Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Carving totem, inside end of bighouse [Alert Bay]

81-05-a033112
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of three men carving totem poles that would become part of the bighouse in Alert Bay, BC.

Carving houe posts for Alert Bay Bighouse

81-05-a033114
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of two men carving a set of house posts that will become part of the bighouse in Alert Bay, BC. These posts were carved and raised before the rest of the structure.

Carving totem poles for Alert Bay bighouse

81-05-a033115
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a set of totem poles that will become part of the longhouse in Alert Bay, BC. These poles were carved and raised before the rest of the structure.

Alert Bay longhouse

81-05-a033122
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of the exterior of the longhouse in Alert Bay, BC.

Totem pole and cannon, Alert Bay, B.C., Canada

81-03-a033152
Item
[ca. 194-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Commercial postcard printed with a photograph of a store in Alert Bay, BC, with a totem pole and cannon in front of the store. A handwritten annotation on the verso identifies this building as a store.

Longhouse, Alert Bay, BC

81-03-a033155
Item
[ca. 196- or 197-?]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of painted exterior wall of longhouse in Alert Bay, BC.

Mildred Laurie

Three women next to longhouse (?)

81-03-a033166
Item
[ca. 195- or 196-?]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Portrait of three unidentified women standing next to what appears to be the exterior wall of a longhouse. Two of the women are in ceremonial dress.

Mildred Laurie

Three women next to longhouse (?)

81-03-a033167
Item
[ca. 195- or 196-?]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Portrait of three unidentified women standing next to what appears to be the exterior wall of a longhouse. Two of the women are in ceremonial dress.

Mildred Laurie

Indian Professional Dancers

81-03-a033213
Item
[ca. 197- or 198-?]]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Postcard depicts two professional first nations dancers, performing the Swan Dance in the Alert Bay, BC longhouse. Photograph and postcard by Eric J. Cooke.

Eric J. Cooke

Shop at Alert Bay

81-04-a033220
Item
[1957]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Interior view of a shop selling clothing, and accessories. Three women, a store employee and two customers, can be seen.

Man posed with a truck

81-04-a033221
Item
[1957]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

A man poses with a truck. The door to the truck reads, "BC Packers, LTD Store Alert Bay." Parts of the truck seemed to be covered with a fringed cloth.