Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Totem poles

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039005
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

View over wire fence. Single pole in centre, mid-ground. Burial plots and additional poles in the background.

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039007
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Labelled: "Totem Poles Alert Bay B.C." View over wire fence. One pole at centre, mid-ground dominating

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039000
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

One carving with two figures in proper right foreground, one in background, and one cut-off on proper left edge. These carvings appear to be at a burial site.

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039014
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Road in immediate foreground. Burial site with totem poles beyond wire fence

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039003
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Multiple totem poles: View down road at docks. Power line with forest and totem poles at proper left

Totem poles - [Thunderbird on Dzunukwa]

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039002
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Two totem poles, in foreground and background, with a wire fence between them. Totem in foreground is "Thunderbird on Dzunukwa," carved by Willie & Joe Seaweed in Blunden Harbour in 1931.

Totem poles at cemetery

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039210
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of totem poles in the cemetery. The harbour and adjacent buildings also appear. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN CEMETERY. ALERT BAY. B.C."

Totem poles at cemetery

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039208
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of totem poles in the cemetery. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN CEMETARY (sic). ALERT BAY B.C."

Totem Poles, Alert Bay, B. C.

81-04-a033252
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Image depicts two totem poles on the grounds of St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay, B. C. The poles include Thunderbirds, Grizzly Bears, and Coopers at the base of each pole. Photo attributed to E. J. Cooke.

Totems, Alert Bay B.C. R.S.3

41-1-a060279c
Item
[ca.1947-1950]

Part of Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of painted cedar wood carvings including Sisiyutl (serpent), thunderbird, coppers, and [wolf?] figures in Alert Bay.

Traditional B. C. Coast Architecture

81-04-a03328
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

The Alert Bay Community House, completed in 1963. The two post arches are 17 feet high, supporting two 70 foot logs, each measuring 3 feet in diameter and weighing 5 tons. The roof has a large opening at the center to allow smoke to escape from the open pit fire. Photo by Eric J. Cooke; published by J. Barnard Photographer LTD, Victoria B. C.

Tree with carved face

81-05-a033076
Item
1972

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing in the forest in front of a tree that has a face carved into it and painted. The tree is likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Truck

30-30-01-30-01-06-a039103
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of a truck and driver. Truck is labelled, B.C. PACKERS LTD ALERT BAY GENERAL STORE

Truck

30-30-01-30-01-06-a039102
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of a truck and driver. Truck is labelled, B.C. PACKERS LTD ALERT BAY GENERAL STORE

Two men in ceremonial dress, Alert Bay

81-05-a033133
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Portrait of two men in ceremonial dress, one of whom is holding a carved and painted stick. The men are standing in front of a painted board and sheet, in a filed in Alert Bay, BC. Based on the content of related images in this file, this photograph was likely taken at an outdoor event and/or salmon barbecue.

Two men in regalia on dock, Alert Bay

81-05-a033086
Item
[ca. 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of two men in ceremonial dress standing on a dock in Alert Bay, BC. One man is wearing a headdress. The other is holding a carved pole.

Two men installing a gasoline pump

30-30-01-30-01-13-a039215
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of two men installing a gasoline pump

Two men working

30-30-01-30-01-13-a039214
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of two men on farming or road construction equipment

Two men working

30-30-01-30-01-13-a039213
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of two men on farming or road construction equipment

Two totem poles in a field

81-04-a033259
Item
[ca. 1976 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Image depicts two totem poles in an open area. Pole on image left resembles a pole carved by Tony Hunt, Calvin Hunt, Peter Knox, and John Livingston in 1976 as a memorial for Johnathan Hunt. It features Raven, Man Holding a Copper, Sun Holding a Copper, and Killer Whale.

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