Bella Bella
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![Dr. and Mrs. Darby](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/76_001P1417-210x300.jpg)
Dr. and Mrs. Darby
Bella Coola, [ca. 1940]
Dr. and Mrs. George Darby in front of the R.W. Large Memorial Hospital, Bella Bella.
![Three Kimsquit women coming to Bella Bella for medical treatment](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P31-300x179.jpg)
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... "
![R.W. Large Memorial Hospital](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P38-300x244.jpg)
R.W. Large Memorial Hospital
Bella Bella, 1966
Photographer: Berkeley Studio, United Church of Canada
Quiet Sunday afternoon, R.W. Large Memorial Hospital, Bella Bella
![Old Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and old Jacob White, Bella Bella](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P24N-300x184.jpg)
Old Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and old Jacob White, Bella Bella
Bella Bella, [between 1898 and 1910]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]
![Bella Bella Hospital](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P240N-300x171.jpg)
Bella Bella Hospital
Bella Bella, [1909?]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
Photographer: Dr. R.W. Large
"Opened October 1902. The Indians gave labour." - note on back of photograph.
![Staff of the Bella Bella Hospital](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P241-300x187.jpg)
Staff of the Bella Bella Hospital
Bella Bella, [190-?]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
![Staff of the Bella Bella Hospital](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P242-300x239.jpg)
Staff of the Bella Bella Hospital
Bella Bella, [190-?]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
![Telephone pole carries light and telephone to mission house](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P243-300x178.jpg)
Telephone pole carries light and telephone to mission house
Bella Bella, [19--]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
![Flag pole being presented to the new hospital at Bella Bella](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P244-300x204.jpg)
Flag pole being presented to the new hospital at Bella Bella
Bella Bella, [1918?]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
![Tubercular cottage, Bella Bella](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P245-300x179.jpg)
Tubercular cottage, Bella Bella
Bella Bella, 1909
First Nation: Heiltsuk
Photographer: Dr. R.W. Large
"While results among Indians are always unsatisfactory when they are Tubercular ... A Hindo from the Rivers Inlet Sawmill is the present occupant, and before he came, we had a ... Japanese ... He has since been sent home to Japan." -- note on back of photograph.
![R.W. Large Memorial Hospital, New Bella Bella, B.C.](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P255-300x185.jpg)
R.W. Large Memorial Hospital, New Bella Bella, B.C.
Bella Bella, [19--]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
![Darby's hospital as viewed from the mission house, Bella Bella](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P257-300x197.jpg)
Darby's hospital as viewed from the mission house, Bella Bella
Bella Bella, [19--]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
![Methodist Hospital, Bella Bella](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P258a-300x150.jpg)
Methodist Hospital, Bella Bella
Bella Bella, [between 1918 and 1925]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
Methodist Hospital, Bella Bella : George E. Darby, B.A., M.B., Superintendent
![Methodist Hospital, Bella Bella](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P258b-300x179.jpg)
Methodist Hospital, Bella Bella
Bella Bella, [between 1918 and 1925]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
Methodist Hospital, Bella Bella : George E. Darby, B.A., M.B., Superintendent
![Hospital at Bella Bella, B.C.](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P259-300x179.jpg)
Hospital at Bella Bella, B.C.
Bella Bella, 1928
First Nation: Heiltsuk
Photographer: Dr. George Darby
![[Hospital at Bella Bella under construction]](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P260-300x173.jpg)
[Hospital at Bella Bella under construction]
Bella Bella, [1918]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
![[Hospital at Bella Bella under construction]](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P261-300x174.jpg)
[Hospital at Bella Bella under construction]
Bella Bella, [1918]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
![[Hospital at Bella Bella under construction]](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P262-300x181.jpg)
[Hospital at Bella Bella under construction]
Bella Bella, [1918]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
Photographer: Dr. George Darby
![Hall in the Bella Bella hospital](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P263-300x186.jpg)
Hall in the Bella Bella hospital
Bella Bella, [ca. 1918]
First Nation: Heiltsuk
Photographer: Dr. George Darby
![Nurses' home, Bella Bella](https://upanddownthecoast.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93_049P264-300x189.jpg)
Nurses' home, Bella Bella
Bella Bella, [19--]
First Nation: Heiltsuk