79/2 #1 [Two men and a woman on shore beside the boat "Dolphin"] L to R: Ira Van Bibber, Adami, Lucy Van Bibber. ID by Archie Van Bibber 79/2 #2 L to R: Johnny Brown, Kathleen (Van Bibber) Thorpe, Allan Brown. ID by Archie Van Bibber and Pat Van Bibber. 79/2 #3 [Mrs. Cowaret] 79/2 #4 [Five women at a cemetery] Standing in front of Tommy's grave (adopted son of Ira and Eliza Van Bibber) ID by Archie Van Bibber. (Martha Silas is standing on the far right. ID by Flora Harper) 79/2 #5 [Three people and a horse on shore] 79/2 #6 Eliza Van Bibber with an animal fur [tanning skin]. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #7 [A group of unidentified First Nations women and children] 1
79/2 #8 [Six men and a woman] L-R?,?,?George Van Bibber,? and Pat Van Bibber,?. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #9 [A young woman playing accordion and a boy playing guitar. They are sitting on a wagon. Building in background. Snow is on the ground.] Linch (Melinda Jane Van Bibber) Curry with accordion and Dode (Theodore) Van Bibber with guitar ca.1943 79/2 #10 [Wedding ceremony] [man being married ran boarding school in Dawson] 79/2 #11 [Two women and a man standing beside a rack with five fish. Buildings and fence in background. Mountain in distant background. Probably Fort Selkirk, but possibly at Pelly Farm.] Mrs. Bruster, May and Joe Menzies 79/2 #12 [Two women and a man beside a tanned skin and a rack of fish] Ft. Selkirk. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #13 Eddy Wilkinson, Miss Bruster, Ethel (Wilkinson) Ponterfield, Jared Wilkinson ca.1925 2
79/2 #14 [A group of children on steps of a building] 79/2 #15 [Five people on a boat] 79/2 #16 [A group of people pulling a raft into shore] Ft. Selkirk with a view of Victoria Rock in the background. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #17 [A group of people at a camp] 79/2 #18 [Four men on shore in front of a cabin] Zimmerlee Trading Post at Russell Creek. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #19 [Paddle steamer on river] 79/2 #20 [Dog in front of a cabin] 79/2 #21 Leta (Van Bibber) Ezrial and Walter Ezrial. [from Vancouver home on the Fraser River] ID by Archie Van Bibber. 3
79/2 #22 [Buildings and a river] 79/2 #23 [Horse] 79/2 #24 [Man and dog on a bridge] 79/2 #25 [Four men using forks to load hay onto two horse drawn wagons.] Pelly Farm 79/2 #26 Richard Van Bibber (Alex Van Bibber's son) and Annabelle Adami in front of four snowmen ca.1944 79/2 #27 [A First Nations man on horseback. He is wearing leather horse riding chaps. The letters "B O" and a third letter are at the bottom right of the chaps. Three horses and two canvas tents are behind him. Trees are in the background.] Alex Van Bibber with a group of horses at Champagne. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #28 [Unidentified First Nations boy on a horse] Pelly 4
79/2 #29 [Richard Van Bibber and Annabelle Adami in front of a snowman] 79/2 #30 [A man using a fork to load hay onto a horse drawn wagon.] Pat Van Bibber loading hay on a wagon five miles south of Pelly. ID by Archie Van Bibber 79/2 #31 [Woman feeding horses] 79/2 #32 L to R: Lucy Van Bibber,?, Caroline Van Bibber (Pat's daughter). ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #33 Archie Van Bibber standing on a bulldozer [pulling a buggy]. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #34 Ethel (Wilkinson) Porterfield on a bicycle at the Pelly farm ca.1941 79/2 #35 [A man leaning against the right fender of a military truck. The hood appears to read "Dawson Creek". Snow is on the ground.] George Van Bibber standing beside a truck. ID by Archie Van Bibber. - [194-?]. 5
79/2 #36 [Tent] 79/2 #37 [Girl standing on railing of a building. Linch Melinda Jane (Van Bibber) Curry] 79/2 #38 Kathleen (Van Bibber) Thorpe, Linch Melinda Jane (Van Bibber) Curry, Mary Adami, Richard Van Bibber, Anna Belle (Adami) ca.1945 79/2 #39 [Tent] 79/2 #40 [L to R:?, Mary Adami, Annabelle Adami] ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #41 [Man beside an airplane] CPH DC-3 CF-CPV [Additional info from Yukon aviation historian Bob Cameron 2003: Man beside a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 (CF- CPV) (airplane) in front of the Terminal on the east side of the Whitehorse Airport.] 6
79/2 #42 [Two men working on an airplane] [Additional info from Yukon aviation historian Bob Cameron 2003: Two men working on a Canadian Pacific Airlines Barkley-Grow (airplane) (either CF-BMW or CF-BMG) on the river at Dawson.] 79/2 #43 [Two unidentified men standing outdoors. A fish net is hanging behind them. River in background.] Pelly Crossing Van Bibber Homestead. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #44 [Eliza Van Bibber and Ira Van Bibber outdoors each holding a pair of snowshoes. He is also holding a gun.] 79/2 #45 L to R: (Pete) John James Van Bibber, Steve Van Bibber, Richard Van Bibber 79/2 #46 George Van Bibber and Linch Van Bibber with two [packhuskie]dogs. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #47 George Van Bibber in passenger seat of truck [in front of cabin]. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 7
79/2 #48 L to R: Alex Van Bibber, John James Van Bibber, Dan Van Bibber in front of a rack of furs [winter]. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #49 [Buildings] 79/2 #50 [Dogs in front of buildings] 79/2 #51 [Two men, three women, and two children on porch of a cabin] Ira Van Bibber on the left, Eliza Van Bibber on the right, Leta (Van Bibber) Ezrial standing on the right. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #52 [Three children and a young women standing outdoors. The young woman is wearing beaded moccasins. Trees are behind them.] L to R: Jimmie Fairclough, Grace (Fairclough) Tyerman, Lucy (Van Bibber) Sanderson, Bobbie Fairclough 79/2 #53 [Nine Van Bibber family members standing in a row in front of a two storey log building. A gun hangs over the door. Photographs 79/2 #53, 79/2 #174, and 87/80 #18 depict the same building.] L to R: Ira, Eliza, Richard, Lucy, Linch, Theodore, J.J., Pat and George Van Bibber in front of home in Pelly, 1944. ID by Archie Van Bibber and Pat Van Bibber. 8
79/2 #54 [Five Van Bibber family members standing in a row in front of two tents. Two fishing rods and two fish are next to one of the men. Caribou and sheep horns are mounted above the entrances to the tents.] L to R: Theodore, George, Ira, Pat and J.J. Van Bibber in front of a canvas tent. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #55 [Three men in WWII military uniform standing next to a building.] L to R: Archie, Alex and Dan Van Bibber at Wetaskiwin Base in Alberta. Alex was in the hospital when Archie and Dan took him out for this picture. ID by Archie Van Bibber. - [194-]. 79/2 #56 [People rowing a raft on a river.] Alex Van Bibber rowed from Pelly Crossing to Ft. Selkirk. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #57 [Man holding furs in front of a cabin] 79/2 #58 Tommy (adopted son raised by Ira and Eliza Van Bibber) ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #59 [Buildings on side of river] 9
79/2 #60 [Trucks on a ferry] 79/2 #61 Archie Van Bibber and J.J. Van Bibber at the head of the Black River trapping martin. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #62 [Four people standing in front of a biplane. One of the men is smoking a pipe.] (L-R) Sophie Anderson (Abraham's grand daughter), Shee Abraham, postmaster John MacMartin and Mrs. MacMartin standing in front of an airplane. The airplane was identified in 1980 by George A. Fuller as the first aeroplane to land at Fort Selkirk (a Standard J-1 biplane with a 90 h.p. Curtiss motor) flown by Clarence E. Prest, who landed at Fort Selkirk at 2:53 PM Monday, July 10, 1922. [Additional info from Yukon aviation historian Bob Cameron 2003: aircraft is Clarence Prest s Curtiss J-1 Standard Polar Bear II, which landed at Fort Selkirk on July 11, 1922] 79/2 #63 [Boat in rapids] 79/2 #64 A gathering at the Anglican Church in Fort Selkirk with Bishop Greenwood ca. 1930. 79/2 #65 [Three men. Alex Van Bibber on right] 10
79/2 #66 Grace Fairclough, May (Van Bibber) Fairclough, Jimmy Fairclough, George Fairclough. ID by Archie Van Bibber 79/2 #67 [Interior] 79/2 #68 [Two women and a boy sawing wood] Mission School at Ft. Selkirk. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #69 Jared and Eddy Wilkinson ca. 1964. [Each holding a large fish.] 79/2 #70 [Man standing beside a tractor] 79/2 #71 [Two women standing among horses] 79/2 #72 [Four men sitting in grass] Pelly Farm 79/2 #73 [Five people on a long raft on a river. A tripod is at its centre.] 11
79/2 #74 [Man and woman fishing from shore] 79/2 #75 [Five men, two women, and a boy in front of a cabin] Ft. Selkirk (Sam Silverfox is the third from the left. ID by Flora Harper) 79/2 #76 [Five women on bank of a river] 79/2 #77 Missionaries in front of Bishop Stringer's house in Dawson ca. 1920s. L to R back row: [Rev. Richard Martin?], Mrs. Stringer, Bishop Stringer,?,?,? 79/2 #78 [Two men and three women at a picnic] 79/2 #79 Burt Wilkinson, Alex Coward, Mr. Martin [in background] standing beside first airplane to land in the Yukon. ID by Archie Van Bibber. The airplane was identified in 1980 by George A. Fuller as the first aeroplane to land at Fort Selkirk (a Standard J-1 biplane with a 90 h.p. Curtiss motor) flown by Clarence E. Prest, who landed at Fort Selkirk at 2:53 PM Monday, July 10, 1922. [Additional info from Yukon aviation historian Bob Cameron 2003: The aircraft is Clarence Prest s Curtiss J-1. Standard Polar Bear II. (Not the first airplane to land in the Yukon.) Prest s landing at Fort Selkirk was on July 11, 1922.] 12
79/2 #80 [Mr. and Mrs. John Martin in front of an airplane] The airplane was identified in 1980 by George A. Fuller as the first aeroplane to land at Fort Selkirk (a Standard J-1 biplane with a 90 h.p. Curtiss motor) flown by Clarence E. Prest, who landed at Fort Selkirk at 2:53 PM Monday, July 10, 1922. [Additional info from Yukon aviation historian Bob Cameron 2003: Mr. and Mrs. John Martin in front of Clarence Prest s Curtiss J-1 Standard (airplane) at Fort Selkirk. (July 1922)] 79/2 #81 [Three women and a man in front of a totem pole] 79/2 #82 R.N.W.M.P barracks at Whitehorse, Y.T. 79/2 #83 [Two men in front of a house] Taylor and Drury Trading Post. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #84 [Courtyard surrounded by cabins] 79/2 #85 [May and Joe Menzies in canoe, "Teddy" (boat) behind] 79/2 #86 [Port side view of the sternwheeler 'Casca'.] 13
79/2 #87 [Boatload of people, dogs, and supplies.] Alex Coward, on the left, moved Wilkinsons to home on McMillan River ca. 1927. 79/2 #88 [Man, woman, and three children] (Lizzy (Hall) Hager's mother on the far right. ID by Flora Harper) 79/2 #89 [Eight people on a boat] 79/2 #90 [Man, woman, and girl] 79/2 #91 [Man in front of a cabin] Pelly 79/2 #92 Archie Van Bibber and Dan Van Bibber holding beaver skins standing beside a mooseskin boat they made ca. 1939. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #93 [Man, woman, and girl in a boat] 14
79/2 #94 [Two men each holding a fur bearing animal. Snowshoes and an upturned boat are behind them. Trees in background.] J.J. Van Bibber and Dan Van Bibber building a spruce frame for a mooseskin boat on the Porcupine River. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #95 [Man with a group of women and children] Ira, Eliza and George Van Bibber on the left. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #96 [Dogs] 79/2 #97 L to R: George, Pat and Dan Van Bibber with dogs on the frozen Pelly River. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #98 [Mrs. Kathleen Cowaret holding a puppy and a camera. A small log building is in the background.] 79/2 #99 [Two men and a woman with a pile of sacks. A building is behind the.] L to R: Dan, Ira and Eliza Van Bibber with packs for dogs at old house in Pelly, early 1940s. ID by Archie Van Bibber and Pat Van Bibber. 79/2 #100 [Woman in a garden] 15
79/2 #102 [Ten women on porch of a building] 79/2 #103 [Two women and a girl] Mrs. Cowaret at Ft. Selkirk church. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #104 [Girl in front of steps of a building] 79/2 #105 [Two girls with a sled] Ft. Selkirk church 79/2 #106 [Two women and a baby girl posing at the side of a log building. Photographs 79/2 #106 and 79/2 #169 depict the same building.] L to R: unidentified woman, Jane Horsefall's [Horsfall?] daughter, Jane Horsefall ca. 1920 79/2 #107 [Woman and a dog in front of a cabin] 79/2 #108 [Building] 16
79/2 #109 [A young woman with group of dogs wearing packs. She is carrying a gun in a case. Another person and trees are in the background. Vegetables (cabbages?) are growing in the foreground.] Linch (Van Bibber) Curry with the dogs at Tunnel River. 79/2 #110 [A young girl and a young boy outdoors. Trees are in the background. They each are wearing overalls and the same style hat.] [Grace Fairclough and Jimmy Fairclough] 79/2 #111 Jimmy Ellis (Eliza's brother) near Carcross. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #112 [A young boy and a young girl standing in front of a tent.] Jimmy Fairclough and Grace (Fairclough) Tyerman ca.1943 79/2 #113 [Four women and three babies] Pelly River 17
79/2 #114 [A large group of women and two children in front of a log building.] (Back row L to R: Katherine, Alice, Susan, Julia, Jessie, Sarah, Elsie, Mary Ward. Second row L to R: Effie, Alice Grandma, Ellen Jessie, Lucy, Susie behind me, Mrs. McMartin. Front row L to R: Mrs. Stringer, Self Mrs. Coward, Mrs. Stevens and children. W.A. meeting June 1921 "from Mrs. Coward's album". Same as 98/124 #8.) 79/2 #115 [A baby in a washpan. A tent is behind him. Wood and a stove are in the tent.] George Fairclough at Tay River ca.1943 79/2 #116 [Three men loading a boat. Dogs are on the top of the boat. River and mountains in background.] George Fairclough's boat: going up to Tay River on Pelly River (Stayed May-October) ca. 1943. (Pat and Theodore Van Bibber below and George Fairclough on the top of the boat. ID by Archie Van Bibber.) 79/2 #117 [Man and dogs on a boat] 79/2 #118 [Three women and four girls in forest] 79/2 #119 [Man in front of a building] 18
79/2 #120 [Building] PHO 101 79/2 #121 [Two men carrying logs] 79/2 #122 [Buildings on shore of a river] 79/2 #123 [Bow and starboard side view of sternwheeler 'Thistle'. Three people are standing on the deck.] 79/2 #124 [Seven men] 79/2 #125 Linch (Van Bibber) Curry [with a guitar] and Lucy (Van Bibber) Sanderson [with a fiddle] ca.1943 79/2 #126 Florence Stevens and Alice Stevens, 1920s 79/2 #127 [Boat on a river] 19
PHO 101 79/2 #128 [Three men and a girl ploughing a field with a tracked tractor puling a hand plough.] 79/2 #129 [Man beside a fire] 79/2 #130 [Side of a log building] 79/2 #131 [L to R:? Adami, Annabelle Adami, Mary Adami] 79/2 #132 [Five women and two children] 79/2 #133 [Helen Van Bibber grave marker] 79/2 #134 L to R: Linch (Van Bibber) Curry, Jean Campbell, Annabelle Adami, Mary Adami [in front of a wood pile for paddlewheelers?] ID by Pat Van Bibber 79/2 #135 [Two men and two girls beside a tractor. Theodore Van Bibber is sitting on the tractor. Linch Van Bibber is on the far right] 20
PHO 101 79/2 #136 [Meat] 79/2 #137 Archie Van Bibber in a canvas boat. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #138 [A man seated on a motorcycle on a gravel road.] Alex Van Bibber on his motorcycle. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #139 [Rachel Dawson and baby] 79/2 #140 [Buildings on shore of river] 79/2 #141 [A man and woman standing on a raft working with a fish net.] (Dode) Theodore Van Bibber and Linch Melinda (Van Bibber) Curry pulling in a fish net on a raft at Tattleman Lake ca.1942 79/2 #142 [A boat pushing a barge on a river. People are on both the barge and boat. The barge carries a road grader and fuel drums. 79/2 #116 and 79/2 #142 show the same boat.] 21
PHO 101 79/2 #143 [A row of people standing in front of a log building. A camera and camera cases are visible.] L to R: George Fairclough, George Van Bibber, Pat Van Bibber, Kathleen Van Bibber, Linch Van Bibber, Eliza Van Bibber, Richard Van Bibber, Ira Van Bibber, Father Bob, Theodore Van Bibber, Herschel Stringer (Bishop Stringer's son). ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #144 [Informal portrait of a man. He is seated next to a log building. Crutches are behind him.] Ira Van Bibber, ca. 1963 79/2 #145 [Informal portrait of a woman. She is seated next to a building.] Eliza Van Bibber, ca. 1963 79/2 #146 [Man beside a house] 79/2 #147 [A group of men, women and children posing outdoors. A building is in the background.] Back row L to R: Mrs. Horsfall, Joe Horsfall, Abe Brown, Ira Van Bibber, Leta Van Bibber, May Van Bibber, Eliza Van Bibber. Front row L to R: Marianne Horsfall, Martha Horsfall, Anna Horsfall, Mrs. Cowaret, Helen Van Bibber. Sitting L to R: Alex Van Bibber, Dan Van Bibber, Archie Van Bibber, Pat Van Bibber, J.J. Van Bibber, Abe Van Bibber at Horsfall Ranch ten miles below Selkirk. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 22
PHO 101 79/2 #148 [Man standing in a garden] 79/2 #149 [Four men, two women, and three children at a picnic on the bank of a river] 79/2 #150 [A young girl and young boy standing on a sled hitched to dogs. Snow is on the ground.] Jimmy and Grace Fairclough [with a dogsled] ca.1943 79/2 #151 [Buildings] 79/2 #152 [Two men on roof of a building] 79/2 #153 [Two men outdoors displaying six large fish, possibly salmon, on a pole.] 79/2 #154 [An elderly woman and man seated outdoors. The man is wearing glasses and holding a pipe. Behind them is a cat, bicycle, wooden barrels and a log building.] Eliza and Ira Van Bibber sitting in front of their homestead at Mica Creek, ca. mid to late 1950s. [photo identified by Pat Van Bibber Sr. Feb 23, 2015.] 23
PHO 101 79/2 #155 [Cache and buildings] 79/2 #156 [Three women and a girl] Mrs. Cowaret on the right at the Ft. Selkirk church. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #157 [A frozen river. Building are on the distant riverbank.] 79/2 #158 [Man beside an airplane] [Additional info from Yukon aviation historian Bob Cameron 2003: Man beside an American Waco 9 airplane at Fort Selkirk] 79/2 #159 L to R: Dode [Theodore], Linch [Melinda Jane], George and Kathleen Van Bibber with 9 puppies. 79/2 #160 [Seven people standing in a row next to a building. The man on the end is holding a gun. Furs hang from the building.] L to R: Ira, Eliza, Theodore, Kathleen, George, Linch and Lucy Van Bibber in front of a rack of furs. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 24
PHO 101 79/2 #161 [A row of people standing outdoors. Four dogs hitched to a plow are with them. A river is behind them.] L to R: Ira, Eliza,?,?, Archie, Dan, May, Grace, Leta and Pat Van Bibber plowing their garden on the banks of the Pelly River. ID by Archie Van Bibber 79/2 #162 [Four children seated on a toboggan on a snow covered hill.] Kathleen (Van Bibber) Thorpe, George Van Bibber, Lucy (Van Bibber) Sanderson or Linch [Melinda Jane] Van Bibber, Theodore Van Bibber [on a toboggan] 1937 79/2 #163 [Eight furs hanging outdoors. Snow is on the ground.] 79/2 #164 [Building] 79/2 #165 [Two women with puppies] 79/2 #166 The Van Bibber grandchildren. Back row L to R: Jean Van Bibber, Ruby Van Bibber, Helen Van Bibber, Steve Van Bibber, Pete Van Bibber, Leslie Van Bibber. Middle Row: Kathleen Van Bibber (Alex's daughter) standing beside Archie's truck. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 25
PHO 101 79/2 #167 [A man and three boys each on a horse. Other horses with packs are present. A fence and building are behind them. Mountains in distant background.] Alex Van Bibber hunting outfit at Champagne. Carl Chambers on the far right. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #168 [A young girl standing outdoors. A dog, hanging laundry, wood and buildings are in the background.] Pat Chambers, Delaney 79/2 #169 [A man, woman and baby posing at the side of a log building. Photographs 79/2 #106 and 79/2 #169 depict the same building.] George Dawson, Rachel Dawson and a baby 79/2 #170 Steve Van Bibber, Alex Van Bibber, Clara Jane Van Bibber, Pete Van Bibber [Alex Van Bibber with (J. J. [John James]'s kids)]. 79/2 #171 [Building] 79/2 #172 [Two women and two children. One of the women is holding a camera. The two children are seated on a toboggan. A log building is in the background. Snow is on the ground.] Kluane Dickson and Grace Dickson (Alex's wife) and [two girls on a toboggan] 26
PHO 101 79/2 #173 [Two women standing outdoors in winter.] Annie (Roberts) Vance and Florence Roberts. ID by Archie Van Bibber. 79/2 #174 [Eliza and Ira Van Bibber] [An elderly woman and man, Eliza Van Bibber and Ira Van Bibber, posing together in front of a two storey log building. They are both wearing moccasins. A gun hangs over the door. Another log building is in the background. Photographs 79/2 #53, 79/2 #174, and 87/80 #18 depict the same building.] 79/2 #175 Leta and Walter Ezrial 79/2 #176 L to R: Rita Sam [also identified as Betty Joe Roberts], Kitty Sam, Ada (Blanchard) Van Bibber, Betty (Roberts) Joe, Anna (Blanchard) Kowelnee, Bishop Greenwood, Sam Silverfox at Confirmation. Ft. Selkirk 1945. 79/2 #177 [Needle Rock in Pelly River] 79/2 #178 [Needle Rock in Pelly River] 27
PHO 101 79/2 #179 [A group of men, women, and children in front of a building] (Edward Simon (Johnny Simon's father) on the far left, Tommy McGinty is standing on the left side of the preacher. ID by Flora Harper) 79/2 #180 [Tents on shore of a river] 79/2 #181 [First Nations] Fish camp at Victoria Rock [downriver from Fort Selkirk]. 28