Bessie French and Violet Deeprose, and children from Port Simpson Residential School knitting 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/1-35
Person standing in a stream with a stick, rocks are surrounding the person.

[Person standing with stick in stream, 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/1-36
Nine peopel sitting on the beach on blankets eating. Some are looking forward. Trees line the beach in the distance.

[Nine people eating at 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/1-37
Two women in coats stand in the centre of the image in front of trees.

[Two Port Simpson Residential School staff members with trees and mountains 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/1-38
Three people wearing dresses and coats sitting on the grass on a hill, a residential building behind them.

[Bessie French, Violet Deeprose, and another staff member sitting in the yard, 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/1-39
A person is standing in the distance next to a flowering bush.

[Staff member standing by flowering bush, 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/1-40