2024.21.123 moving houseboat

Accession Num: 2024.21.123

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Document Date: 1930-- - 1939--

Donors: Troute; Mark

Keywords: 1930s, Ford; Bernard, houseboat, and Lower Arrow Lake

Locations: Robson

Physical Description:
1 bw photograph (3893 x 2272 pixels)

Notes:
A bw photo depicting Bernie Ford standing on a houseboat he helped build as they readit it to move from Robson to Edgewood. Photo taken ca. 1930.. Inscription on rear, "Getting ready to tow houseboat from Robson to Edgewood. 50 miles. Built at Castlegar Ferry, on Arrow Lake by Buzz Sampson & Bernie Ford. Lived at Castelgar. Worked at Trail Smelter. (Bernie Ford on houseboat) Buzz Sampson is Castlegar looking for a better openner".

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