Port Simpson Residential School (Crosby Girls’ and Boys’ Homes)
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[Bessie French sitting on chair on a veranda, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Violet Deeprose and children shoveling snow, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children and Bessie French making snowballs, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Staff with mission band, some children are wearing Canadian Girls in Training uniforms, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[A group of youth and a staff member in uniforms holding bundles of books, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Teaching staff, including Bessie French and Violet Deeprose, with children from Port Simpson Residential School on stairs of Grace United Church, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Canadian Girls in Training and group leaders, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Three youth and Bessie French, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Three youth, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Three graduates holding rolled diplomas, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Three graduates holding rolled diplomas, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Three graduates holding rolled diplomas, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Four youth, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Two juniors on Big Beach at low tide, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, January 29, 1940
[A group of children, youth, and staff, including Bessie French, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Four graduating seniors at the beach, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, January 29, 1940
[Softball team with trophy, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Youth mending garments, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
