Subject: Castlegar
Castlegar BC, May 1963
Celgar pulp mill, Castlegar, BC, May 1963.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0488 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 1st 1963 |
Doukhobors
Doukhobor lament written by a constable from Clinton, BC. about arrest of protestors and shipment to prison farm.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0738 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 3rd 1935 |
Castlegar C.P.R. Station
An early view looking toward what would become downtown Castlegar. The Castlegar CPR station is seen to the left with the Castlegar Hotel to the right.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0061 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
View of Castlegar, B.C c.1945
The town of Castlegar, c.1945, perched on the bank of the Columbia River. At this point Castlegar was a sprawling rural community.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0156 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1945 |
View of Castlegar, B.C c.1945
The town of Castlegar, c.1945, perched on the bank of the Columbia River. At this point Castlegar was a sprawling rural community.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0157 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1945 |
Unidentified Woman
Portrait of lady sitting in parlor, probably English but possibly Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0159 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1895 |
Fleming Recordings, Nelson, B.C.
Letter postcard addressed to Harold Weber from Ross Fleming Recordings, Nelson, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0163 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | January 29th 1964 |
Fleming Recordings, Nelson, B.C.
Letter postcard addressed to Harold Weber from Ross Fleming Recordings, Nelson, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0164 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | January 29th 1964 |
Castlegar Ferry
Ferry docking at Castlegar on the Columbia River.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0180 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
Construction of High Arrow Dam
An overview (mid-1960s) of the construction of the High Arrow Dam, later known as the Hugh Keenleyside Dam on the Columbia River. Situated at the "Big Rock" just above Castlegar, this was built as a storage dam under the Columbia River Treaty.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0183 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Celgar Pulp Mill at Castlegar, B.C.
The Celgar Pulp Mill constructed on the east bank of the Columbia River at Westley, a couple of miles upstream from Castlegar. Celgar became a major employer in the Castlegar region, instrumental in allowing the community's youth to gain fulltime employment in the area they grew up in.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0185 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Construction of the High Arrow Dam
A detailed view of the construction of one of the buttresses on the High Arrow Dam. This was the largest construction site in the Columbia Basin region in the early 1960s.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0186 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Vick Landfear, C.P.R. Operator
Vick Landfear, C.P.R. Operator, possibly Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0197 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
The Modern Swimsuit, c. 1930
The modern swimsuit, possibly Castlegar on Columbia River.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0198 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
First truck plow in Trail
First truck plow in district Trail - Rossland. A 1931 two ton Dodge, cyl, 4 speed transmission. Plow fabricated by Stevenson Machine Shop, Nelson. Blade raised and lowered by raising or lowering dump box. Threw to right only. No safety flip or blade. Light mounted on cab later. Greatest hazard, teams hauling cord wood from Castlegar to Trail 1935-37; driver Slim Thomas, Rossland, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0231 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Castlegar-Robson Ferry
Ferry docking ramp, Castlegar, B.C. on Columbia River Docking ramp for the Castlegar-Robson cable ferry across the Columbia River, Robson side. Below the large rock bluff are a few of the commercial buildings in Robson.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0239 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Castlegar-Robson Ferry
Cable ferry pulling out from the Robson landing, Columbia River, Castlegar, B.C. area. Some of the Robson buildings can be seen. Looking uprive from area of CPR railway bridge, with Lion's Head looming above the Robson landing.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0242 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Castlegar Cable Ferry
The first Castlegar ferry, with enough room for 3-4 cars on one side only. A small part of the settlement of Robson is visible on the far side of the Columbia River - c. 1924.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0243 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1924 |
Castlegar Cable Ferry
Cable ferry crossing the Columbia River with cars, from Robson to Castlegar, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0245 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Castlegar-Robson Cable Ferry Crossing Columbia River
Cable ferry crossing Columbia River with cars, at Castlegar, B.C. Low water conditions, with Robson homes visible in background.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0249 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Castlegar-Robson Cable ferry Crossing Columbia River
Cable ferry crossing Columbia River with cars, at Castlegar, B.C. The three cables are visible in front of the ferry.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0250 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Barge or Ferry Deck Moored on Columbia River
Barge or possible new ferry deck tied to shore on Columbia River, Castlegar, B.C. area. The Doukhobor village of "Raspberry" is visible in the background, with the two "Doms" to the left of the light coloured roofs.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0252 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Barge or Ferry Deck Being Launched
Barge or ferry deck being launched on Columbia River, Castlegar, BC. Launch is occuring from ferry slip on the Castlegar side.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0253 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Restoration of Doukhobor Village House
Carpenter working on railing repair for front porch of a Doukhobor community home. These village structures were once very common in the West Kootenay region.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0257 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Stanley Humphrey Student Doukhobor Choir
Stanley Humphries Secondary School Doukhobor choir, Castlegar, BC
| Internal ID: | 0131.0319 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1975 |
Overview of Castlegar
A late 1930s overview of Castlegar, B.C. with C.P.R. water tank in the foreground and the Castlegar Co-operative Transportation Society garage in the middle background.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0326 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Castlegar Co-operative Transportation Society Bus
A new Castlegar Co-operative Transportation Society bus in 1942. The photo may have been taken on Baker Street in Nelson, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0327 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1942 |
Castlegar Co-operative Transportation Society Bus
A group of men in front of a new 1942 Castlegar Co-Operative Transportation Society bus custom built by Peebles Motors Ltd. in Nelson. Castlegar, B.C. 4th from the left Owen Tupper
| Internal ID: | 0131.0328 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1942 |
Castlegar, B.C.
Aerial view of Castlegar, B.C., with Waldie's Sawmill to the right and the CPR bridge across the Columbia River.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0337 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1950 |
Castlegar Brickyard, c. 1905
Brickyard, Castlegar, B.C. Originally located in Rossland in 1901, the plant was moved to Castlegar in 1903. It was located just upstream from the ferry slip, on the Castlegar side of the Columbia River.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0342 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Castlegar, B.C
Aerial view Castlegar, B.C
| Internal ID: | 0131.0347 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1932 |
Castlegar, B.C
Castlegar, B.C with a good view looking down on Columbia Avenue toward the ferry slip, and up the Columbia River prior to the High Arrow dam.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0349 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Castlegar, B.C
Aerial view of Castlegar, B.C, with the CPR bridge in the lower right and Lion's Head in middle of photo.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0351 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1957 |
Castlegar CPR Railway Bridge
A view of the Columbia River and the CPR railway bridge at Castlegar - c. 1940. Waldie's sawmill can be seen behind the bridge, with the Raspberry School building on the hillside above the mill.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0362 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Brilliant Bridge
Suspension bridge over the Kootenay River at Brilliant, B.C. - constructed by the Doukhobor community to provide convenient access to Nelson.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0365 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Castlegar, B.C
Castlegar, B.C. - steam locomotive and water tank by tracks. Ruth Parfeniuk added: This photo is not taken in Castlegar. My guess is on the rail line west of Castlegar, possibly Coykendahl. The Lower Arrow Lake is visible to the right of the photo.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0371 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
At Irwin's cabin
Group of people at Irwin's cabin, early 1900s, possibly at Castlegar, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0409 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Early Castlegar Homestead
Family in front of homestead, Kinnaird or Castlegar, B.C. area.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0415 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Waldie's Sawmill
Aerial view of Waldie's Sawmill and log booms on the Columbia River, Castlegar, B.C. Walter Peqachy added: further thought to this is not Waldie mill. Could this be a mill at Slocan City? The terrain looks more to fit that.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0491 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Castlegar, B.C
A view of downtown Castlegar - c. 1940.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0497 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Castlegar CPR Bridge
Tugboat under the C.P.R. railway bridge, Castlegar, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0527 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Castlegar, B.C.
Castlegar BC, 1915, showing the second CPR railway station (the first burned in 1907). To the left of the station is Farmer's General Store and Post Office. The small building in the centre background is the first Castlegar schoolhouse (built in 1909). Directly behind the station is the Castlegar Hotel, built around 1909 by William Gage, formerly a CPR agent.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0542 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Tugboat Elco II
Elco II, a steam tugboat, Castlegar, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0562 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Tugboat Elco II
Castlegar, B.C. - building the Elco II tug.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0648 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1924 |
Castlegar, BC
Aerial view of Castlegar, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0654 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Castlegar Downtown
View of Castlegar, BC from train tracks, looking at the Castlegar Hotel and up the street to West's Department store on the left and Eremenko's on the right.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0746 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Mining Building
Old mining building, overturned ore cart beside rail track. Presumed to be in the Renata-Castlegar area.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0810 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Residential Housing
Residential housing, presumably in the Brilliant area outside of Castlegar, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0820 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Selkirk College in Castlegar, BC c.1965
Science Lab at Selkirk College in Castlegar, BC c.1965 Do you recognize this person? If you do please let us know
| Internal ID: | 0131.0831 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Castlegar, B.C.
Aerial view of Castlegar, B.C., with Waldie's Sawmill to the right and the CPR bridge across the Columbia River.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0922 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1950 |
Castlegar Aerial Photo
Map of BC # 5352:084 aerial view of Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0005 |
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| Medium: | Map |
| Date: | 1975 |
Groundskeeping at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre
Peter Oglow with roto-tiller. Men in background are picking rocks around the Doukohobr Discovery Centre grounds.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1975 |
Columbia River
Low water view of the Columbia River near Castlegar, with mountains in the distance.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0013 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1975 |
Grounds at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre
Man overlooking Castlegar townsite from the Doukhobor Discovery Centre grounds. Both the Centre and the Kootenay Gallery are located together above the Columbia River and near the Castlegar Airport.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0015 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1975 |
Aerial Map
Map of BC # 5352:109 aerial shot of Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0023 |
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| Medium: | Map |
| Date: | 1975 |
Pulp Mill Construction
Barrier wall with Cominco Smelter in the background. The Columbia River flows in front.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0025 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1975 |
Hankinson In Uniform
Man in front of tent wearing rain gear. Assumed to be name of Hankinson as noted on negative envelope. Possibly from Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0027 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1945 |
A Winter Walk
Young people enjoying winter, Castlegar, B.C. area. All individuals unknown. They are travelling toward town from the ferry. The garage was one of three which overhung the slope to the river. Several homes were positioned below on a narrow strip of land opposite the mouth of Pass Creek.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0103 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Winter Fuel Delivery
Truck with chains on duals, delivering fuel in winter, Castlegar, B.C. area.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0106 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Celgar Mill
Construction of the Celgar Pulp Mill at Castlegar, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0207 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Castlegar-Robson Ferry
Robson Ferry on Columbia River near Castlegar, BC. The ferry is crossing from the Castlegar side to Robson.
| Internal ID: | 0134.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Castlegar BC
Landscape view of the esxtreme southern portion of Castlegar, BC showing the Columbia River. To the right is Ootischenia, to the left Fairview. The prominent bluff at top centre is on Spud Hill at Gibson Creek.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0054 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1983 |
Castlegar Landscape
Eremenko's comments on Castlegar, BC. Image is of railroad tracks and hills at Castlegar. Written on back of photo: "Looking down from the road bridge to the railway bridge which is hidden. The smoke you see is from the mill across the Columbia River, just before it joins the Kootenay! Isn't that hill at the back pretty - Byron?"
| Internal ID: | 0143.0091 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Eremenko Home in Castlegar
Eremenko's comments on Castlegar, BC. Written on back of photo: "In our yard, showing the two tourist cabins and a part of the pavilion to the left! Don't the trees looks lovely Byron, laden down with that white snow? I love snow, I sure do!"
| Internal ID: | 0143.0096 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Columbia River and Castlegar
Eremenko's comment on Castlegar, BC. "Columbia River and Castlegar, BC".
| Internal ID: | 0143.0104 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
S.S. Minto
Eremenko's comments on Castlegar, BC. "S.S. Minto paddlewheeler", on the East Robson side of the Columbia River.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0105 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Castlegar/Robson Ferry Landing
Eremenko's comments on Castlegar, BC. "Robson/Castlegar Ferry unloading", on the Robson side.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0106 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
Aerial view of Castlegar, BC
Eremenko's comments on Castlegar, BC. "Aerial view of Castlegar, BC and Columbia river." Postcard addressed to Mrs. Byron Etty of California.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0109 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | June 25th 1953 |
Aerial view of Castlegar, BC
Eremenko's comments on Castlegar, BC. "Aerial view of Castlegar, BC and Columbia river." Postcard addressed to Mrs. Byron Etty of California.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0110 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | June 25th 1953 |
Aerial view of Castlegar, B.C.
Eremenko's comment on Castlegar, BC. "Aerial view of Castlegar and Columbia river".
| Internal ID: | 0143.0111 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1953 |
Aerial view of Castlegar, B.C.
Eremenko's comment on Castlegar, BC. "Aerial view of Castlegar and Columbia river".
| Internal ID: | 0143.0112 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1953 |
Map of Eremenko property
Map describing property of Eremenko's by relative, Ruth Bennett of California. Property in Castlegar, BC. Referenced are a series of photos that Ruth sent in with the map. See text for letter.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0158 |
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| Medium: | Ephemera |
| Date: | 1940 |
