Port Simpson Residential School (Crosby Girls’ and Boys’ Homes)
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[Softball team with trophy, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Youth and children on the beach, some in Canadian Girls in Training uniforms, the Port Simpson Residential School is behind the trees, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children and staff on the beach, eating and drinking, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Two youth standing on a fire escape of the Port Simpson Residential School building, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Youth holding a candle on a veranda, and another peeking out from a window holding a balloon, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children in jackets and hats standing by fence, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Youth standing on hillside of the Port Simpson Residential School building, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children in front of Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children playing with baby dolls, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children standing on the shoreline with a pier in the background, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children reading or singing from books, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Two youth standing on the road, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Two children reading in the grass by the road, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Two children in yard, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Two youth standing on a ladder in front of the Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Group of children with Bessie French sitting and reading on boulders at the beach, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children playing in tidepools at the beach, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
[Children eating and drinking at the beach, Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, [194-?]
