"Kitimat Hospital: Kitmano chapter of Registered Nurses' Association of BC competition to raise funds for Kitimat hospital residnce
Sheila Bagley
Russel McKone
Mrs.Bill Hatch "
"Kitimat Hospital: Kitmano chapter of Registered Nurses' Association of BC competition to raise funds for Kitimat hospital residnce
Sheila Bagley
Russel McKone
Mrs.Bill Hatch "
Notes
A: HISTORICAL
1.KITIMAT GENERAL HOSPITAL
b): Public Health
Photo showing Kitamaat's first hotel built by Walter Williscroft and owned by Charles William Clifford, Member of the British Columbia Legislature for the Skeena riding and promoter of Kitamaat for Canada's northern railway terminus.
Photo showing Kitamaat's first hotel built by Walter Williscroft and owned by Charles William Clifford, Member of the British Columbia Legislature for the Skeena riding and promoter of Kitamaat for Canada's northern railway terminus.
Photo showing the Anderson children sitting on a horse from left to right: Beth Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Bert Anderson, Don Smith, and Mr. McBeth from Hartley Bay holding the horse.
Photo showing the Anderson children sitting on a horse from left to right: Beth Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Bert Anderson, Don Smith, and Mr. McBeth from Hartley Bay holding the horse.
Photograph of Jack Fountain and Dr. Dorothea Bower (Mr and Mrs Fountain). This is supposedly their wedding photo. Photo taken at Artona Studio, Hastings & Homer Sts. Vancouver, B.C.
Wedding photo of Mr. and Mrs. Fountain from 1910. Dorothea, born in 1872, came to Kitamaat for mission work. She was a doctor, having received a degree at Trinity Medical Collage in Toronto in 1904, and as a woman, this was an unusual profession for the time. She was well liked by the people in Kitamaat, and became close with the Anderson family, often visiting their ranch as a respite from her duties. It was there she met Jack Fountain, a surveyor of lumber prospects. He arrived one night exhausted and ill, with his arm in an advanced state of devil’s club poisoning. Dr. Bower was called in to treat him, and managed to save not only his life, but his arm as well. It was from this incident that the two fell in love, and Jack asked Dorothea to marry him for saving his life. The engagement was not taken positively by those who knew them though. Jack was a kind and humorous man, but 10 years older and not religious; not considered a suitable fit for Dorothea. But despite opposition and risk for her reputation, the two were married in 1910 in Ontario, and later moved to Vancouver where this photo was taken.
Custodial History
Donated by Mary Richmond.
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Photograph of Jack Fountain and Dr. Dorothea Bower (Mr and Mrs Fountain). This is supposedly their wedding photo. Photo taken at Artona Studio, Hastings & Homer Sts. Vancouver, B.C.
Photo showing Braun children, from left to right: Christel Braun, Lotti Braun, and Ursel Braun watching their family pet cat drink from a bowl in yard.
Photo showing Braun children, from left to right: Christel Braun, Lotti Braun, and Ursel Braun watching their family pet cat drink from a bowl in yard.
Photo showing Braun children with their father and unidentified visitors. From left to right: Christel Braun pulling wagon, Rudolph Braun, Lotti Braun in wagon, Ursel Braun pushing wagon and unknown visitors on right.
Photo showing Braun children with their father and unidentified visitors. From left to right: Christel Braun pulling wagon, Rudolph Braun, Lotti Braun in wagon, Ursel Braun pushing wagon and unknown visitors on right.
Photo showing three daughters of Rudolph and Martha Braun playing in garden with dolls and teddy bears, from left to right: Ursel Braun, Lotti Braun, and Christel Braun.
Photo showing three daughters of Rudolph and Martha Braun playing in garden with dolls and teddy bears, from left to right: Ursel Braun, Lotti Braun, and Christel Braun.
Photo showing pioneers of Kitimat, from left to right: Christel Braun, John Hogenbarem, Martha Braun, Antonnie Braun, Lotti Braun, and Ursul Braun in a garden.
Photo showing pioneers of Kitimat, from left to right: Christel Braun, John Hogenbarem, Martha Braun, Antonnie Braun, Lotti Braun, and Ursul Braun in a garden.