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 Indigenous youth wearing pant suits and winter overcoats are standing on a sloping dirt road

[Two youth standing on the road, 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/1-100
Two Indigenous children laying on the grass reading near a dirt road.

[Two children reading in the grass by the road, 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/1-101
Two children wearing summer skirts and sweaters stand in tall grass in front of a wooden fence with the arms around each other shoulders.

[Two children in 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/1-102
Two youth in long winter coats are standing in front of a residential building. One is standing a wooden ladder with the other standing in front of the ladder.

[Two youth standing on a ladder in front 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/1-103
Four children and one adult sitting on boulders on a beach. One child and the adult are reading books.

[Group of children with Bessie French sitting and reading on boulders at the beach, 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/1-104
Large group of children standing on beach. There is a tree in the distant centre.

[Children playing in tidepools at the beach, 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/1-105
Scenes of Port Simpson

[Scenes of Port Simpson, B.C.]

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/1-106
Scenes of Port Simpson

[Scenes of Port Simpson, B.C.]

Port Simpson, [194?]

First Nation: Lax Kw'alaams

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-107
Large group of children and youth sitting on rocks on the beach. One children in a skirt is in the forefront.

[Children and youth sitting and standing on boulders at the beach, 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/1-108
A large group of children wearing dresses are standing on a beach, many holding candles, and some carrying boxes.

[Children with staff at the beach holding candles, 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/1-109
A large group of children and adults are sitting on boulders on a beach. All are wearing winter coats.

[Children and staff sitting on boulders at the beach, 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/1-110
A closeup of a wooden dock is in the forefront with water and mountains in the background. A boat is in the water.

[View of boat from 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/1-111
A boat and a canoe are in a harbour with mountains in the distance

[View of boat and canoe in harbour, 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/1-112
A town is in the distant centre of the images with harbour surrounding it. Land is in the distance through the fog.

[View of town, 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/1-113
Youth is standing with two children, all wearing long winter coats and hats, besides a wooden fench. Houses are in the distance.

[Youth with two children on 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/1-114
A group of children wearing dresses are waling down a dirt path or road with bushes on both sides. The first three children are carrying dolls.

[Children walking down road with dolls, 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/1-115
A child in a dress is bending over, holding a puppy outdors in a yard. There is a resdential building in the back and a wooden fence to the left.

[Child with puppy near 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/1-116
Two youth in flower dresses are standing, arms around each other. Sparse coniferous trees are surrounding them.

[Two youth with trees behind them, 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/1-117
Group of children are outside. Two are on a see-saw and four others are sitting on benches or crates to their right. One is playing an accordian.

[Children playing in a playground, 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/1-118
Closeup of rocky beach with water and mountains in the background.

[Rocky shore, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]

Port Simpson, [194?]

First Nation: Lax Kw'alaams

This photograph is contained in Bessie French's scrapbook illustrating her time in Port Simpson at the Crosby Girls' Home.

UCCA, 1998.165P/1-119