- CA yuk yuk-544
- Collection
- 1914-1964
The collection consists of original and copy prints of photographs collected by the MacBride family, and original and photocopied magazine and newspaper articles collected by Mary MacBride. The photographs show the MacBride family, relatives, and friends, including Jack Hulland, Ada Smith, Gudrun Erikson and Them Kjar. There are shots of airplanes, schools, and early homes in Whitehorse, as well as scenes of Atlin and Burwash. The collected articles are about air transport and plane crashes in Canada and Yukon prior to WWII, the construction of the Alaska highway, the drowning of Bob Smith and Laurence Pettigrew in Atlin Lake, photocopied passenger lists from the T.S.S. Prince Rupert and other coastal steamers, and poems, one of which is written by Mary's father, W.D. MacBride.
MacBride, Mary, 1921-