The collection consists of photographs and negatives of Prince Rupert between 1920 and 1966, two scrapbooks containing clippings from the Prince Rupert Daily News' "A Look Back" column published in the 1960s and 1970s. The photograph collection includes boats and ships in the harbour, the Prince Rupert Drydock buildings and staff, Miller Bay Hospital, Booth Memorial High School, City Hall on Fulton Street, views of Prince Rupert's downtown, parks, and scenery along the Skeena River Highway. Twenty-nine of the photographs are postcards and the remaining are originals. The collection also includes a subdivision plan from 1912 for Smith Island Lots 529, 927, 4415 and Part 926.