Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1976.100.035 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A young girl standing next to a waterloo steam traction engine. The traction engine is nicknamed Little Jakey. Photograph is undated. Unknown if the image was taken at Wellburn's personal railway in Deerholme or at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum (BC Forest Discovery Centre) in Duncan. |
Image File Name |
unk - Little Jakey - Duncan or Deerholme - 1976100035 - jpg72 - 001 |
Place |
Duncan or Deerholme |
Provenance |
In 1897, Little Jakey was purchased Dan & Jim Ferguson, Ontario, for logging and driving thier small sawmill. Sometime in the 1920's it was brought to Deerholme/Glenora, by the Ferguson Bros. In 1954, the engine was purchased Gerry Wellburn, for $750. It was eventually donated to the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. |
Search Terms |
Little Jakey Waterloo People Duncan Deerholme |
Collection |
Heavy Equipment |
People |
Ferguson Steam Traction Engine Little Jakey |
Subjects |
Steam traction engine People |