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Bell-Irving family fonds
Fonds · 1895-1970

Fonds consists primarily of photographs depicting scenes from the British Columbia salmon fishing and canning industry. Included are images of fishing vessels, fish canneries (including Phoenix Cannery and Wadham's Cannery) and fishing activities, and photographs of cannery production line workers and technology. Also included is a small amount of textual records related to the business interests of the Bell-Irving family, and a notebook containing the minutes of the Nanoose Coal Syndicate, meetings of which were held for a time in the offices of H. Bell-Irving & Co., Ltd. Records are arranged in three series: 1. Photographs; 2. Nanoose Coal Syndicate minutes; 3. McBean Bell-Irving Trust accounts.

Bell-Irving (family)