Port Simpson Residential School (Crosby Girls’ Home)

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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.

192 images
Two storey building with two doors is centre behing wooden fence, with children and adults standing in front of fence. Church building is on right side.

[Tsimshian man, age 79, with children and Day School staff standing outside Day School in Port Simpson.]

Port Simpson, [19--]

First Nation: Lax Kw'alaams

Photographer: F. Button Photo, Prince Rupert

Shows Duke of Wellington, 79 years old

UCCA, 1993.049P/378
Exterior view of a residential institution and the grounds, showing the front entrance.

[Port Simpson Residential School building, 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/1-1
Black and white exterior view of a church showing steeple and front door and surrounded by trees and bushes.

[Grace United Church building, 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/1-2
Black and white exterior view of wooden hospital buildings surrounded by trees and mountains.

[Port Simpson General Hospital building and nurses' residence, 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/1-3
Black and white landscape showing pier and water through darkened trees.

[View through trees of pier, 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/1-4
Six nurses in dress uniforms and caps standing in a line in front of builiding.

[Nurses of Port Simpson General Hospital, 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/1-5
Black and white view of hospital buildings with the door open.

[Port Simpson General Hospital building and nurses' residence, 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/1-6
Three women wearing dresses stand in front of building stairs. A person is on the stairs in the distance.

[Bessie French and two other staff members standing near the Port Simpson Residential School building, 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/1-7
Three women in coats standing together, arms linked in front of trees.

[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/1-8
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