Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

R. Davidson [Jr.] pole raising, Masset Q.C.I.

25-02-09-a037770
Item
August 22, 1969

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows the pole while it is still lying on the ground. A crowd is gathered around it, and a few children are sitting on or leaning against the pole.

Anthony Carter

R. Davidson [Jr.] pole raising, Masset Q.C.I., stone carvings

25-02-09-a037715
Item
August 22, 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows a crowd gathered for the event, including a group of three older men seated in the foreground, in what appears to be ceremonial dress.

Anthony Carter

R. Davidson [Jr.] pole raising, Masset Q.C.I., stone carvings

25-02-09-a037716
Item
August 22, 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows Davidson speaking into a microphone, wearing what appears to be ceremonial clothing and a headdress. A crowd is gathered around him.

Anthony Carter

R. Davidson [Jr.] pole raising, Masset Q.C.I., stone carvings

25-02-09-a037718
Item
August 22, 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an engraved stone, possibly a gravestone. The engraving is of an animal figure, with what appears to be a date.

Anthony Carter

Robert Davidson (?) at Massett 1969

51-01-33-a035233
Item
1969

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of a man (likely Robert Davidson) next to a totem pole in Massett, Haida Gwaii.

Robert Davidson, Jr. pole raising ceremony

25-02-09
File
August 22, 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

File consists of images from a pole raising ceremony in Masset, on Queen Charlotte Island, Haida Gwaii. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. Images show the crowd, speakers (including Davidson), the process of raising the pole, and nearby scenery.

Anthony Carter