Crosby Girls’ Home – Port Simpson

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

Images with the accession 1998.165 are part of the Bessie French fonds.

184 images
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
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