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Clennell 'Punch' Dickins fonds Fort Simpson, NT
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"prints and negatives McKenzie [sic] Riv Winter - 29/30"

A B.C. Hydro envelope labelled "prints and negatives McKenzie [sic] Riv Winter - 29/30", containing:
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of Bishop Breynat and 3 men [2 copper prospectors and Punch?], Fort Smith? October 1929. Caption on reverse: "Dovner prospectors brought out from Coppermine - Oct 1929, and Bishop Breynat in fur parka, arrival at Fort Smith?" [another print appears in 6-127]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, group portrait of men and one child in front of an HBC Fort Hearne sign. Caption on reverse: "Riley Cooper, Alan Cameron, Barney Day, CHD [Punch] N.W.T. about 1930" [another print appears in 6-147] [has negative]
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of pontoon plane on shore, registration G-CASM, caption reads "East end Great Slave Lake - only [ruin?] left - October Fort Reliance 1929 CH Dickins Searching for McAlpine [sic] party" [another print appears in 6-127] [has negative]
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of group of men sitting near buildings at waterfront, caption reads "Typical northern trading post Fort Rae, north side of Great Slave Lake N.W.T. about 1931 CH Dickins" [another print appears in 7-156] [has negative]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of group of men tending to an aircraft with skis equipped. Caption on reverse reads "CHD [Punch] in cockpit taking off engine cover. Lew Parmenter on ground on left. -52[degrees]F. Ft Simpson - Jan 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of dog team next to aircraft, caption on back reads "Simpson Jan 1929"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of a group of men and boys standing next to an aircraft with cargo bags on the ground. Caption reads "First mail by plane in N.W.T. - Jan 1929 Fort Resolution NWT CH Dickins. 1st trip - mail @ Resolution Jan 25/29"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of group of men next to aircraft in the snow
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of group of men and boys standing next to an aircraft with cargo bags on the ground. Caption reads "First air delivery of mail - Jan 1919 - Fort resolution - N.W.T. Canada - CH Dickins Pilot"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of men next to aircraft in the snow (duplicate)
b&w ; 13 cm x 9 cm print, group portrait of 3 men standing under wing of aircraft. Caption reads "Coppermine - (Fort Hearne) March 1930. L to R CHD Pilot west. Can. Airways, Reeves propietor [sic] Dominion Explorers Ltd., Bill Tall Mechanic West. Can Airways [has negative]

"First mail flight from Edmonton Fort Simpson via Fort McMurray - Chipewyan - Fort Smith - Fort Resolution - Hay River Fort Providence - Fort Simpson - on the McKenzie [sic] River - Jan 1929"

Envelope labelled "First mail flight from Edmonton Fort Simpson via Fort McMurray - Chipewyan - Fort Smith - Fort Resolution - Hay River Fort Providence - Fort Simpson - on the McKenzie [sic] River - Jan 1929", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of group of men, sleds, and dog teams next to aircraft in snow, registration G-CASN, caption reads "Fort Resolution, Resolution 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of men next to aircraft, one standing out of cockpit, caption reads "Getting started - after over night temperature of -56˚F - below zero. CHD in cockpit with top section of engine cover. Crew man mechanic on ground with lower section" [has negative]
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of dog team pulling man and sled from aircraft, caption reads "On the river Fort Simpson Jan 1929" [other prints appear in 6-140] [has negative]
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of group of people around aircraft in the snow, mail bags beside, one man stands out of cockpit, caption reads "Fort Resolution NWT, Jan 25th 1929 first flight with mail. [Insp. Reilly]"

"Jan 1929 First flights Edmonton to Simpson, via McMurray, Chipewyan, Ft Smith, Ft Resolution, Hay R., Providence"

Government of Canada envelope labelled "Jan 1929 First flights Edmonton to Simpson, via McMurray, Chipewyan, Ft Smith, Ft Resolution, Hay R., Providence", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of group of people next to aircraft in the snow, registration G-CASN, caption reads "Fort Simpson NWT, Jan. 1929. -33˚F"
b&w ; 6 cm x 13 cm print of group of people standing next to aircraft in the snow, buildings in background, registration G-CASN, caption reads " C.H Dickins Fort Resolution Jan 1929, Starting up. -42F"

[three photographs, Fort Simpson]

b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of aircraft in snowy field with dog team and men approaching, caption reads "Fort Simpson, Jan [Feb?] 1929"
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print, group portrait of Aboriginal people standing on shoreline in front of the tail of an aircraft, caption reads "Eskimos, Bellanca, Cdn Airways, Coppermine?" [other prints appear in 6-146 and 6-147]
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print, group portrait of Aboriginal people standing in front of tents at camp, caption reads "Eskimos, Coppermine?"