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Oak Bay Archives PR 104 - Harold & Ada (Sally) Brown papers
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Record group consists of 152 b&w and colour photographic prints and ephemera on paper, removed from 2 modern adhesive albums. Accession 2016-006, acquired earlier.
Provenance: Albums were left at the Oak Bay Administration desk for donation to the Archives prior to 2012 by the then owners of the home. Fonds consists of photographs of the Francis family of 2346 Windsor Road Oak Bay. Arranged in order as found in the two albums.
All photographs have been digitized and are available online here.
Preservation: Original prints have been placed in individual melinex sleeves because of the old adhesive on many of the reverse sides, to avoid photos sticking together while allowing them to be handled.
Albums were photocopied after receipt at the Archives, in colour (no digital photographs) to show context and original arrangement. There are annotations/captions in the albums and more added to the colour photocopies. Photos & accompanying ephemera were removed from albums for preservation reasons, owing to the old adhesive, and the albums were not retained.
Accession of originals from album 2 may be incomplete – one folder is labelled ‘photocopies only, no orginals – found in album 2’. The originals of these photos may have been in an additional album that was never accessioned - documentatino incomplete.
Biographical note:
Harold MacLean Francis (17 Oct 1907-15 March 1992) was born in London, England. His parents were Ernest Henry Francis (born Isle of Wight) and Flora Elizabeth MacLean (born Oban, Scotland). Ada Francis (10 September 1907 - ?) was born Ada Tilley Brown, and was known as Sally; her parents were Charles Frederic Brown and Maria (nee Tilley) Brown of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Harold and Sally were married in June 1935 in Middleton, Nova Scotia, and had one son, Charles Henry (b. ?ca 1939, m. Sharon Patricia Maria Tonsi of Edmonton in July 1960) ?and a daughter Valerie (born ?ca 1943).
The Francis family lived at 2346 Windsor Road (Oak Bay, Victoria BC) for more than half a century, 1944-2002/3. Before moving to Windsor Rd they lived on the west side of Miramontes in Saanich (1940) and at 821 Newport Avenue in Oak Bay (1943).
Harold Francis worked as secretary to Coast & Lakes Alluvial and Columbia Exploration, then as an accountant with George Touche & Co in Victoria and later as export sales manager for Kennametal, retired 1978. He was president of the Oak Bay Ratepayers’ Association in 1967. [1] Harold Francis died on 15 March 1992 at the age of 84. Sally continued to live on Windsor Rd until 2002/3 and moved to an apartment at 50 Douglas St in 2004.
LISTING
PR 104/1 Album 1
According to the photocopy, 41 pages containing photos and other items. 80 original items found and described, 2023.
PR 104/1/1 “Christmas card 1979 from Anthony Francis’s mother, Min, and Brigadier Jim Sanceau.” Embossed “British Red Cross Society” on front of card, colour photo of HM Queen Elizabeth II (patron & President of the British Red Cross Society) inside, annotated “Harold + Sally”, signed “Min Francis + Jim Sanceau”. [?Reginald James Sanceau]
PR 104/1/2 b/w print 3 ½ x 5 ½”. Man in hunting clothes and top hat sitting on a horse in front of a brick wall. Front end of old fashioned (Rolls Royce?) car and man in peak cap. Houses behind. Caption “’PAM’ – Chiddingfold Hunt – meet Baynards station near Cranleigh, Surrey.” Baynards Station at Cranleigh closed in 1965. No identifications other than ?initials P.A.M., ND – 1910s-20s?
PR 104/1/3 b/w print of a man in tropical whites and knee socks, holding sola topee, standing on a wooden deck or balcony with thatch/leaf roof. Annotated on reverse “Do you know who this mess is? March 3rd 1930.” Album annotated “The Old Firm” at top of page, “James Moon” under an empty space. Under this photo, “Lewis Rhodes // & Harold Francis not shown all started school together at age six. James & Harold still survive in 1980!”
Maclean family history (Harold’s mother’s side)
PR 104/1/4 b/w print, left ¾ profile of a woman, seated, hands shown, wearing a dark dress with lace sleeves, pearl necklace and earrings. annotated on reverse “Court [?count] size”, “M E 76957 A Mrs Francis 30-6-30”. Later annotations in album: “Flora Elizabeth Maclean. Married (1) Ernest Henry Palin Francis and (2) Wilfred Keble Rhodes. Mother of Harold Maclean Francis.”
PR 104/1/5 b/w photo postcard showing “Mac-Ill_Eathain Dhubhairt (Sir Fitzroy MacLean, Bart., of Duart). Photo “By permission of Elliott & Fry, Baker Street, [London] W.” Reverse not used, no annotations.
PR 104/1/6 b/w photo print of memorial inscription: “To the glory of God and in memory of Rev. Peter MacLean First Presbyterian Minister to serve Whycocomagh [Cape Breton, Nova Scotia] congregation 1837-1842 Born in Uig, Island of Lewis 1800, Died in Stornoway, Lewis March 20 1868. Deagh Shaighdear Iosa Criosd.” Annotation on reverse: “The Gaelic means – ‘A commendable soldier of Jesus Christ’. Harold’s Gt Grandfather.”
Brown family history (Ada/Sally’s side)
PR 104/1/7 b/w photo print mounted on black card, showing a 3 storey white clapboard house with central gable and porch, paved drive. Man with dog, boy with hands on hips, girl in middy blouse on bicycle lower left. Annotated in pencil on reverse (hard to read): “Brown House, Mill Hill (Vancouver) yarmouth North (known to the older generation as Milton) Built by Stayley Brown, father of Charles E. and grandfather of Charles F.” Annotation in album: The family home of the Browns in Yarmouth, NS., where Charles Frederic Brown was born.” Address is 12 Vancouver St, nothing to do with Vancouver BC. See Canada’s Historic Places Register: https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4919
PR 104/1/8 b/w photo print of indoor family gathering: at least 15 members of at least 3 generations, men, women and children standing, seated, and on the floor. Annotated in album: “The Brown family and relatives at their Yarmouth house. CF Brown standing at left.”
PR 104/1/9 b/w photo print, printed on stiff card,. Formal full length studio portrait of 5 boys aged ca. 3-16 yrs, the youngest in a short dress, middle two in knee breeches with long socks, all seated. Decorative reverse. Annotated in album: “Charles Frederic Brown (top right) and his brothers.) Photographer: Parker, Yarmouth Nova Scotia. ND [ca 1900]
PR 104/1/10 b/w photo print, studio portrait, bust length, of a group of five young women of the same generation. Annotated in album “His sisters” i.e. five sisters of Charles Frederic Brown and the other four boys in 1/9. Photographer: George F Parker, Main St, Yarmouth Nova Scotia. ND [ ca 1900]
PR 104/1/11 b/w photo print, full length, outdoor wedding group, with blossoming trees in background. Annotated in album: L-R “Spurgeon Grimm, Hubert Lonergan, Mary Sandilands, Sally Francis [bride], Harold Francis [groom], Doris Bentley, Ian Rhodes.” ND
PR 104/1/12 newspaper cutting. Wedding announcement for Charles F Brown and “Miss [Maria] Tilley, eldest daughter of Capt. J.A Tilley”, married in Trinity church, Yarmouth (Nova Scotia). Source not noted. Annotated in pencil, “1896 Dec. 31st”. Parents of Ada/Sally. Location Holy Trinity Anglican church, https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7047.
PR 104/1/13 printed wedding invitation: “Capt. And Mrs. John A. Tilley invite you to be present at the marriage of their daughter Maria to Mr Charles F Brown, Thursday evening, December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and half after eight o’clock, Holy Trinity Church, Reception after ceremony at their residence, Forbes street, Yarmouth, N.S.”
PR 104/1/14 8 x 10” b/w studio bust length portrait photo of a young woman wearing a white dress and pearls. Signed bottom left, photographer’ signature illegible - ?Morton. ND, no annotations. From other photos, it is Ada/Sally Brown, later Francis. See also 1/34 and album 2/68.
PR 104/1/15 8 x 10 b/w print of 8 senior men in suits, one seated, the others standing, around a table holding 5 pieces of leather luggage. Presentation - see 16. An audience can be seen in the mirror at left. No annotations, identifications, date, location etc. From 17, CF Brown is 3rd from right.
PR 104/1/16 8 x 10” b/w print from same occasion as 15; 3 men, presentation luggage on table behind them. 2 of the 3 (centre and right) appear in 15. No identifications. Annotation in album: “Retirement ceremonies on the retirement of CF Brown after 52 years service with Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co. 1939.” From 17, CF Brown is at right.
PR 104/1/17 5 x 7 colour print. Family gathering with Sally's parents, senior generations seated around a tea table with a large decorated birthday cake, inscription illegible. Annotation in album identifications L-R: “CF Brown, Sally, Capt Wanning birthday boy, Ruth Evans, Maria Brown”.
PR 104/1/18 printed wedding announcement card. “Mr and Mrs Charles Frederic [sic] Brown announce the marriage of their daughter Ada Tilley to Mr Harold Maclean Francis on Saturday the first of June nineteen hundred and thirty-five Middleton, Nova Scotia.” Location not given.
PR 104/1/19 3x5” b/w print of bride, groom and flower girl leaving church, top of steps at church door
PR 104/1/20 b/w print of bridal party leaving the church
PR 104/1/21 8 x 10” b/w print of bride and groom, Ada (Sally) and Harold Francis. Same series as 11.
PR 104/1/22 b/w print of Ada (Sally) and Harold Francis and wedding party outdoors, walking.
PR 104/1/23 b/w print of Ada & Harold Francis wedding party outdoors – small print of 11?
PR 104/1/24 b/w print of Ada and Harold Francis about to get into their wedding car.
PR 104/1/25 colour print of Ada (Sally) and Harold Frances seated at the back of a ship with picnic, west coast landscape in background. Annotation in album “On the ‘Island Princess’ 1979”.
PR 104/1/26 colour print of Harold Francis, outdoors, glass in hand. Annotation in album “near Sooke, BC 1980”
PR 104/1/27 colour print of young woman standing in front of a duck pond, background a park in winter. Annotation on reverse “Me in Kensington Gdns”. Annotation in album: "Miki in Kensington Gardens 1980” [London UK]
PR 104/1/28 colour print of Ada (Sally) Francis, similar background to 26. ND, prob. 1980.
PR 104/1/29 mounted b/w print of parents holding a baby in a white dress. No identifications.
PR 104/1/30 colour print, school/studio photo of a girl 10-11 years old. ND, no identification.
PR 104/1/31 colour print, school/studio photo of a boy 8-9 years old. ND, no identification.
PR 104/1/32 colour print, young woman surrounded by pigeons, in front of the lions in Trafalgar Square, London UK. Annotation on reverse and in album “Natasha, Trafalgar Square 1980.”
PR 104/1/33 8 x 10” b/w print, dog show: man and woman presenting rosettes, rose bowl and trophy, sign reading “1 Best in Show’ to man showing a red setter dog. ND, no identifications. Photographer: Stu Wainwright Photography, 69 Dalton Way NW, Calgary AB. See 35.
PR 104/1/34 8x10” studio portrait of a young woman, seated, in a white dress and pearls, fur cuffs on ¾ sleeves. From other photos, this is Ada/Sally Brown, later Francis. See also 14. ND.
PR 104/1/35 8x10” b/w print, dog show: outdoors on a lawn, a man holding a rosette and wearing a ribbon, sign “Best Ca. breed”, same man as above showing the same red setter dog. Onlookers and venue restrooms in background. Photographer: Stu Wainwright Photography, 69 Dalton Way NW, Calgary AB. See 33. ND, no identifications.
PR 104/1/36 5x7” studio portrait, b/w print, nursing graduate in white uniform, cap, pin/brooch, certificate, roses. Inscribed “To Sally and Harold with love [Malin]”. ND, ?early 1970s or earlier.
PR 104/1/37 colour print, studio school style photo of boy 6-7 years old. ND, late 1970s/early 1980s.
PR 104/1/38 colour print, studio school style photo of girl 6-7 years old. ND, late 1970s/early 1980s.
PR 104/1/39 colour print, interior, dining room set for festive meal. Album annotated ‘Xmas 1980’.
PR 104/1/40 colour print, interior, same setting as 39, 5 people seated around the table. Sally Francis is at the foot. No identifications.
PR 104/1/41 colour print, landscape view of “the rockery at 2346 Windsor Road” Oak Bay showing numerous flowering plants. Blurred.
PR 104/1/42 colour print, landscape view of the garden at 2346 Windsor Road Oak Bay, showing pale pink climbing rose in bloom, trained against a corner of the house. Annotated in album “Daily Mail”
PR 104/1/43 colour print, landscape view of “the rockery at 2346 Windsor Road” Oak Bay showing numerous flowering plants and bird bath/fountain. Blurred.
PR 104/1/44 colour print, landscape view of “the rockery at 2346 Windsor Road” Oak Bay showing numerous flowering plants. Blurred but clearer than 41 and 43.
PR 104/1/45 colour print, snowy wooded landscape, person bent over in centre. Annotated on reverse: “Jan. 11 1981. At the cottage. I’m checking out the drains to make sure that all is flowing well. Front view looking on to the Gatineau River.” Annotated in album “Monica 1980.”
PR 104/1/46 colour print, a woman in cross country skiing gear on a trail through snowy woods. Annotated on reverse: “Jan. ’81. On the ski trails in the Laurentians.”
PR 104/1/47 colour print, a man seated on a concrete step in a garden between two dogs, Alsatian (German shepherd) on right. Processing print on reverse, “Nov. 1980.” Annotation in album “Michael 1980”.
PR 104/1/48 colour print: snow on garden and side of house. annotated in album “Winter 1979 at [2346] Windsor Road”.
PR 104/1/49 colour print: snow on garden and corner of house, person in winter clothes standing under large window. annotated in album “Winter 1979 at [2346] Windsor Road”.
PR 104/1/50 colour print: snow on sidewalk, boulevard trees and road, ?Windsor Road. annotated in album “Winter 1979 at [2346] Windsor Road”.
PR 104/1/51 colour print: snow on sidewalk, boulevard trees and road, ?Windsor Road. annotated in album “Winter 1979 at [2346] Windsor Road”.
PR 104/1/52 colour print: DeGarthe’s Memorial sculpture in Peggy’s Cove, NS, see https://historicnovascotia.ca/items/show/47 . annotated in album “De Garthe’s Sculpture” and “Nova Scotia 1981”
PR 104/1/53 colour print DeGarthe’s Memorial sculpture in Peggy’s Cove, NS, see https://historicnovascotia.ca/items/show/47 . annotated in album “Nova Scotia 1981”
PR 104/1/54 colour print: fishing boats and other small craft moored at a dock. Location not noted. annotated in album “Nova Scotia 1981”
PR 104/1/55 colour print: fishing boats and other small craft moored at a dock. Location not noted; one boat is marked “Tancook Island NS”, not far from Peggy’s Cove. Annotated in album “Nova Scotia 1981”
PR 104/1/56 colour print: rocky landscape and bright coloured houses, annotated in album “From Peggy’s Cove”
PR 104/1/57 colour print, rocky foreshore, bay and rocky point, annotated in album “From Peggy’s Cove”
PR 104/1/58 b/w deckle edge print. Woman standing in a garden, telephone pole behind. Annotated on reverse “Mother, Grono. Oct. 1961”. Processor’s print on edge “Oct 1961”. [Grono Road, Dutch Settlement, Nova Scotia – between Sackville and Shubenacadie]
PR 104/1/59 colour print annotated in album “The rockery at 2346 Windsor Road, Victoria BC 1982”. See also 41, 43-44.
PR 104/1/60 colour print annotated in album “The rockery at 2346 Windsor Road, Victoria BC 1982”. See also 41, 43-44.
PR 104/1/61 colour print annotated in album “The rockery at 2346 Windsor Road, Victoria BC 1982”. See also 41, 43-44.
PR 104/1/62 colour print annotated in album “The rockery at 2346 Windsor Road, Victoria BC 1982”. See also 41, 43-44.
PR 104/1/63 colour print. Red rose bushes “Fragrant Cloud”, hedge and Garry oaks behind. Garden at 2346 Windsor Rd, prob. 1982.
PR 104/1/64 colour print. Pink rose bush “Confidence”. Garden at 2346 Windsor Rd, prob. 1982.
PR 104/1/65 colour print. Pink roses “Queen Elizabeth”. Garden at 2346 Windsor Rd, prob. 1982.
PR 104/1/66 colour print. Annotated on album “silver birches”. Garden at 2346 Windsor Rd. annotated on reverse “1982”.
PR 104/1/67 colour print: red rose buses and bird bath with mermaid figure. Garden at 2346 Windsor Rd
PR 104/1/68 colour print. From indoors, showing rose bushes and Garry oaks. Garden at 2346 Windsor Rd. Annotated on album “through the sunroom window”.
PR 104/1/69 colour print showing the front walk with flowerbed, front door and rose bushes – front garden at 2346 Windsor Rd. annotated on album “miniature roses”.
PR 104/1/70 colour print: man and woman standing in front of a garden gate, wooded landscape behind. Annotated in album “Dick & Ann Francis”. ND.
PR 104/1/71 colour print, wedding: L-R groom, bride and Harold Francis, outdoors in a garden. Annotated on reverse “Harold”. Annotated on album: “Shannon Clarke’s wedding (Annabel Watson’s granddaughter)”.
PR 104/1/72 colour print: same woman as in 73, reclining in Adirondack chair, outdoors, wooded landscape behind. Annotated on reverse: “May 24, 1981 At the cottage – a lovely day. Oh, how nice to relax and enjoy the place!!” Annotated on album: “Country Girl”
PR 104/1/73 colour print: same woman as in 72, in green dress/coat, in a parking lot. Annotated on reverse “April 25, 1981. Me about to go off to Dick’s wedding”. Annotated on album “Town Girl”.
PR 104/1/74 colour print: annotated on album “St Stephen’s church, Mt Newton”. Showing west door and huge evergreens growing very close to the building. Historic Anglican church in Central Saanich: https://www.parishcs.ca/about/st-stephens-heritage ND - photo prob 1970s/early 80s.
PR 104/1/75 colour print: 4 people, 3 seated, outdoors on a patio in front of a dark wood board & batten building, steps up to a screen door. Annotated on album: “The Coles & the Francises at Metchosin” ND. Prob 1980s
PR 104/1/76 colour print: 3 people standing on the upper deck of a ship (prob ferry), photo taken from inside showing wooden walls and window, sea view behind. Annotated in album: “Joan Whitehead with us en route to Orcas Island”. L-R: Joan Whitehead, Harold Francis, Sally Francis. ND, prob 1980s.
PR 104/1/77 b/w deckle edge photo postcard showing “School Boat House, River Severn, Shrewsbury.” Shrewsbury School on the hill above the river and boathouse. https://www.shrewsbury.org.uk/ Reverse: addressed to “Mr & Mrs HM Francis 2346 Windsor Road. Thoroughly enjoying England + Wales. Going to Snowdon Country today. Waltz has lent us a brand new Zodiac so we are very comfortable. Staying at the Raven in Shrewsbury till Aug 1 then to Salisbury + Oxford + home. FLOREAT SALOPIA [county and city motto of Shrewsbury and Shropshire, ‘Let/May Shropshire/Shrewsbury flourish”]. All the best, Alex.” Postmark Machynlleth (west Wales, between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth), 30 July 1959.
PR 104/1/78 Colour postcard showing oil painting, John Alford’s “Shrewsbury School Bumping Races, from a private collection”. Shrewsbury School boat house shown with rowing sculls (coxed fours) in racing line on right, other boats rowing the other direction before or after racing, spectators on both banks.
Next page in colour photocopy of album, numbered 2016-006-049 for whole page, shows 4 decaying (orange) colour prints of the Grand Canyon, annotated on album “Grand Cañon”. No original photo prints of these images found with the collection February 2023.
Next page in colour photocopy of album, numbered 2016-006-050 for whole page, shows 4 decaying (orange) colour prints of similar canyons and rock formations, annotated on album “Other Cañons”. No original photo prints of these images found with the collection February 2023.
PR 104/1/79 colour print: Harold Francis, younger woman not identified, and Sally Francis, outdoors in wooded snowy setting, with picnic. Annotated on reverse: “Happy New Year to 1974. Our picnic, welcoming in the New Year, out at Sooke (I sent one of these to Michael knowing how much he would enjoy it). Me with my beloved extra set (adopted) of parents.” Removed a lot of stuck on backing paper and old adhesive to reveal most of the annotation, Feb 2023.
PR 104/1/80 8 x 10” b’w print. Wedding photos, Ada/Sally Brown, interior, dressed for her wedding. Annotated in album “Miss Sally Brown, one hour later Mrs Harold Francis 1 June 1935”.
PR 104/1/81 b/w print of baby boy laughing, annotated on album “Robin Francis” .
PR 104/1/82 b/w print of baby girl, annotated on album “Lisa Francis” (same child as shown in 29).
PR 104/1/83 colour print: woman in winter clothes with ski poles, in front of snow covered cabin in snowy treed landscape. Annotated on reverse “Jan 11 1981 – Gleneagle, PQ. At the cottage.Look at the lovely white fluffy stuff!!” same woman as in 29 etc. Found with Album 1 contents but not included in Album 1 or 2 colour photocopy.
PR 104/1/84 colour print, Harold and Sally Francis, outdoors in front of low stone wall, decorative lion behind. No annotations, ND, 1980s. Found with Album 1 contents but not included in Album 1 or 2 colour photocopy.
Album photocopy numbers 2016-006-044 and -045 Described out of order as album order is questionable and these prints were found and matched to the photocopy later.
End of album 1
PR 104/2 Album 2
68 prints found and described 2023.
PR 104/2/1 colour print: dining room (2346 Windsor Road?) Same room as in Christmas dinner photos. Sideboard with decanters, painting of three masted ship hanging over it.
PR 104/2/2 colour print: dining room (2346 Windsor Road?) Same room as in Christmas dinner photos. Window, side table, sideboard, dinner table.
PR 104/2/3 colour print: dining room (2346 Windsor Road?) Same room as in Christmas dinner photos. Spinning wheel under L window, small table, lamp and large mirror between windows, side chair under R window.
PR 104/2/4 colour print: living room or dining room (2346 Windsor Road?) Corner cabinet, sofa. ND
PR 104/2/5 colour print: living room or dining room (2346 Windsor Road?) detail of corner cabinet. ND
PR 104/2/6 colour print: living room or dining room (2346 Windsor Road?) side table and chairs against the wall, painting hung over table. ND
PR 104/2/7 colour print: living room (2346 Windsor Road?) Fireplace. ND
PR 104/2/8 colour print: living room (2346 Windsor Road?) Corner and large picture window. ND
PR 104/2/9 colour print: living room (2346 Windsor Road?) garden showing rose bushes, c.f.similar in album 1. ND
PR 104/2/10 Baby announcement card, business card size. “Ada Tilley Brown, September 10,1907. Mr & Mrs Charles Frederic Brown Merry Christmas”
PR 104/2/11 b/w print of boy, 6-7 years old. No identification.
PR 104/2/12 colour print: two women in garden setting. Annotated on reverse: “mid September 1979 ‘The Sister’ in the garden at 2346 Windsor Rd.” Woman on right is Ada/Sally Francis. Woman on left appears in Christmas dinner photos.
PR 104/2/13 colour print, bedroom (2346 Windsor Road?) – painting and framed documents hung on wall.
PR 104/2/14 colour print, bedroom (2346 Windsor Road?) – painting and framed documents hung on wall, slightly different angle from 13.
PR 104/2/15 colour print, bedroom (2346 Windsor Road?) – bed and paintings hung above it.
PR 104/2/16 colour print. Annotated on album: “With the Frasers at the Crow and Gate”. Crow & Gate pub, Yellow Point Road, Nanaimo.
PR 104/2/17 colour print Annotated on album: “With the Frasers at the Crow and Gate”. Annotated on reverse “mid-September 1979 At the Crow + Gate up the island.” Crow & Gate pub, Yellow Point Road, Nanaimo (est. 1972) https://crowandgate.ca/ .
PR 104/2/18 colour print Annotated on album: “With the Frasers at the Crow and Gate”. Annotated on reverse “mid-September 1979 At the Crow + Gate up the island.” Crow & Gate pub, Yellow Point Road, Nanaimo.
PR 104/2/19 colour print Annotated on album: “With the Frasers at the Crow and Gate”. Crow & Gate pub, Yellow Point Road, Nanaimo.
PR 104/2/20 colour print. [Anna Kelly] and Sally Francis in a formal rose garden, early spring. Annotated in album: “Anna Kelly’s visit 1979”
PR 104/2/21 colour print. Sally and Harold Francis in the garden at 2346 Windsor Rd. Annotated on reverse “mid September 1979. My dear Harold and Sally in their lovely garden.” Annotated in album: “Anna Kelly’s visit 1979”
PR 104/2/22 colour print. Dining room at 2346 Windsor, table set for festive meal. Annotated in album: “Anna Kelly’s visit 1979”
PR 104/2/23 colour print. Sally and Harold Francis and [Anna Kelly] in a winter garden setting. Annotated on reverse: “March 1979, Butchart Gardens”. Annotated in album: “Anna Kelly’s visit 1979”
PR 104/2/24 colour print. Sally and Harold Francis and [Anna Kelly] in front of Butchart Gardens fountain. Annotated on reverse: “March 1979, Butchart Gardens”. Annotated in album: “Anna Kelly’s visit 1979”
PR 104/2/25 colour print. Sally Francis and [Anna Kelly] in front of panoramic view and observation plaque ‘The Gulf Islands’. Top of ? PKOLS (Mt Douglas) Annotated in album: “Anna Kelly’s visit 1979”
PR 104/2/26 b/w 5x7”p print. 5 men informally dressed (1 in a tie & shirt sleeves), outdoors. No identifications. Annotated on reverse: Photographer: George NY Simpson, 1025A Fort St. Annotated on album: “Pacific Club Fishing Trip 1947”. Identifications were annotated in the album but were cut off in the photocopy and lost, except for that on far right, Sid ?Marmington.
PR 104/2/27 b/w 5x7”p print. Same 5 men as 25 informally dressed (1 in a tie & shirt sleeves), on a boat, towing a dinghy in the wake. No identifications. Annotated on reverse: Photographer: George NY Simpson, 1025A Fort St. Identifications were annotated in the album but have been cut off the photocopy and lost except for that on far right, Sid ?Marmington.
PR 104/2/28 b/w print, informal family group (?) of 6 reclining on the lawn in the sunshine, with dogs. No identifications, ND. [?England, ca. 1920s.]
PR 104/2/29 b/w print, 3 children sitting on rocks & in water – steep cliffs in background. No identifications, ND [?south coast of England, ca. 1910s]
PR 104/2/30 b/w print, 4 men on deck of large ship, lifeboat in davits in background. Annotated on reverse: “Bob, Harold, Cpt Bloomer, Mr Liard on SS Manchester Producer Halifax 14th April 1933.” Annotated in album “On board “Lord Kelvin cable repair ship, Halifax NS Bob Whitley HMF [i.e. Harold Maclean Francis] Capt Bloomer and ?” Which is it?
PR 104/2/31 b/w print, bearded man seated in wooden rowing boat, boy in Norfolk jacket leaning over boat from dock, bay and hills in background. Annotated on reverse “John Stuart & Harold Aug 1924 Whiting Bay”. Annotated on album “HMF [under figure of boy, right] “Isle of Arran 1924.”
PR 104/2/32 colour print. Ice floating in water, steep fjord/fell in background. Annotated on album “Alaska 1977”.
PR 104/2/33 colour print. Looking over water to glacier near water level between steep fjord/fells in background. Annotated on album “Alaska 1977”.
PR 104/2/34 colour print. Looking over water to snow covered fjord/fells in background. Annotated on album “Alaska 1977”.
PR 104/2/35 colour print. Looking over water to glacier between steep fjord/fells in background. Annotated on album “Alaska 1977”.
PR 104/2/36 colour print. Looking from government wharf with tin roof shed toward small town waterfront with houses and community buildings (school?). Annotated on album “Alert Bay” ND prob 1977
PR 104/2/37 colour print. Looking from government wharf, probably opposite direction to that shown in 36, toward large cleared slope between houses and beach, with several totem poles (welcome poles) facing the water. Annotated on album “Alert Bay” ND prob 1977
PR 104/2/38 colour print. Looking from above government wharf (from cruise ship?) over docked fishing boats toward small town waterfront with fish processing buildings on pilings. Annotated on album “Ketchikan” [Alaska] ND prob 1977
PR 104/2/39 colour print, looking over water toward built up waterfront with large multi storey buildings (hotels), steep wooded mountainside behind. ND, prob. Alaska 1977.
PR 104/2/40 colour print. Back of man on outer deck of ferry or cruise ship, looking out to sea, steep mountains in background. Annotated on album “A.N. Other” but looks like Harold Francis. [prob also Alaska trip 1977.]
PR 104/2/41 colour print, Sally Francis on outer deck of cruise ship, with life ring of SS Princess Patricia, CP ship used for Alaska cruises until 1978. [prob also Alaska trip 1977.]
PR 104/2/42 colour print small icebergs in calm bay, snow capped mountains in background. [prob also Alaska trip 1977.]
PR 104/2/43 colour print. A woman in a plaid dress and Sally Francis on outer deck of cruise ship, showing life ring of SS Princess Patricia, CP ship used for Alaska cruises until 1978. Annotated on album “Maureen and Sally”. [prob also Alaska trip 1977.]
PR 104/2/44 colour print. Woman in summer hat holding baby in front of an open church door. Annotated on album “Val &”.
PR 104/2/45 b/w print. Two children, girl about 2 and boy 7-8 yrs, seated on a beach. Annotated on album “Valerie & Charles circa 1946.”
PR 104/2/46 colour print. Two women in a formal rose garden. Annotated on album “Sally & Betty 1976”.
PR 104/2/47 b/w print. Same small girl as in 45, woman holding her, and dog, on a picnic blanket at the beach. Annotated on album “Valerie, Sally & Sparky 1946”.
PR 104/2/48 colour print. Sally and Harold Francis and a younger woman on the lawn in front of Hatley Castle (Colwood)
PR 104/2/49 colour print. Peacock displaying, Hatley Castle (Colwood).
PR 104/2/50 colour print. Sally Francis in the surf on a rocky beach. Annotated on album “Point No Point” [resort between Sooke and Jordan River, west coast of Vancouver Island]
PR 104/2/51 colour print. Sally Francis in the middle with younger woman and a girl (daughter and granddaughter?) on a beach. Annotated on album “Point No Point” [resort between Sooke and Jordan River, west coast of Vancouver Island]
PR 104/2/52 colour print. Sally Francis at the edge of the water on a flat sandy beach. Annotated on album “Point No Point” [resort between Sooke and Jordan River, west coast of Vancouver Island]
PR 104/2/53 colour print, baby in white dress, seated indoors on the floor, man seated beside her ?Harold Francis]. Annotated on reverse “Sept 29th 1957. Deirdre’s Christening 10 ½ months.” Annotated on album “Her christening 1957”. More of annotation may have been cut off the top of the photocopy.
PR 104/2/54 colour print, small girl in blue dress holding a doll, interior living room. Annotated on reverse “Deirdre on her 4th birthday Nov 16th/60”. Annotated on album “aged 4, 16/11/60”. More of annotation may have been cut off the top of the photocopy.
PR 104/2/55 colour print, woman and dog in a front garden. Annotated on album “Kay Ladd and ‘Charlie Brown’”.
PR 104/2/56 colour print, man between two babies in high chairs, at a tea table outdoors under an apple tree. Annotated on reverse “Ian with Laura & Katie August ‘77”. Annotated on album “Ian Rhodes & descendants”.
PR 104/2/57 b/w print. Full side view of gold dredge in quarry setting, car in front, building behind, other smaller machines nearby. Annotated in album “In California 1941 with the (then) largest dragline gold dredge.”
PR 104/2/58 b/w print. Two men in front of the dredge ?bucket on the ground. Annotated in album “In California 1941 with the (then) largest dragline gold dredge.”
PR 104/2/59 b/w print. Two men in front of another machine with 5+ ft high tires. Annotated in album “In California 1941 with the (then) largest dragline gold dredge.”
PR 104/2/60 b/w print. Two men in front of the dredge bucket, different angle showing a pickup truck. Annotated in album “In California 1941 with the (then) largest dragline gold dredge.” Related material: https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/4761
PR 104/2/61 b/w print. Two men beside the central shed on the dredge. Annotated in album “In California 1941 with the (then) largest dragline gold dredge.”
PR 104/2/62 b/w print. Annotated on album “Aboard the dredge on the Feather River, with Bill Haldane & Harold Kumle.” [Continuing the visit to California’s largest gold dredge, 1941.]
PR 104/2/63 b/w print. Annotated on album “with [Harold] Kumle” [Continuing the visit to California’s largest gold dredge, 1941.]
PR 104/2/64 b/w print. Annotated on album “Piling the tailings”. [Continuing the visit to California’s largest gold dredge, 1941.]
PR 104/2/65 Printed invitation to wedding of Sharon Patricia Maria Tonsi to Charles Henry MacLean Francis [son of Harold and Sally Francis] at Santa Maria Goretti RC Church, Edmonton AB, 2 July 1960.
PR 104/2/66 colour print. Harold Francis and another woman sitting in front of glazed book cases. Annotated on photocopy “loose photos”. ND [1980s]
PR 104/2/67 colour print. Harold and Sally Francis on either side of a young woman, in front of the living room fireplace at 2346 Windsor Rd. Annotated on reverse “January 1992 Sally and Harold with Susan Eldridge”. Annotated on album “loose photos”. 1992.
PR 104/2/68 b/w 7x9 print on 10x12 paper, studio portrait of Sally Brown as a young woman. Same image as 1/14.
PR 104/3 Facsimiles
PR 104/3/1 colour photocopy of Album 1 (41 pp)
PR 104/3/2 colour photocopy of Album 2
PR 104/3/3 colour photocopy of ?more of Album 2? A lost album 3? Unfortunately these pages include the best images of 2346 Windsor Road, particularly of the garden, some from before the Francis family’s ownership. Oak Bay Archives does not hold the originals. Retained by the depositor?
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September in the Archives
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St Patrick St entry, Victoria city directory 1912
Open hours: The Archives were open to the public for enquiries, and in person by appointment, 9.30-4 Tuesdays and Fridays, with Tuesdays 10-1 as drop-in hours.
On-site volunteer hours logged: 32.5 (6 volunteers)
Volunteer projects:
- historic building permits index
- demolished-property files index
- overhaul of reference files & adding 2 recent large accessions
- physical numbering of items in a new accession of personal papers
- maps survey: listing and photographing rolled oversize maps/plans/drawings
Enquiries: 17, of which 3 in person. Running total for 2023: 119
Digital images: View on Flickr
Views on Flickr to end of September (since March 2022): 210,000
Archivist's work:
- What's in the archives? the Community Archives list of holdings has been updated from a list of 6 items to 125, here. Still a work in progress, more descriptions and more detail to come!
- provided binder "On the Street Where You Live" for St Patrick street party: extracts from city directories 1910-1998, index of building permits for the street 1909-1971, list of street names & changes, archives leaflet.
- 8 large drawers of hanging reference files reversed for easy access and filing
- detailed listing of Harold & Sally Francis photos online here
- Attended Heritage Foundation meeting
- AABC Oral history course has started
- Created a new Archives leaflet
Questions or appointment requests? Please get in touch!
Website: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives
Photo Search: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives/photographs
Blog posts: https://connect.oakbay.ca/archives
Email: archives@oakbay.ca
Phone: 250-598-3290- Post by Anna Sander, 1 October 2023.
To cite: Sander, Anna. (2023, September). 'September in the Archives.' [Blog post]. District of Oak Bay, Archives. Retrieved from https://connect.oakbay.ca/admin/projects/archives/news_feed/september-in-the-archives [date accessed].
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August in the Archives
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Oak Bay Archives PR 132/02 Diary of Mrs Walter Burgess (nee Mary Johnston Hastie), p.16 Wed Oct 30 1907 - Maggie and John's wedding day.Open hours: The Archives were open to the public for enquiries, and in person by appointment, 9.30-4 Tuesdays and Fridays, with Tuesdays 10-1 as drop-in hours. (Total hours available to the public: 58.5)
On-site volunteer hours logged: 24
Volunteer projects:
- historic building permits index - ongoing
- demolished-property files index - ongoing
- overhaul of reference files & 2 recent large accessions added - started
Enquiries: 6, of which 2 in person
Digital images: 283 new images created, 366 posted online. View on Flickr
Views on Flickr to end of August (since March 2022): 210,000
Flickr views, August 2023
Community transcription project:
- All 353 pages of Mrs Burgess' 1907-08 diary have been photographed
- all digital images watermarked and uploaded to Flickr.
- 40 000 word transcription of the whole document is complete and online (pp.1-37 were first transcribed by OBA volunteers 2016-2019). More about the transcription project here.
Collections online: PR 132/2 Burgess diary (353 images), PR 104 Francis photos (150 images) View here
OBA PR 104 104/1/49. “Winter 1979 at [2346] Windsor Road”. Francis collection
Questions or appointment requests? Please get in touch!
Website: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives
Photo Search: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives/photographs
Blog posts: https://connect.oakbay.ca/archives
Email: archives@oakbay.ca
Phone: 250-598-3290
- Post by Anna Sander, 1 September 2023.
To cite: Sander, Anna. (2023, August). 'August in the Archives.' [Blog post]. District of Oak Bay, Archives. Retrieved from https://connect.oakbay.ca/admin/projects/archives/news_feed/august-in-the-archives [date accessed].
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July in the Archives
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page from Mary Burgess' 1907 diary, online here
8 August 2023The Archives opened to researchers in person by appointment 9.30-4 Tuesdays and Fridays on 26 June, so were open to the public for all of July; 2 volunteers returned to regular on-site working, and Tuesday 10-1 drop-in hours started, on 18 July.
On-site volunteer hours logged: 12, the first since March 2020
Volunteer projects:
1) continuing an ongoing project to index Oak Bay's historic building permits
2) catching up on another ongoing project, indexing the contents of demolished-property files transferred from the Building & Planning department.
Enquiries: 11, 1 in person. 2023 running total: 96
Digital images created: 170, 100% online.
New community transcription project: a 353-page diary written by Mrs Mary Burgess of Bentinck Ontario in 1907-1908, during part of the time she and her husband spent in Central/North Saanich helping their daughter and her husband establish their farm and care for their then 2 small children. More contextual information to come, more about the transcription project here. All are welcome to participate!
Questions or appointment requests? Please get in touch!
Website: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives
Photo Search: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives/photographs
Blog posts: https://connect.oakbay.ca/archives
Email: archives@oakbay.ca
Phone: 250-598-3290
- Post by Anna Sander, 8 August 2023.
To cite: Sander, Anna. (2023, August). 'July in the Archives.' [Blog post]. District of Oak Bay, Archives. Retrieved fromhttps://connect.oakbay.ca/admin/projects/archives/news_feed/july-in-the-archives [date accessed].
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June in the Archives
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin Email this linkIt’s been an eventful month!
New display: Marion Cumming’s local history books are on the reference library shelves, her cuttings collections for the reference files are listed, and a sample is on display in the foyer at MH.
News: The Archives are open to researchers in person by appointment 9.30-4 Tuesdays and Fridays. There have been a lot of meetings and lots of work on finalizing the volunteer program documentation, but to my great relief, archives volunteers will be starting back on site next week. I only received 7 enquiries in June (good weather maybe?) but the year’s total is 88 so far, on par with last year’s pace.
Volunteers will return and drop-in hours will start on Tuesday 18 July. Tuesdays 10-1 will be a regular drop-in time - no appointment needed for that period, but because our space is smaller these days, with 2 volunteers and the archivist there, we will reach our working capacity of 4 pretty quickly, so appointments are not a bad idea! We are planning to have another drop-in session on Fridays, pending further volunteer availability.
How do I access the archives? The most direct (and step-free) route is via the east side entrance (Fairway side) on the ground floor of Municipal Hall; ring the buzzer marked Archives. If you are already in the main foyer upstairs during Archives drop-in hours, ask reception staff to call the Archives, and the archivist or a volunteer will meet you at the bottom of the internal stairs from the foyer.
The archives space in Municipal Hall hasn't moved, but it has changed shape and size since the MH renovations in 2021 - here's a photo tour of the revised space.
Questions or appointment requests? Please get in touch!
Website: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives
Photo Search: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives/photographs
Blog posts: https://connect.oakbay.ca/archives
Email: archives@oakbay.ca
Phone: 250-598-3290
- Post by Anna Sander, 14 July 2023.
To cite: Sander, Anna. (2023, July). 'June in the Archives.' [Blog post]. District of Oak Bay, Archives. Retrieved from https://connect.oakbay.ca/admin/projects/archives/news_feed/june-in-the-archives [date accessed].