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.

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From above, top of building on shore is visible and a boat is in the water. Mountains are in the distance.

View from Bella Bella 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/5-537
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
Image of hospital bed.

[Hospital bed with restraint straps, Hazelton Hospital, British Columbia]

Hazelton, [not before 1931]

Photographer: C.L. Botham, Hazelton

UCCA, 1993.049P/91
Large group of people posed in front of building. Some are wearing nurse and other uniforms. Four are seated in the front.

[Hospital staff portrait in front of hospital entrance, Hazelton Hospital, British Columbia]

Hazelton, [not before 1931]

Photographer: C.L. Botham, Hazelton

UCCA, 1993.049P/92
Image of large wooden hospital with many porches next to a smaller residence, showing roads and paths.

Port Simpson General Hospital, Lax Kw'alaams, B.C., with nurses' residence behind

Port Simpson, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/148N
View of large wooden hopsital with porches along both floors, in front of a picket fence.

[Port Simpson Hospital in summer, Port Simpson (Lax Kw'alaams), B.C.]

Port Simpson, [19--]

yucca, 1993.049P/154
Image of wooden hospital building with porches on both levels in front of picket fence.

New hospital, Port Simpson [Lax Kw'alaams]

Port Simpson, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/155
Wooden hospital with porches on both levels is behind a close up of a fence. A person is behing the fence in the yard.

Hospital, Port Simpson [Lax Kw'alaams], B.C. : R.W. Large Superintendent

Port Simpson, [between 1910 and 1920]

UCCA, 1993.049P/156
Wooden hospital with porches on both levels is behind a picket fence.

Hospital at Port Simpson [Lax Kw'alaams], B.C.

Port Simpson, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/157
Image of two wooden buildings, showing front door and path to door.

Port Simpson General Hospital [Lax Kw'alaams] front view

Port Simpson, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/158a
A group of people sitting on wooden steps of a building, many are wearing nurse uniforms.

[Staff of the Port Simpson Hospital, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, 1931

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/159