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1933, Slim Williams international trail blazer, Copper Centre, Alaska to Chicago by dog team Smithers, B.C.
- Date Range
- 1933
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
"Slim Williams international trail blazer"
- Date Range
- 1933
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on caption written on photograph.
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P2695
- Accession No.
- 1981.36.52
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: sepia; 13.8 x 8.8 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- 1933
- History / Biographical
- Clyde C. "Slim" Williams traveled from Alaska to Chicago by dog sled in 1933 to prove the viability of the Alaska Highway.
Came from a black photo album. Inside the first page was P2644 and this note "To: Joan Muriel and Allan McGill. With Best Wishes. From the United Church Sunday School. Smithers, B.C. June 30th 1935."
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Related Material
- Same postcard as P4292 and P5107 but with different writing on back.
- Notes
- Caption reads "Copper Centre, Alaska to Chicago by Dog Team." Writing on the back reads: "Kept dogs at [Diel Mones?]"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Slim Williams international trail blazer, Alaska to Washington, D.C., 1933
- Date Range
- 1933
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P5550
- Accession No.
- 2014.16
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard: sepia; 13 x 8.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- 1933
- Notes
- Item is signed on the back Slim Williams, but this has not been verified.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Slim Williams international trail blazer, Copper Centre, Alaska to Chicago by dog team
- Date Range
- April 1933
- Collection
- Oswald Hoskins fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Oswald Hoskins fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on photograph caption
- Fonds No.
- PF34
- Series No.
- S2
- Item No.
- P6956
- Accession No.
- 2019.22
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 13.1 x 8.7cm
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- April 1933
- Related Material
- Essentially the same photo as P1064 but with dogs and people in slightly different positions.
- Notes
- Written on the back: "Slim Williams - 1933. Copper Centre, Alaska, to Chicago by dog team. L to R: O. Hoskins, Charlie Monks, Slim Williams."
- Noted as being "by Hilltop."
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Slim Williams International Trail Blazers, from Copper Center Alaska to Chicago by dog.
- Date Range
- April 1933
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on photograph description
- Creator
- Levitt, A.
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P1064
- Accession No.
- 1982.10
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard; sepia; 14x8cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- April 1933
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Related Material
- Essentially the same photo as P6956 but with dogs and people in slightly different positions.
- Notes
- Written on front of photograph: "-1933- Slim Williams International Trail Blazer. Copper Centre, Alaska to Chicago by dog team. Smithers, B.C."
- Noted as being "by Hilltop."
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Clyde "Slim" Williams and John Logan in Smithers, B.C.
- Date Range
- 1939
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Acme Newspictures Inc., San Francisco
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P5546
- Accession No.
- 2017.79
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 22.5 x 18 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- 1939
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- On back of photograph is typed:
"Motorcyclists chart new proposed Alaska Highway
Smithers, British Columbia. Clyde C. "Slim" Williams, left of Adventures Club, Chicago, Ill., and John [L?] Logan, right, of Pittsburgh, PA, 1410 miles of almost unbroken wilderness behind them, leave here for Vancouver, B.C., on the next to the last lap of their cycling back through Alaska. The two men left Fairbanks, Alaska, in their motorbikes on May 14. Nearly six months was needed to traverse the 1410 miles, during most of which they broke trail. From Vancouver the adventurers will head for Washington to give a report on conditions of the proposed route for the Aslaskan Highway. (BU) 11-22-39"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
"Slim Williams' Dog Team in Telkwa, B.C."
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Clyde 'Slim' Williams' dog team resting in Telkwa on their trek from Alaska to Chicago.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title derived from caption on photo.
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P8928
- Accession No.
- 2021.3
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Custodial History
- Photo was found in collections in early 2021.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Clyde 'Slim' Williams' dog team resting in Telkwa on their trek from Alaska to Chicago.
- Geographic Access
- Telkwa, B.C.
- Notes
- Item is a photographic negative taken of the original photo.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
"Slim Williams" Dog Team. Mushing From Alaska to Chicago arrives Telkwa, B.C.
- Date Range
- April 1933
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on postcard caption.
- Creator
- Levitt, A.
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P1097
- Accession No.
- 1982.10
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard: sepia; 14 x 9 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- April 1933
- Geographic Access
- Telkwa, B.C.
- Notes
- On the back: "Mrs Asa Robinson Telkwa; Property E. Hann"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Slim Williams with Ford toboggan in front of Henry Motors
- Date Range
- April 1933
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men (incl. Slim Williams, possibly on far left?) standing outside Henry Motors with Williams' wheeled toboggan.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P10001
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 b&w negative
- Scan Resolution
- 800 dpi
- Date Range
- April 1933
- History / Biographical
- Clyde "Slim" Williams passed through Smithers in spring 1933 en route from Alaska to the Chicago World's Fair by dogsled, in order to prove the viability of the Alaska Highway. According to the Interior News (Jan. 8th 1936), he ran out of snow after reaching Smithers and switched from a toboggan to a "narrowed Ford chassis on which the basket-bowl sled was mounted."
- Custodial History
- Reproduced from an old photo by Bill Dungate, probably in the 1970s or 1980s. Donated to the Museum on April 12th 2022.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men (incl. Slim Williams, possibly on far left?) standing outside Henry Motors with Williams' wheeled toboggan.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Caption on photograph (very hard to read): "Slim Williams from Alaska [illegible] toboggan with Ford wheels enroute to Chicago World Fair, Smithers BC 1933 [copyright applied for?]"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Figure Skating Club wearing 'international' clothing
- Date Range
- March 6, 1996
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photo of members of the Smithers Figure Skating Club wearing 'international' clothing during their annual carnival.
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Series No.
- S4
- Item No.
- P8180
- Accession No.
- 2020.36
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; colour
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- March 6, 1996
- Custodial History
- Photo was taken by Interior News staff for publication in the paper. It was retained by the Interior News until being transferred to the Bulkley Valley Museum, likely in 2007, as part of a large donation of photographs, negatives, and textual records. Item was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in Fall 2020.
- Scope and Content
- Photo of members of the Smithers Figure Skating Club wearing 'international' clothing during their annual carnival.
- Arrangement
- Item was found in an envelope with other photographs from the same date. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Related Material
- P8180-P8182
- Notes
- Negative available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
International highway near Yale, B.C.
- Date Range
- 1911
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the international highway along the Fraser River near Yale, B.C.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P5303
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- 1911
- History / Biographical
- Photo was taken during a 38-day trip from Seattle, Washington to Hazelton, B.C. in a Flanders 20 car driven by P.E. Sands. This was the first automobile to reach Hazelton.
- Custodial History
- No donor information known; possibly acquired around 2009-2012.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the international highway along the Fraser River near Yale, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
The International Pacific Highway System from Mexico City, Mexico to Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a booklet of maps following the Pacific Highway System accompanied by blurbs describing major towns and cities along the way. Featured in this booklet are Burns Lake, Houston, Telkwa, and Hazelton.
International Walk to School Day
- Date Range
- October 2004
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photo of a group of children walking to school from the Gitanmaax Hall on International Walk to School Day, held in early October to promote health and reduce pollution.
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Mike Weeber
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Series No.
- S4
- Item No.
- P8766
- Accession No.
- 2021.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; colour
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- October 2004
- Custodial History
- Photo was submitted to the Interior News for publication in the paper. It was retained by the News until being transferred to the Bulkley Valley Museum, likely in 2007, as part of a large donation of photographs, negatives, and textual records. Item was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in Fall 2020.
- Scope and Content
- Photo of a group of children walking to school from the Gitanmaax Hall on International Walk to School Day, held in early October to promote health and reduce pollution.
- Arrangement
- Item was found in a folder with other submitted photographs. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.
- Geographic Access
- Hazelton, B.C.
- Notes
- Appears in the Interior News, October 15th 2004.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
[Clarence Goodacre?], Mary Goodacre, Slim Goodacre, [Winnifred Goodacre?]
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P6151
- Accession No.
- 2018.27
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 1200 dpi
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Taking on the day of Mary and Slim Goodacre's wedding.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
George Storey, Slim (Jim) McKinnon, and Charlie Sieh with horses at fall fair
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on information provided on back of photo.
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P0122
- Accession No.
- 979.7.35
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 24 x 19 cm
- Negative Number
- F2
- History / Biographical
- Slim (Jim) McKinnon was run over by his team at this fair. He also ran a sawmill with Happy Turner. George Storey and his wife Olive lived in Evelyn. They had four children (Ed, Laurie, Kitty, and Mac) and they came to Evelyn in 1924. George was the postmaster and Olive was his assistant. She died in 1978 and he died in 1969.
- Notes
- Written on back:
"Sm Fall Fair
George Storey Slim (Jim) McKinnon (run over by his team) Charlie Sieh"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Mary and Slim Goodacre
- Date Range
- before 1952
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on information provided by donor.
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P5883
- Accession No.
- 2017.122
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm (TIF)
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 1200 dpi
- Date Range
- before 1952
- Geographic Access
- Lake Kathlyn, B.C.
- Notes
- Photo was taken at the Goodacres' cabin at Lake Kathlyn, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Mary and Slim Goodacre wedding
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P6147
- Accession No.
- 2018.27
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 1200 dpi
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Identified (l-r): Rose Lörtscher (nee Adomeit), Catherine [?], Mary Goodacre, [?]
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Mary and Slim Goodacre wedding
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P6148
- Accession No.
- 2018.27
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 1200 dpi
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Subject Access
- Bulkley Valley District Hospital
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Identified (l-r): [?], Rose Lörtscher (nee Adomeit), [?], [?], Catherine [?]
- Photo taken at the Bulkley Valley District Hospital Nurses' Residence
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Newlyweds Slim and Mary Goodacre
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P6150
- Accession No.
- 2018.27
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 1200 dpi
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Taking on the day of Mary and Slim Goodacre's wedding
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
G.L. Williams
- Date Range
- ca 1970's
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P2457
- Accession No.
- 1983.14.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 3.8 x 3 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- ca 1970's
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Mayor of Smithers 1974-1975.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
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