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Henk Huijbers fonds
YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST
Caption information supplied by donor. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. #1, #2, #31-49 were all loose items. #3- 30 were from albums. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives
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- 98/30 #1
- Father Huijbers with Red Cross Ambulance 1940, Dunkirk. We had to move
quite a lot of wounded.
98/30 #2 98/30 #3
Three identity photos. Goodbye photos for when I was going to the Yukon. Lower Post and Watson Lake. Washing clothes with washboard and melted snow 1947.
98/30 #4
98/30 #5 98/30 #6
The daily work that you have to do is to cut the wood for yourself
Lower Post, walking with snowshoes. Northern trench [same as #19] Father Huijbers with gun. Little partridge, grouse. Big snowshoes in the spring.
- 98/30 #7
- First boat coming to Mayo - the Keno - June 8, 1948. The Yukon River
makes a big turn in Mayo. Every dog was calling the boat. The whole town was there.
- 98/30 #8
- Mine at Mayo; Mount Lookout 1948
- South of Lower Post
- 98/30 #9
98/30 #10 98/30 #11 98/30 #12
98/30 #13
98/30 #14 98/30 #15
98/30 #16 98/30 #17
98/30 #18 98/30 #19
98/30 #20 98/30 #21
98/30 #22
Coal River south of Lower Post Alaska Highway south of Coal River Alaska Highway - same day
Coal River view - hot springs south of Lower Post
[Bridge over river]
Devil’s Trail, south of Lower Post
A. H. Door [Roadside scene - snow, trees and hills/mountains. Road at viewer's left.]
Coal River Alaska Highway - Highway to the Rockies
Lower Post with snowshoes - 68 F below zero Dog team to get mail in Watson Lake; entering YT.
[Man standing on a ladder. He is facing away spraying a hose. The roof of a building is in the background.]
- 98/30 #23
- Muncho Lake south of Lower Post in mountain trench
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Caption information supplied by donor. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. #1, #2, #31-49 were all loose items. #3- 30 were from albums. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives
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- 98/30 #24
- In Lower Post going south
98/30 #25 98/30 #26
98/30 #27
Midnight sun going down over the year. Mayo. In the big bend from the River. 11:00 p.m.
George Dalziel's plane did all the flying for Lower Post [additional info from Bob Cameron 2003: checked - no added info]
Now papo houd doe tot de volende maand. Silver base in Yukon Mines. Mrs. G.R. O'Niel, Mr. O'Niel, portable alter, sleeping bag, grub box. In Keno City, Mr. O'Niel had borrowed one of his dogs.
- 98/30 #28
- Father Poullet. Dogs that he took to Watson Lake. He spent sixty years in
the Yukon and retired to Edmonton. The mail came to Watson Lake twice a week and someone had to go get it.
98/30 #29 98/30 #30
Farewell card - front Farewell card - back L - R shows Father Huijbers as ordained priest, underground disguise and as army priest
98/30 #31
98/30 #32 98/30 #33
Close up Father Huijbers on the road between Mayo and Elsa with jeep provided in 1948 by his benefactor that he met in the concentration camp. - 1948.
Distant shot of jeep on the road between Mayo and Stewart [Elsa?] - 30 miles from Mayo. Leo Proctor's saw mill on right side. Had Mass and showed film once a month.
Father Huijbers at Lower Post drinking tea and reading a Dutch newspaper on wood cutting expedition, a skill learned from First Nations people, 1948. - 1948.
98/30 #34 98/30 #35
The Keno tied up by White Pass shed in Mayo, 1948. - 1948. Dawson City viewed from the Dome, Dawson City 1950. West Dawson left side of slide. - 1950.
98/30 #36
98/30 #37 98/30 #38
98/30 #39
My first trophy. Mayo.
A visiting Father from Rome, Italy on dredge on Bonanza Creek. [original faded colour photo] Wernecke Camp, Keno City
Father Huijbers on top of Wernecke Mountain
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Henk Huijbers fonds
YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST
Caption information supplied by donor. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. #1, #2, #31-49 were all loose items. #3- 30 were from albums. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives
Descriptive Database at
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- Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Burwash Landing. Built 1927 on the left. Old
one on the right.
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- Rectory at Burwash Landing built by Father Huijbers ca 1956. Josie Sias and
A. Johnson
98/30 #42 98/30 #43
Ordination portrait, July 26, 1943 in Holland. - 26 Jul 1943. Chalice designed by Father Huijbers under the belief it was for another priest. The chalice (silver outside; gold lined inside from jewelry donated by the parishioners) was given to Father Huijbers at his first Mass, 1943.
98/30 #44
98/30 #45 98/30 #46
98/30 #47
Novitiates in the order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate 1936-37, Belgium: Finksteren fence
Novitiates in the order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate 1936-37, Belgium: Finksteren 1935 (bike)
Novitiates in the order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate 1936-37, Belgium : Huijbers and Finksteren
Collage of false passport photos. Identities include: ambulance driver, Henri G. Smeets, Holland, May 1, 1940; Paul Anneesen, France and Harry de Rooy, Belgium.
98/30 #48A
98/30 #48B
98/30 #49A
False passport for identity as Henri G. William (Bill) Smeets, 1944. - 1944.
False passport for identity as Henri G. William (Bill) Smeets, 1944. - 1944.
Official Red Cross passport. Membership card for those transporting shot down pilots. French, Dutch and English translations of Relief to the Anglo American Broken Wings.
- 98/30 #49B
- Official Red Cross passport. Membership card for those transporting shot
down pilots. French, Dutch and English translations of Relief to the Anglo American Broken Wings.
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