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“Half a Century of Progress” [pencil sketch]

Item is a pencil sketch by Innes of a figure sitting next to 2 totem poles with a cityscape in the background. There are notes in the margin about the composition from Innes as well as “George.”

Innes, John Clarke

[Christmas card illustrated by Innes]

Item is a Christmas card illustrated with an image of a cowboy riding in the snow, inscribed “To Douglas & Mrs. Lane & the boys. Every happiness, this Christmas season of 1937. John & Ida Innes.” There is a metal emblem attached to the card.

Innes, John Clarke

[Photograph of Innes walking with another man]

Item is a photograph of Innes walking on a sidewalk next to another man. Inscribed on the back by Innes’ wife Ida is “Look how they starved John Innes - bowed his head and broke his heart.”

Innes, John Clarke

[Unsigned Christmas card to Mr. McLorg and Mrs. John Innes]

Item is a Christmas card inscribed “And may we, all working together, find a worthy place for John Innes’ Great Work, portraying in 21 pictorial chapters the historic conquest, by The Pioneers, of Canada’s Vast Spaces!” This likely relates to the “From Trail to Rail” collection of Innes’ paintings.

Innes, John Clarke

[Obituaries]

File consists of newspaper clippings of obituaries and articles relating to Innes’ death.

Innes, John Clarke

“The Romance of British Columbia”

File consists of 2 advertisements for Shelly’s Bread which include instalments of a serialized story, accompanied by the illustrations “Mackenzie’s party descending the Bella Coola River in spoon canoes” and “Indians attacking the Hudson’s Bay fort at Camousun,” by Innes.

Innes, John Clarke

[Pen sketch]

Item is an unfinished pen sketch showing a totem pole near water, with a holly leaf in one corner.

Innes, John Clarke

[Pencil sketch with notes]

Item is a sketch for a painting, showing an early settlement in Vancouver with First Nations canoes in the water. The sketch is gridded for scaling and appears to be for a mural.

Innes, John Clarke

“Is Creator of Noted Picture”

Item is a newspaper clipping from The Vancouver Sun featuring a photograph of John Innes and a description of his painting “Harding in Canada.”

Innes, John Clarke

[Photograph of “The Builders” painting]

Item is a photograph of Innes’ painting “The Builders,” inscribed on the back “To dear Hoppie from Daddy, being a print of the First City Council of Vancouver - with the Civic officials - meeting in June 1886. With love of Ida May Innes my dear wife. John Innes.”

Innes, John Clarke

Cowboy Race

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting, addressed to Mrs. M. Akiyama from Mrs. Innes.

Innes, John Clarke

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