Port Simpson Residential School (Crosby Girls’ and Boys’ Homes)

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Staff and children standing posed for a portrait on the steps coming off the side of Crosby Girls' Home, mountains and water in the background.

[Staff and children on the steps of Crosby Girls' Home (Port Simpson Residential School).]

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/144

Crosby Girls' Home with trees in front of the building and a picket fence in the foreground.

[Staff and children on the steps of Crosby Girls' Home (Port Simpson Residential School).]

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/145

Five staff members from Crosby Girls' Home, outdoors wearing hats and coats.

Staff of Crosby Girls' Home [Port Simpson Residential School] as they looked when leaving Port Simpson

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/146

Four staff members from Crosby Girls' Home on the front porch.

Staff of the Crosby Girls' Home, 1902-1903

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/147

Port Simpson General Hospital on the left with Nurses Residence on the right, and paths leading to and from the buildings, and lawn.

Port Simpson General Hospital, Lax Kw'alaams, B.C., with nurses' residence behind

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/148

Group of young people and staff of Crosby Girls' Home standing outdoors along the road, with buildings and property in the background.

Young People and Staff of Crosby Girls' Home (Port Simpson Residential School) dressed in hats and overcoats, Port Simpson, B.C.

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/149

Crosby Boys' Home with property in front, mission house in the background. Caption reads

Indian Boys' Home, Port Simpson, B.C. (and mission house)

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/150

Partial view of Crosby Boys' Home on the right with the mission house at centre of image, mountains and ocean in the background.

Old mission house, Port Simpson [Lax Kw'alaams Methodist Mission]

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/151

Rear view of Methodist Mission House with property, fencing in the foreground.

Rear of Methodist mission house (Raley's), Port Simpson

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/152

Mission house at port Simpson with two individuals standing on the verandah, shrubs in front of the house and part of the path leading up to the house visible.

Mission house, Port Simpson : Rev. E. Robson and Mrs. Robson on the verandah

Lax Kw'aalams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/153

Hospital with large tree in front, surrounded by picket fence and path leading up to it.

[Lax Kw'alaams (Port Simpson)] hospital in summer, Port Simpson, B.C.n hospital in summer, Port Simpson, B.C.

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/154

Hospital with large tree in front, surrounded by picket fence and path leading up to it.

New hospital, [Lax Kw'alaams] Port Simpson

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/155

Hospital with three trees in front of it, partial view of picket fence in the foreground.

Hospital, [Lax Kw'alaams] Port Simpson, B.C. : R.W. Large Superintendent

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/156

Hospital surrounded by trees and white picket fence.

Hospital at [Lax Kw'alaams] Port Simpson, B.C.

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/157

Two buildings, path leading up to one visible in the foreground.

[Lax Kw'alaams] Port Simpson General Hospital (front view)

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/158 a -|158 b

Dr. Large with nurses in uniform seated on some steps leading up to a door, with a sign reading

Dr. Large and staff, [Lax Kw'alaams] Port Simpson Methodist Hospital

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/159

Dr. Large with four nurses in uniform standing posed on some steps.

Dr. Large and staff, [Lax Kw'alaams] Port Simpson Methodist Hospital

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia

UCCA, 1993.049P/160

Mission School house on top of a hill, surrounded by white picket fence. Caption reads

Mission school house, [Port Simpson Residential School (Lax Kw'alaams)] Port Simpson, B.C.

Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1800s

UCCA, 1993.049P/161