All Images – Medical Missions

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Images with the accession 1976.001 are part of the Portraits collection.

Images with the accession 1986.229 are part of the Denzil Ridout fonds.

Images with the accession 1993.049 are part of the From Mission to Partnership Photograph collection.

Images with the accession 1996.095 are part of the United Church of Canada. Division of Mission in Canada fonds.

156 images
Two people are standing in front of door of hospital, one is wearning a dress and sitting on veranda railing the other is wearing a suit and tie and has his hands together.

Dr. and Mrs. Darby

Bella Coola, [ca. 1940]

Dr. and Mrs. George Darby in front of the R.W. Large Memorial Hospital, Bella Bella.

UCCA, 1976.001P/1417
A nurse wearing a cap is standing in front of shelves with medicine bottles and books.

Helen Hisey

Bella Coola, [195-]

Helen Hisey, matron of Bella Coola Hospital, B.C.

UCCA, 1976.001P/2712
The medical boat, Edward White sails towards a dock. At dock, the boat Mina W. is visible

[Medical work on the Edward White]

[1932]

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-456
Rev. R.C. Scott and unidentified missionary couple on the Thomas Crosby. Aboard the Edward White are Dr. Darby, Dr. C.A. Armstrong, R.N. A. MacLeod, R.N. Dorothy Baker, and another hospital staff.

[Staff aboard the Thomas Crosby III and Edward White at Bella Bella dock]

Bella Bella, [1932]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-478
Rev. R.C. Scott and unidentified missionary couple on the Thomas Crosby. Aboard the Edward White are Dr. Darby, Dr. C.A. Armstrong, R.N. A. MacLeod, R.N. Dorothy Baker, and another hospital staff.

[Staff aboard the Thomas Crosby III and Edward White at Bella Bella dock]

Bella Bella, [1932]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-479
Rev. R.C. Scott and unidentified missionary couple on the Thomas Crosby. Aboard the Edward White are Dr. Darby, Dr. C.A. Armstrong, R.N. A. MacLeod, R.N. Dorothy Baker, and another hospital staff.

[Staff aboard the Thomas Crosby III and Edward White at Bella Bella dock]

Bella Bella, [1932]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-480
Hospital staff are carrying a patient on a gurny to and from medical boat, Edward White, that is docked along side the missionary boat, Thomas Crosby.

[Staff aboard the Thomas Crosby III and Edward White at Bella Bella dock]

Bella Bella, [1932]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-481
Hospital staff is carrying patient on gurney from the medical boat, Edward White.

[Patient transferred off the Edward White by Dr. Darby and Dr. Armstrong]

Bella Bella, [1932]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-482
Nurse is holding a Indigenous child on porch, or ramp, outside of hospital.

[R.N. Ada Morgan holding Indigenous child, R.W. Large Memorial Hospital]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-497
Doctor is standing on ramp of hospital with two Indigenous children, one of whom he is carrying, and another is sitting on railing.

[Dr. Eric Austin holding two Indigenous children in front of R.W. Large Memorial Hospital]

Bella Bella, [1932]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-498
Close up of three Indigenous people dresed in long capes and headscarfs

Three Kimsquit women coming to Bella Bella for medical treatment

Bella Bella, 1909

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

"... This year the supply was abundant, and some brought home boat loads of the branches, or of seaweed, covered with the eggs & dried them on fences, Verandahs or improvised racks ... The two women in front are from Kimsquit - 75 miles North-East of here are mother & daughter. Grandma, who has the suggestive name of "Whiskey Mary" - is holding her only grandchild... "

UCCA, 1993.049P/31
Exterior view of wooden hospital showing multiples stairs and exits.

Quiet Sunday afternoon, R.W. Large Memorial Hospital, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, 1966

Photographer: Berkeley Studio, United Church of Canada

UCCA, 1993.049P/38
A wooden hospital is in front of mountains, showing two walkways to the hospital entrance.

Bella Coola Hospital, B.C.

Bella Coola, [not before 1929]

UCCA, 1993.049P/54N
A hospital is in front of a mountain, showing front yard and gardens.

[Bella Coola Hospital]

Bella Coola, [not before 1929]

UCCA, 1993.049P/55
Wooden church and hospital are in the centre, surrounded by trees. Other buildings are in the forefront.

Church and hospital at Rivers Inlet

Rivers Inlet, [ca. 1897]

Photographer: [Rev. E. Robson]

UCCA, 1993.049P/65
Image of white building with steep stairs. Three people are standing, one child sitting, on porch with no railings. The image has a thick dark border and a typed label of the title.

[Summer hospital at Rivers Inlet, B.C. (end view) : Dr. Bolton, Miss Spence and Miss Crosby]

Rivers Inlet, [ca. 1897]

Photographer: [Rev. E. Robson]

UCCA, 1993.049P/66
Two wooden buildinds with large verandas are situated on a hill above a wooden building on poles in water. Fallen trees lie on the hill.

Hospital and mission, Rivers Inlet, B.C.

Rivers Inlet, [ca. 1906]

UCCA, 1993.049P/67
Image of two story wooden hospital mounted on decorative cardboard. There are people on the porches and in the windows.

Hazelton Hospital, B.C.

Hazelton, 1909

UCCA, 1993.049P/75
A wooden hospital is in the centre of the image. People are standing or sitting on porches. A fence surrounds the hospital.

Hazelton Hospital, B.C.

Hazelton, [1925]

UCCA, 1993.049P/76
Doctor is looking through a microscope in a medical room. A sink is next to the stand with the microscope. The cupboard above the sink includes bottles.

[Doctor looking through microscope, Hazelton Hospital, British Columbia]

Hazelton, [not before 1931]

Photographer: C.L. Botham, Hazelton

UCCA, 1993.049P/88