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Photo of a view from the shore of the Tofino lifeboat station and the ramp protruding from the building into the water.

Postcard of a view of the village of Tofino from a boat with writing at the bottom right hand side that says Tofino, BC.

Photo of a seining crew pulling in their catch from the net to the boat via brailer. The photo is blurry.

Front of page contains 4 photos. The page is labeled Chstermans Beach. Three of the photos are blurry photos of the coastline. The fourth photo is of a seiner boat coming into the wharf.
The back contains no photos.

Postcard photo of a landscape of the ocean and forest with writing at the bottom left hand side that says West of Long Beach, Van. Is. The photo is slightly blurry.

A photo of three men surrounded by nets fishing , with one holding a long pole. Their faces are mostly covered by their hats. The photo is grainy.

Postcard of a view of a seiner in the lake with the crew of 4 pulling in the nets. The writing at the bottom right hand side that says Seining Salmon, Clayoquot Sound, BC. The photo is blurry.
On the back written in pen it discusses the boat and what the people are doing, while also explaining what parts of the boat are.

A photo of two men pulling in the seining net with another seining boat is a distance away.

Front of page contains 2 photos on seining. One is labelled as “Yankee Boy” in which you can see a boat and its tender and three people. The other photo is a picture of a man looking over the edge of the boat while holding a net.
Back of page contains 2 photos that are blurry. One is labeled in the bottom left hand side as Pipestem Inlet, Barclay Sd. The other is another landscape photo on a lake with a background of forested mountains.

The Times newspaper has a two page spread on the death of Lord Nelson, while the back has the regular newspaper personal ads etc. Within this two page spread it covers an account of the naval action surrounding Nelson’s death including how it was “the most cohesive victory that has been achieved by British skill and gallantry”. Within it there was also copies of admiralty notices, Nelson’s last telegraph, prose, and an abstract of the names of the petty officers killed and wounded in the action. There was also section on the Covent Garden Theater proprietors created an elegant compliment to the memory of Lord Nelson.
Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) is a British Naval Commander known for victories in battles such as the Nile in 1798 and of Trafalgar in 1805, where he was killed. He was promoted to captain in 1779 when he was 20 during the American Revolution. He was granted knighthood after the battle of Cape St. Vincent.
Vice Admiral Collingwood (1748-1810) was partnered with Lord Nelson and was Nelson’s ssuccessor in commands. At Nelson’s death Collingwood became commander-in-chief.