Title: Indigenous Children at Miller Bay Hospital at Miller Bay, B.C. on April 28, 1955

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

Creator: Wrathall, John (Jack) Richmond

Date: April 28, 1955

Physical Description: ["1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 10 x 13.5 cm (referred to as copy 1)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm (referred to as copy 2)"]

Scope & Content: Item consists of eight young First Nations girls, all patients, at Miller Bay Indian Hospital and all in pajamas sitting and standing on a bed. Handwritten annotation on recto of copy 2 reads: "Indian Children. Patients. Miller Bay Hospital. Apr. 28 - 1955."

Responsibility: John (Jack) Richmond Wrathall

Notes:
• Title based on contents of image.
• The title contains historical terms that some may consider offensive. Although it does not reflect today's sensibilities, it is being maintained because it contains the official name of the body that created the records at their time of creation and provides evidence of the attitudes and usage of the time period.

Name Access:
Miller Bay Indian Hospital
Wrathall, John (Jack) Richmond

Subject Access:
Children and Youth
First Nations Peoples
Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access:
Miller Bay, B.C.

Accession Number: WP1998-006-15796

Negative Number: JRW2248F

Record ID: 6883


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