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 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
Six people are spread out on beach with a campfire. Smoke is in the air.

[People building a fire at a beach campsite and eating around it, 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/1-29
Three people in dresses standing closely together in front of trees.

[Violet Deeprose, Bessie French, and another staff person, 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/1-30
Six people, one standing, at campsite eating food. Dark trees behind them.

[People eating around beach campsite, 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/1-31
Three people are on the beach, one is standing, another is kneeling while the third is blowing at a campfire. There is distortion on the top of the image.

[Three people starting a fire at 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/1-32
A person wearing a dress and rubber boots is standing on beach in shallow water.

[Person wading in rubber boots at 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/1-33
A group of eleven people are sitting on lying on the beach. Some are looking straight ahead, other looking at those around them.

[Eleven people eating at 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/1-34
People sitting on the beach near large rocks. Three people are knitting.

[Staff, including Bessie French and Violet Deeprose, and children from Port Simpson Residential School knitting 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/1-35
Person standing in a stream with a stick, rocks are surrounding the person.

[Person standing with stick in stream, 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/1-36
Nine peopel sitting on the beach on blankets eating. Some are looking forward. Trees line the beach in the distance.

[Nine people eating at 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/1-37
Two women in coats stand in the centre of the image in front of trees.

[Two Port Simpson Residential School staff members with trees and mountains 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/1-38
Three people wearing dresses and coats sitting on the grass on a hill, a residential building behind them.

[Bessie French, Violet Deeprose, and another staff member sitting in the yard, 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/1-39