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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.

Item is a poetry chapbook written and illustrated by Innes.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting, addressed to Mr. E.D. Allen.

Item is an issue of The Canadian Magazine containing the article “A ‘round-up.’ Described and illustrated by John Innes.”

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting, addressed to Mr. Donald Allen.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

Item is a book containing reproductions and descriptions of a collection of 8 Innes paintings on loan to the University of British Columbia.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a painting by R.A. Davenport. This postcard appears to be from the same series as the Innes postcards.

File consists of an illustrated pamphlet describing a collection of 8 Innes paintings on loan to the University of British Columbia, as well as an affidavit by Innes regarding the status of these paintings.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

Series consists of postcards of images of Innes’ paintings, programs and reviews from exhibits of his work in Vancouver, articles and pamphlets about his work, photographs of paintings, and sketches.

Series consists of obituaries and newspaper articles relating to Innes’ death, correspondence to Innes’ wife discussing his work, and a biography of Innes.

Series consists of publications by Innes as well as publications containing his work. Records include a chapbook of poetry written and illustrated by Innes, an issue of The Canadian Magazine containing an article by Innes, newspaper clippings, and layout materials for a short story.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting, addressed to Mr. Donald Allen.

File consists of 2 copies of a portrait of Innes. One is marked “Copyright 1923 P. Bentley.”

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

Series consists of four photographs of Innes; two are copies of the same portrait and two are candid images.

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.”

Item is a photograph of Innes sitting on the lawn in front of an unidentified building.

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.”

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.

Item is a large Vancouver Daily Province layout sheet with a pencil sketch on one side and blueline tracing of it on the other. The drawing shows three cowboys on horseback with a wagon train in the background.

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

Item is a pen and watercolour sketch of two moose next to a river, with a campsite across the water.

Item is a pen and watercolour sketch of a First Nations canoe being paddled by two people.

Item is a pen and watercolour sketch of Bighorn sheep on a mountain.