Port Simpson Residential School (Crosby Girls’ and Boys’ Homes)
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[Lax Kw'alaams, looking across the wharf, Grace United Church in background, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, after 1930
[Part of Tsimshian village, Port Simpson. View from shoreline with water in foreground ]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1800s
Partial view of Port Simpson as seen from the wharf. Shows from left: Church of England Church, Hudson's Bay Company store and Hotel Northern.
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, between 1910 and 1920
Port Simpson between 1910 and 1920. View of Hudson's Bay Co. Store and manager's house.
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, between 1910 and 1920
Tsimshian man, age 79, with children and Day School Staff standing outside Day school in Port Simpson.
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1900s
Port Simpson fire brigade [Lax Kw'alaams fire brigade. Image of the fire brigade members with the ladder that is used for fires. Some members of the brigade have climbed up the ladder for the image.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1800s
Remains of Chieftess Victoria's house : Kill-loo-zal [potentially Gitzaxlaal community ], Port Simpson, B.C.[Lax Kw'alaams, B.C. Two people stand in the middle of a raised rectangular structure made out of large wooden beams.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1900s
Wedding party : Susan White and David Musgrave
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, 1918
[Port Simpson Residential School building, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Port Simpson General Hospital building and nurses' residence, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Staff, including Bessie French and Violet Deeprose, and children from Port Simpson Residential School knitting on the beach, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children decorating a Christmas tree at Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Port Simpson Residential School building and driveway, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children at desks in a classroom, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Empty chairs in a classroom, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Three older adults, possibly from the Lax Kw'alaams community, sitting in a garden, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children wearing white dresses participating in a religious ceremony, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Violet Deeprose holding a wheelbarrow next to child, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
