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Opening of Totem Park. The date given on the slide label is incorrect. People in the photograph from viewer's left: William Bruce Hutchison (uncertain), Hunter Lewis, UBC Chancellor Eric Hamber, Mungo Martin, UBC Chancellor Norman Mackenzie, Abaya Martin.

Opening of Totem Park. The date given on the slide label is incorrect. People in the photograph from viewer's left: William Bruce Hutchison (uncertain), Hunter Lewis, UBC Chancellor Eric Hamber, Mungo Martin, UBC Chancellor Norman Mackenzie, Abaya Martin.

Totem pole standing in Totem Park at UBC. The pole on the viewer's left was carved by Mungo Martin and the pole on the right was carved by George Hunt Senior.

Mungo Martin restoring a totem pole originally carved by Charlie James. The pole later stood in Totem Park at UBC before being moved to the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Totem pole standing in Totem Park at UBC, likley carved or moved here in 1951. Rod Paterson photographed the totem poles being moved from Totem Park to the Museum of Anthropology, and this photograph was likely taken during that event, in 1975.

Man standing near the Haida House. The totem pole pictured here is now housed inside the Museum of Anthropology.

Construction of the Haida House at Totem Park. The man standing on the roof on the viewer's left may be Doug Cranmer while the man near the house on the viewer's right appears to be Bill Reid.

The Haida House and Mortuary House under construction in their original locations in Totem Park.

Photograph of Bill Reid on the UBC campus, probably in Totem Park, leaning against what appears to be the upper cross-beam of a house post.

Haida house, a house frontal totem pole, a mortuary pole, and the Wasgo sculpture, standing in Totem Park.

Aerial view of Haida House after construction and carvings were complete. The date of the annotation must be incorrect as the double mortuary pole and the house front totem pole were not completed until 1962.

Aerial view of Haida House after construction and carvings were complete. The date of the annotation must be incorrect as the double mortuary pole and the house front totem pole were not completed until 1962.

Construction of the Haida House at Totem Park. The man standing on the roof on the viewer's left may be Doug Cranmer while the man near the house on the viewer's right appears to be Bill Reid.

A man stands on a section of the Haida house roof, possibly securing a beam into place.

Harry Hawthorn speaks at the opening of the Haida section of Totem Park. Chancellor Phyllis Ross is visible on the viewer's left and the man seated just left of Harry Hawthorn appears to be Doug Cranmer. The date on the annotation is incorrect.

Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving the dogfish panel for the double mortuary pole to be placed near the Haida House in Totem Park.

Workers raising a totem pole in the new Museum of Anthropology as it was being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
This pole was carved by George Hunt Sr. The pole is now part of the museum's collection. This pole was originally carved for the Edward S. Curtis film "In the Land of the War Canoes" which was originally titled "In the Land of the Head Hunters". The pole was repaired and re-painted by carvers Ellen Neel in 1949 and Mungo Martin in 1950-51. It stood at Totem Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall in 1976.

Workers prepare to raise a totem pole in the new Museum of Anthropology as it was being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
This pole was carved by George Hunt Sr. The pole is now part of the museum's collection. This pole was originally carved for the Edward S. Curtis film "In the Land of the War Canoes" which was originally titled "In the Land of the Head Hunters." The pole was repaired and re-painted by carvers Ellen Neel in 1949 and Mungo Martin in 1950-51. It stood at Totem Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall in 1976.

Workers prepare to raise a totem pole in the new Museum of Anthropology as it was being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
This pole was carved by George Hunt Sr. The pole is now part of the museum's collection. This pole was originally carved for the Edward S. Curtis film "In the Land of the War Canoes" which was originally titled "In the Land of the Head Hunters." The pole was repaired and re-painted by carvers Ellen Neel in 1949 and Mungo Martin in 1950-51. It stood at Totem Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall in 1976.

Totem pole in Totem Park being lowered from its standing position as part of its move to the Museum of Anthropology building.