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Item is a photograph of a man posing with sailboat on shore. Forested area appears in background

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Handwritten inscription on the verso reads "This is a Indian Village in Masset B. C. at the turn of the century. As you can see there are a lot of wooden shacks, totem poles and canoes. it is a very wild and remote area [redacted]. grandfather Crosby used to travel to these remoat [sic] villages by canoe." Image appears to be reproduction of a039351.

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Handwritten inscription on the border reads "Massett [sic] Village Q. Ch. Is." Printed on the verso is the photographer information with the inscription "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, COR. OF DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON STS., VICTORIA, B. C. -- Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale." A handwritten inscription reads "Indian Totems Queen Charlotte's Island".

Image of a crowd gathered on the shore and in boats on the Somass River, Vancouver Island, for sports day.

Item is an image of five men carrying a boat. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba

Photograph of men working on a dock next to fishing boats, possibly in Alert Bay, BC. A stamp on the verso of the print indicates that it was printed in 1957.

Photograph of an unidentified fishing boat. Men on the boat are pulling up a brailer full of fish.

Photograph of an unidentified fishing boat. Men on the boat are pulling up a brailer.

Image depicts house and canoes with forest in background located in Lax-Kw'alaams (Port Simpson). Printed on the image is the inscription "GOLD HARBOR, NEAR SKIDEGATE, Q. C. ISLAND." Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "S. A. SPENCER, Fort Street, VICTORIA, B. C." Handwritten inscriptions on the verso read "Mission house, Port Simpson" and "No 19".

Display for the museum. Uncertain relation to exhibitions. Displays a model canoe with a decorated paddle visible in the background.

Model canoe on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Model canoe on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Model canoes and other items on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Model canoes and other items on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Model canoes and other items on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Image of boats docked at this commercial marina in North Vancouver. This image is pictured on pages 46-47 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers, with the caption: "Once of well-known clam bed and fishing area for the Tsla-a-wat people, this area in now a commercial marina owned and operated by the resident North Vancouver Indians."

Image of totem poles, canoes, and longhouses(?) in the Nass River valley of BC.

Image depicts carver Godfrey Hunt with drawings made for the Nootka canoe project for the Royal Museum of British Columbia in Victoria, B.C.