Title: First Buildings and Wharf at Prince Rupert, B.C. in 1907

This record describes an item in the Wrathall Photo Finishing Ltd. fonds.

Date: January 1907

Physical Description: ["1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm (referred to as copy 1)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm (referred to as copy 2)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm (referred to as copy 3)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm (referred to as copy 4)"]

Scope & Content: Item consists of a view of the first buildings and wharf at the Prince Rupert waterfront. The view includes the Canadian Bank of Commerce, transit quarters, a building housing offices and kitchens, W. Bacon's house, doctors' tent houses, axemen's tent houses, a tent house housing a barber shop, a tent house housing the post office, a tent house housing the customs house, a bunk house, a GTP storehouse, a foreman's tent house and a tent house housing a carpenter's shop. Handwritten annotation on recto of copies 1, 2 and 4 reads: "1. Can. Bank of Commerce, 2. Transit Quarters, 3. Offices & Kitchens, 4. W. Bacon's House, 5. Doctors Tent House, 6. Axemen's Quarters, 7. Barber, 8. Post Office, 9. Custom House, 10. Indian Bunk House, 11. Grand Trunk Pacific Store House, 12. Foreman's Tent, 13. Carpenter's Shop. Jan. 1907." Stamped annotation on verso of copies 1, 2, 3 and 4 reads: "Photo by Jack Wrathall Prince Rupert, B. C."

Responsibility: ["Wrathall Photo Finishing Ltd.", "John (Jack) Richmond Wrathall"]

Notes:
• Title based on contents of image.
• See 35 mm copy negative JRWCO737.

Name Access:
Wrathall Photo Finishing Ltd.
Wrathall, John (Jack) Richmond
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Bacon, W.

Subject Access:
Waterfront
Banks
Buildings and Structures
Wharves
Docks
Houses
Tent Houses
Post Offices
Customs House

Geographic Access:
Prince Rupert, B.C.

Accession Number: WP993-4-6929

Record ID: 24277


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