Written on back of photo:
"C.N.R. platform Smithers Waiting for the Troop Train -1943-
Rita McDonald Wilma Watson Pat Hann Dorothy Hindle Daitre Goodacre"
Identified in photograph (l-r): Jack Stroet (father), Jack (11 years old), Willy (3 years old; sitting on someone's shoulders), Wilhelmina (Wilma) Stroet, Mary Stroet (16 years old), and Pete Stroet (12 years old).
Only a digital copy of this photo exists in the BVM Archives.
George Wright was a CNR Conductor who worked on the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific. He served on the first Smithers Village or Municipal Council.
Possibly taken on either the Skeena River or the Bulkley Valley River.
The American company Bucyrus changed its name to Bucyrus-Erie in 1927 when it merged with the Erie Steam Shovel Company, hence the dating of the photograph.
Names H.S. Parker and J. Scedd__ are written on the front. Stamp on the back says "Len. Hillyard Commercial Photography - Photo Finishing, Box 30 - Saskatoon, Sask." Likely refers to photographer Leonard A. (Len) Hillyard.
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