This photograph shows Sewall and Jean Tapley skating on Alta Lake. Also in the photograph are an unidentified man and a dog.

This photograph shows Sewall and Jean Tapley skating on Alta Lake. Also in the photograph are an unidentified man and a dog.

This photograph appears to be in a stage for making a postcard out of the original image. It is a mirror image of 1986-0037- Philip and is very dark. White 'mirror' writing reads "Alta Lake, P.G.E. Ry., B.C.".

Alex Philip and Sewall Tapley duckhunting in a boat.

Sewall (on ice) and Philip Tapley clowning while cutting ice. Dog "Puppy" next to Philip; Rainbow Mountain in background.

Sewall Tapley with others, cutting ice on Alta Lake. Inscription on verso: "Cutting ice / Sewell Tapley in foreground, others are guests looking on / mid '20s Alta Lake / 'They cut the ice with an ice saw...like a big crosscut saw'"

Sewall Tapley and Mutt in a boat on Alta Lake. Inscription on verso: "Mr Tapley 'Dad + dog Mutt' / punt-like flat boat - used for duck hunting / Ducks used to come by thousands. Built a blind around boat & let it drift. / 1931? [crossed out & replaced with 1924]

Sailboat in full sail on Alta Lake. Sewall Tapley is at the tiller and Jean Tapley is in the bow. Inscription on verso: "Mr. Tapley / Sewell"

Sewall Tapley on a white horse, walking away from a corral in winter. Alta Lake & Wedge Mountain in background.

Sewall Tapley and Alex Philip cutting ice on Alta Lake. Inscription on verso: "about 1917 / Alex + Dad cutting ice / Alta Lake - a chore for every winter until Hydro came in"

Postcard of two women on an ice boat on Alta Lake, a Dog walks nearby. The postcard has text on the front reading "Iceboating, Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake BC". On the reverse the postcard is addressed to [Jeanne] Tapley at a Seattle address. The text reads "Dearest, will write you a letter next mail. Dad is fine now and is quite chirpy. I'll take him for a trip as soon as I can- I can take him to Victoria and leave him with M while I go on to you and arrange things then he could easily take the boat [over when we are] ready for him. I can't leave here till after Oct 29 [?] [?] duties and [?] [?], Best from Myrtle". Someone has at a later date written 1922 on the postcard, but the postmark is 30 Sep. 1925. Presumably the photograph the postcard was made from was taken in 1922.

Shows Skookum the dog, Myrtle Philip and her father Sewell Tapley. Myrtle is pushing Sewell while he shows her how to ride the ice boat.²